Senior Data Analyst

Senior Data Analyst

Job Type: Permanent
Salary: DOE + Package

Location: Bristol + WFH 2 – 3 days

The Company:

Our client is a local government pension pool, they make long-term, sustainable investments on behalf of their clients. By using their collective expertise, they seek to set an example for the industry, and to use their voice to argue for broader change. They are proud to be a recognised leader in Responsible Investment, and a driving force behind structural change in the financial industry.

This is a rare opportunity to become an integral part of a new team engaged on a new data project. The new data strategy has been designed to act as a blueprint for how they use data to aid in achieving their future business objectives and is founded on a series of principles that guide them in managing, governing, and securing their data.

The Role:

The SDA will be one member of a team of four. The team is led by the Systems Manager. The SDA will:

• Provide oversight of data management and governance processes
• Provide core data management activities to the business
• Provide oversight of third-party data providers
• Act as a business partner for key projects

What you’ll do:

• Oversee data governance, building the structure and processes that ensure the accuracy, availability, and consistency of Brunel data
• Support and implement the data strategy roadmap, through assessment, analysis and implementation of tools, systems and open architecture platforms (e.g. an Enterprise Data Management solution or data analytics platform)
• Assist the development of a data management, support and governance framework, defining and agreeing SLAs, overseeing the resolution of issues and managing escalations
• Act as business partner for key projects, ensuring data architecture requirements are embedded into the design of any solutions
• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with the following stakeholder groups

• Produce internal management information for in-scope data services to provide business insight. Developing new reporting insight, preparing reports and presentations for management
• Support the internal control environment by reporting risks and regular review & monitoring of controls relating to data governance.
• Participate in client Reporting related audit activities as and when required

Qualifications/Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience in a Data Management role within an Asset Management organisation
• Substantial knowledge and experience of asset management data types and how data is used across an asset management organisation
• Experience of using and/or implementing data platforms, particularly the supply of data feeds for investments
• Familiarity with data modelling, data management and data governance principles and practises
• Experience in implementing and managing end to end, source to report, data reconciliations
• Experience in Master Data Management, developing and overseeing the processes necessary to support data quality.
• A good understanding of performance calculations/investment analytics covering listed and private markets, including equities, bonds, fixed income, multi-asset, private equity, private debt, infrastructure and property
• Working knowledge of investment performance platforms (such as Factset, Bloomberg) and familiarity with industry benchmark suppliers (such as FTSE, MSCI)
• Familiarity with database structures and techniques for data extraction and analysis, such as SQL databases and queries
• Familiarity with or interest in RI/ESG reporting practises and principles