Investment Data Analyst

Confidential; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment management firm seeks an Investment Operations professional in Boston, MA, to manage security master data, oversee reconciliation processes, and lead strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate has over 4 years of experience in asset management, expertise in investment instruments, and familiarity with Aladdin applications. Strong organizational and communication skills are essential, as is the capability to work in a high-pressure environment. This role is crucial in ensuring data quality and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in the asset management sector.
• Strong understanding of investment instruments and reference data requirements.
• Familiarity with Aladdin applications and automation tools.
• Knowledge of automation tools including PowerBI, Alteryx, GenAI, etc. to develop solutions to pursue automation, create capacity, reduce risk, and enhance efficiency.
• Proficiency with data querying tools such as PL/SQL and MSSQL a plus
• Proficiency with market data providers such as Bloomberg and Refinitive
• Experience with strategic data initiatives, such as systems migrations and enterprise security master.
• Strong organizational skills with strict attention to detail.
• Demonstrated success working in a high volume, high intensity environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to risk control and management.
• Demonstrated skills working on a global team including clear communication, being proactive, handoffs and escalation as needed.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Professional and decisive with outstanding business judgment and ability to see issues through to resolution.
• Proficient computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage securities as needed.
• Provide security master support to traders and stakeholders.
• Resolve cash and asset reconciliation exceptions.
• Engage in workflow improvements and data quality checks.
• Resolving cash and asset reconciliation exceptions including researching reference data points causing the breaks
• Partnering with global teams in West Conshohocken, PA and Boston, MA for security master related cleanup, new data points and related projects.
• Support staff with more complex tasks within the group, such as monitoring Pace/Summit data feeds, supporting OMNI sec master requirements, taking lead on issue escalation and resolution.
• Engage with or partners on strategic initiatives, workflow improvements, additional data requirements and related projects.
• Leverage data quality tools to ensure the quality of our data and propose additional DQ checks when gaps are identified.
• Working with Team Leadership on process improvements.
• Be the point person to work with management on new products and more junior team members on seeing automation opportunities thru to fruition
• Working with more junior team members with oversight and in their development.

Skills

Experience in asset management

Knowledge of investment instruments

Familiarity with Aladdin applications

Knowledge of automation tools

Proficiency with data querying tools

Proficiency with market data providers

Strong organizational skills

Excellent communication skills

PL/SQL

MSSQL

Tools

PowerBI

Alteryx

PL/SQL

MSSQL

Bloomberg

Refinitiv

Bloomberg

Refinitiv

Job description

Overview

Investment Management (IM) Operations partners with the Investment Management and related teams of the firm, by providing middle-office services including portfolio manager support, client services, portfolio transitions, market registration, product data, corporate actions, reconciliations and performance and attribution analysis services.

Team

The Global Product Data Team creates and maintains equity and fixed income securities and related reference data for Investment Teams, Surveillance, and other users of security master data. This includes a variety of equity instruments including common stocks, ADRs, GDRs, rights and warrants, and a variety of fixed income instruments including treasuries, mortgage-backed securities (MBS), asset backed securities (ABS), bank loans, collateralized debt and loan obligations (CDO, CLOs), municipal bonds and others. We also work to ensure the quality, completeness, and timeliness of the data for each of these types of instruments.

The Team also researches and resolves a variety of reconciliation exceptions possibly caused by reference data, including those identified between Aladdin and custodians/accounting agents. In this effort we work closely with other IM Operations teams including Fixed Income and Equity Portfolio Services and Derivative Operations.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Investment Operations professional with expertise in security master and related reference data to work on strategic initiatives as well as supporting our clients through our daily production processes.

Responsibilities

• Creating and managing securities as needed.
• Providing security master and reference data support to Traders, Surveillance and other stakeholders across Asia, Europe, and America. Responding to all queries in a timely manner.
• Take the lead on responding to questions from high profile data users and liaise with Technology partners and vendors to target and resolve data issues; being able to take the lead on issue resolution escalated by internal and external parties.
• Reviewing exception reports such as those for GSD and Aladdin on daily basis and resolving the exceptions
• Resolving cash and asset reconciliation exceptions including researching reference data points causing the breaks
• Partnering with global teams in West Conshohocken, PA and Boston, MA for security master related cleanup, new data points and related projects.
• Support staff with more complex tasks within the group, such as monitoring Pace/Summit data feeds, supporting OMNI sec master requirements, taking lead on issue escalation and resolution.
• Engage with or partners on strategic initiatives, workflow improvements, additional data requirements and related projects.
• Leverage data quality tools to ensure the quality of our data and propose additional DQ checks when gaps are identified.
• Working with Team Leadership on process improvements.
• Be the point person to work with management on new products and more junior team members on seeing automation opportunities thru to fruition
• Working with more junior team members with oversight and in their development.

Skills required

• 4+ years of experience in the asset management side of the investment management industry.
• Strong knowledge of investment instruments, their related reference data requirements and how they are expected to behave.
• Knowledge of Aladdin applications, particularly Security Master, Dashboards, AladdinView and Reconciliation. Other modules such as Trade Entry, Explore a plus.
• Knowledge of automation tools including PowerBI, Alteryx, GenAI, etc. to develop solutions to pursue automation, create capacity, reduce risk, and enhance efficiency.
• Proficiency with data querying tools such as PL/SQL and MSSQL a plus
• Proficiency with market data providers such as Bloomberg and Refinitive
• Experience with strategic data initiatives, such as systems migrations and enterprise security master.
• Strong organizational skills with strict attention to detail.
• Demonstrated success working in a high volume, high intensity environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to risk control and management.
• Demonstrated skills working on a global team including clear communication, being proactive, handoffs and escalation as needed.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Professional and decisive with outstanding business judgment and ability to see issues through to resolution.
• Proficient computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Office.