Senior Security Master & Reference Data Lead

Capco; United States; Remote; USD 107,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, life, and disability insurance

RRSP with matching

Virtual health care

EFAP for employees and dependents

Parental Leave Top-Up

New Parent Gift

Fitness reimbursement

Business Coach from Day 1

Job summary

Capco is seeking an experienced reference data professional to own the security master — the golden source of instrument data used across trading, operations, compliance, and reporting. You will collaborate with technology, data vendors, and stakeholders to improve data quality, controls, and onboarding of new instruments and markets.

This senior role offers broad visibility and impact, with responsibility for data models, governance, and ongoing enhancement of reference data capabilities across

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in reference data or security master functions within capital markets, with a track record of owning complex data domains or critical data processes.
• Strong knowledge of instrument terms, structures, identifiers, and reference data across multiple asset classes.
• Hands-on experience with EDM platforms such as GoldenSource, Markit EDM, or Bloomberg Enterprise Data.
• Strong understanding of corporate actions, data governance, data quality frameworks, controls, and exception management.
• Strong SQL skills, combined with a detail-focused, controls-oriented approach and the ability to work effectively across technology and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the security master across equities, fixed income, derivatives, and funds, ensuring accurate and reliable instrument data across the firm.
• Lead the sourcing, validation, reconciliation, and control of reference data from vendors including Bloomberg Data License, ICE, S&P, and LSEG.
• Manage identifier cross-referencing across ISIN, CUSIP, SEDOL, FIGI, tickers, and issuer hierarchies, ensuring consistency across systems and downstream consumers.
• Oversee corporate actions processing, data quality rules, governance standards, exception management, and the resolution of complex data issues.
• Partner with technology and business teams on data models, EDM platforms, new instrument and market onboarding, regulatory requests, and the ongoing development of reference data capabilities.

Skills

Reference data

Security master

SQL

Data governance

Data quality

Tools

GoldenSource

Markit EDM

Bloomberg Enterprise Data

Job description

Capco is seeking an experienced reference data professional to own the security master — the golden source of instrument data used across trading, operations, compliance, and reporting. You will collaborate with technology, data vendors, and stakeholders to improve data quality, controls, and onboarding of new instruments and markets.

This senior role offers broad visibility and impact, with responsibility for data models, governance, and ongoing enhancement of reference data capabilities across