Data Operations Analyst | Investment Management | Cape Town

at  The Recruitment Council

Our client, a leading Asset Management Firm, is looking for a qualified Data Operations Analyst. As a Data Operations Analyst, you will:

• Maintain relationships with Portfolio Managers, Dealers and Performance & Risk, Client Operations and Reporting teams. Understand their queries and the impact a data issue has on their function/process, manage their expectations, and consider changes to avoid a recurrence
• Have a key relationship with Investment Operations and assist in data queries which arise in that team
• Maintain relationship with Data team as well as assist in the oversight of that team
• Maintain relationship with other data providers (Benchmark Data Provider) and assist in oversight of that team. Ensuring quality of benchmark data.
• Create securities required for trading
• Maintain security static data
• Perform daily system and data reconciliations
• Review NAV reconciliations, investigate breaks and communicate to impacted business users of the data
• Assist with the implementation of new products and new instruments from a data operations perspective
• Continually review and update processes and procedures to reduce risk and improve efficiency

Qualifications:

• BCom / BBus Sci or other similar degrees

Experience:

• At least 3-5 years relevant industry and operational experience
• Experience of liaising with individuals at all levels and across business
• Bloomberg experience
• Basic SQL experience
• Strong excel knowledge

Attributes:

• The ability to build and maintain meaningful relationships
• The ability to ‘approach and own’ and continuously look for opportunities to develop
• Ability to analyse, interpret and assimilate information

Please refer the Job description for details