Job Description
Who we're looking for
We are seeking a focused and talented individual who possesses a high level of technical ability and attention to detail. This position involves handling a significant number of security-related term sheets and capital statements and will involve liaison with front and middle office departments, as well as external parties. As such we require a confident and articulate individual with exceptional analytical skills. You will be expected to evaluate and extract key information to ensure that asset prices are properly maintained and be a key contributor to automation efforts on this activity. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring data integrity for our stakeholders and quality through various checks and monitoring activities.
Global Operating Platform
Our Global Operating Platform utilises global hubs to work in a consistent and continuous manner to best service our clients' needs in Transaction Operations, Accounting and Performance, Reporting Operations, and Data Management.
The Data Management team covers four key operational data sets, Client & Portfolio (C&P), Securities and Reference Data, Index/Benchmark and Pricing. The group is responsible for the timely and accurate delivery of data to facilitate the Investment and client reporting processes .
What you'll do
* Setup and maintenance of security price data on our global Data management platform as required by our stakeholders.
* Performing various checks on pricing data
* Monitor and quality control of daily data feeds received from various sources
* Review exception reports, missing price reports, maintaining spreadsheets for manual pricing, researching appropriate prices for illiquid securities
* Inputting prices for instruments manually from various sources
* Recalculate the PE price following a PE event e.g. drawdown.
* Monitor team mailboxes and ensure all data queries from stakeholders are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner.
* Assist Line Manager in project work
* Testing of Change Requests to the system as well as new system releases
* Maintaining the various programme automations (robots") in use by the team
The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need
* Excellent PC skills, particularly Excel and Word, PowerPoint
* Good written and verbal communication skills - You will be conversing with many stakeholders, across various Schroders departments
* Have a basic understanding of Securities pricing data (Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives)
* Basic knowledge of Corporate Action Event pricing methodologies
The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help
* Degree in a relevant discipline such as business, finance or accounting
* Previous experience of data (instrument, price, index, etc.) in an asset management context
* Further education in Finance e.g. IOC/IMC
* Experience with Aladdin, S&P (Markit) EDM, T24
* Experience of using Data Vendors i.e. Refinitiv Eikon & Datascope, Bloomberg, ICE
* Working knowledge of Excel formulas, macros, VBA, Power Query, SQL
* Experience of working on projects with a substantial data component
* Xceptor Practitioner Certification
What you'll be like
* Organised
* Enthusiastic and committed
* Analytical and numerical
* Excellent attention to detail
* Focus on quality and delivery
* Ability to prioritise and willing to work flexible hours when necessary
* Able to work on own initiative and under pressure
* Ability to work well in a team
We recognise potential, whoever you are
Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics.
About Us
We're a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.
We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we've been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn't change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.