Investment Data Analyst- NYC ($35-45/hr)

Merit Personnel & Consulting; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 48,216 - 61,992; Part time

Job summary

A consulting firm located in New York is seeking an Investment Data Analyst to join a dynamic team in a hybrid work environment. The role involves ensuring data quality and addressing issues within a variety of investment data sets. Ideal candidates should possess strong analytical skills and knowledge of data management tools. This position offers a competitive hourly rate between $35 and $45, depending on experience, with potential for long-term employment.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of data structures and investment data.
• Ability to perform data quality checks.
• Experience in data issue resolution and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Develop an understanding of internal data structures.
• Take ownership of daily data quality checks.
• Address data queries and issues from functions.
• Interact with data providers for service reviews.
• Support existing processes and tools.
• Recommend designs for data management framework.
• Collaborate with IT and Investments teams.
• Act as Data Steward supporting Data Strategy.

Skills

Data quality assurance

Data analysis techniques

Business knowledge

Collaboration

Tools

Markit-EDM

Microsoft SQL Server

Job description

Investment Data Analyst- NYC ($35-45/hr)

Position Requested: Investment Data Analyst

Location : New York, New York – HYBRID

Rate: $35-45/hr DOE (Long term contract; with potential for permanent conversion)

Within the Data & Technology department, the primary mission of the Global Data Management team (GDM) is to design, manage, quality assure and make available a high volume of investment data required and consumed by many functions at our investment firm.

GDM team members leverage on dual competences: strong business knowledge of the data and advanced data analysis techniques. The team runs state-of-art technologies (Markit-EDM, Microsoft SQL Server, etc.) to store and master the data produced by the Investment & Operations value chain.

You will join a multicultural team with a global footprint (Hong-Kong, India, Germany, France, UK, US) and operate in a 24/5 follow-the-sun model.

Responsibilities

• Develop an in depth understanding of the internal data structure, for a wide-array of data sets like securities, credit ratings, sector classifications, analytics, transactions, positions, portfolio valuations, benchmarks, etc. – all required to support a robust investment firm
• Take ownership of a set of daily data quality checks run on our investment data
• Address data queries from and data issues raised by the consuming functions
• Interact with all data providers – for data issues and service reviews
• Support and enhance existing processes and tools
• Recommend solution design ideas for an efficient and scalable data management framework
• Work collaboratively with teammates and stakeholders (IT, Investments, Risk, etc.)
• Act as a reliable Data Steward and support firm Data Strategy and firm Data Governance Principles