Job Purpose:

  • You will be required to build financial knowledge of the vast range of products traded by SIG as well as specifics of the trading venues we operate on
  • You will work with the complex structure of the databases and investigate ways of obtaining, populating and monitoring data using internal tools and workflows
  • This is a superb opportunity to gain exposure to front office trading environment for someone with a keen interest in the financial markets and with a focus on the tuning data sets.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Controlling and guaranteeing integrity of instrument reference data
  • Identifying improvements within existing operational processes and driving projects aimed at improving static data tools
  • Supporting automation jobs and understanding workflows
  • Handling the creation of all exchange traded and OTC instruments in internal systems
  • Ensuring front to back system maintenance of instrument static data for all asset classes
  • Reconciling data discrepancies on a daily basis
  • Investigating and resolving user requests in a timely manner
  • Single point of contact for all maintenance requests and questions related to instrument static data
  • Retrieving and interpreting data from third party data sources
  • Making sure that data is synchronised across all relevant environments
  • Proactively communicating changes and updates in order to reduce trading/operational risks
  • Managing static data updates around corporate actions and coordinating actions to be taken by all groups involved
  • Analysing exchange upgrades and any substantial system changes that can be driven by different groups
  • Liaising with Developers, Business Analysts, Traders, Operations, Finance and Compliance teams in order to keep the static data up-to-date and fit for purpose
  • Maintaining a full understanding of data workflows and impact of static data changes on downstream processes and applications.

Skills and Qualifications:

  • 1-3 Years industry experience, supporting applications and tools which consume high volumes of different financial data
  • 3rd level degree, preferably in IT, business or finance related discipline is desirable.
  • Experience with Business Intelligence tools such as Informatica;
  • Experience building reporting dashboards through QlikView or Splunk or file downloads from FTP and other services
  • Ability to multi-task, meet deadlines, familiar with high volumes of data changes and prioritise workloads
  • Working knowledge of Stock Exchanges, Bloomberg, Reuters and additional vendor suppliers (desirable, not essential)
  • Working knowledge of SQL, relational databases and querying/updating database tables.
  • Previous experience working within a Reference Data environment would be beneficial.
  • Knowledge considered as plus: tradeable instruments such as equities, ETFs, derivatives and commodities, particularly the data required to support trading and settlement/clearing of such instruments

Personal Attributes

  • Effective problem solving and analytical skills
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
  • Pro-active and highly motivated – desire to question beyond the basics, drive for problem resolution
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail are essential
  • Self-motivated and creative with an ability to learn new systems and processes.

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