Senior Business Analyst

Imea; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AB is seeking a data-focused analyst to consolidate quantitative infrastructure and own data onboarding, governance, and metadata across a polyglot architecture. You will collaborate with market data vendors and cross-functional teams to design, test, and deploy scalable data solutions in a finance context.

The role emphasizes ownership of data quality, mapping, and documentation, working closely with senior quantitative analysts and business partners to ensure robust data management.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance/Economics/Operations Management or Computer Science/Engineering; Master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience as a business data analyst involved in enterprise data integration in finance.
• Experience with market data vendors (Bloomberg, Refinitiv QADirect, MSCI, BarraOne).
• 2+ years of experience writing SQL queries to support data analysis.
• Strong project management, analytical and quantitative skills; data modeling & mapping skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage onboarding of new research datasets and data catalog metadata.
• Collaborate with market data team to secure data trial and license agreements.
• Write data pipeline specifications and map external data to internal models; develop and review test cases.
• Write data quality rule specifications and configure metadata; oversee related development projects.
• Own data governance, permissions, and documentation; drive improvements with operations.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data analysis

Data modeling

Project management

Communication

Education

Finance / Economics / Operations Management / CS or Engineering degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Bloomberg

Refinitiv QADirect

MSCI

BarraOne

Job description

Who YouFll Work With:

Investment Infrastructure Research Data team is in the midst a multi-year project to consolidate our quantitative investment framework. The project includes migrating 3 distinct quantitative data architectures onto Snowflake, a new research and back testing framework, a new portfolio implementation toolkit, a new risk monitoring environment, and a new order and execution management system.

This role will be focused on the data architecture component. Our Data Architecture team is focused on building a new infrastructure that embraces polyglot persistence and ModelOps methodologies to solve design goals including rapid onboarding, discovery, quality control, and accessibility.

What YouFll Do:

• Manage the onboarding of new research datasets
• Collaborate with our market data team to secure new data trial and license agreements
• Write data pipeline specifications, map external data to our internal data model, develop test cases, review test results, and oversee related development projects
• Write data quality rule specifications, configure related metadata, and collaborate with the Research
• Data Oversight team
• Author data writeups in our data catalog and configure related metadata
• Manage permissions around licensed data sets
• Continuously improve our data management and oversight process, collaborating with our operations team to document data-related incidents, implement smarter controls and mitigate the impact of data provider outages

What WeRe Looking For:

• Degree in Finance/ Economics, Operations Management, or Computer Science/Engineering, Master9s degree preferred
• 5+ years9 experience as a business data analyst involved in enterprise data integration in the finance industry
• Experience with market data vendors Bloomberg, Refinitive QADirect, MSCI, BarraOne, et. al.
• 2+ years9 experience writing SQL queries to support data analysis
• Strong project management, analytical and quantitative skills
• Data modeling and mapping skills, ability to identify business data types and entity relationships
• Knowledge of financial instruments, market and fundamental research data
• Candidate must be willing to take full ownership of projects, covering analysis, functional design and implementation, testing, and deployment tasks
• Must demonstrate good communication skills and be comfortable working closely with senior quantitative analysts and business partners
• A strong desire to document and share work done to aid in long term support
• Demonstrable curiosity in quantitative research and investment
• Python

About AB

We are a leading global investment management firm offering high-quality research and diversified investment services to institutional clients, retail investors, and private-wealth clients in major markets around the globe. With over 4,000 employees across 57 locations operating in 26 countries and jurisdictions, our ambition is simple: to be the most trusted investment firm in the world. We realize that itfs our people who give us a competitive advantage and drive success in the market, and our goal is to create an inclusive culture that rewards hard work.

Our culture of intellectual curiosity and collaboration creates an environment where you can thrive and do your best work. Whether youre producing thought-provoking research, identifying compelling investment opportunities, infusing new technologies into our business or providing thoughtful advice to our clients, we are fully invested in you. If youre ready to challenge your limits and empower your career, join us!

AB does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status or any other basis that is prohibited by applicable law. AB9s policies and practices seek to ensure that employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants based solely on job-related criteria.