Job Description
- The Information Services Group (ISG) is looking for a resource to join its data management team. ISG is a service-centric organization focused on digitizing the company's products or services, driving out manual work, delivering world-class client experience, and enabling growth via scalability.
- The Data Quality and Governance organization within ISG is responsible for driving a data architecture in order to deliver front to back design, identify gaps, and implement a robust governance framework across the company.
- A key focus is on Data Quality including completeness, accuracy and timeliness across data flows.
- The function is responsible for extensive partnering across company Asset Classes to drive key initiatives and associated deliverables for the data strategy and manage change with the right governance frame.
- The function and role spans the organization and, as a result, requires strong engagement with relevant teams.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Lead the coordination with technology on upgrades to technology systems and facilitator for any issues or concerns to remediate to meet deliverable dates successfully
- Partner with existing data analysts to support formal monthly governance forums with asset classes including creation of materials and meeting minutes/action items
- Oversight of deliverables that are distributed across multiple technology teams.
- Working with various technology leads to ensure the gaps in capabilities are converted into prioritized Book of Work items
- Partnering with business & technology leads globally to deliver end-to-end solution
- Provide regular written and verbal updates to senior management
- Performing Business Analysis and publishing clear definition of the scope of work
- Ensuring adherence to and develop best practices supporting Clients Program and Project Management Standards
- Conduct data analysis for tracking of standards adoption and creation of scorecard metrics
- Document methodologies for metrics in a clear and detailed manner
- Create and maintain issue logs, meeting minutes, meeting schedules, reports to stakeholders
Required Skills:
- 8 plus years of relevant experience in financial or technology sector
- 8 plus years of Program Management and Project Management experience preferably in external client facing roles and significant experience across the full project lifecycle
- Proven delivery record of multiple Programs and projects involving process change and technology enhancements
- Proven stakeholder management skills
- Ability to handle complex Programs / Projects independently
- Ability to summarize the expectations, decisions and actions resulting from key conversations and publishing them to larger group of stakeholders in a manner that can be easily understood.
- Excellent analytical and process-based skills, i.e. process flow diagrams, business modelling, and functional design
- Data and Results oriented with an excellent attention to detail
- End to end program management skills with ability to manage multiple project concurrently
- Strong sense of urgency and ability to manage competing priorities while delivering results quickly and efficiently
- Exceptional level of motivation and diligence coupled with excellent communication skills (verbal and written), as well as strong relationship building skills
- Highly analytical individual with the ability to work independently when needed and exemplary documentation skills
- Ability to put together senior management presentation material
- Knowledge of MS Office, Visio and Project
- Ability to focus on high quality work while under pressure
Required Skills
- 8 plus years of experience in data-focused initiatives across Pre-Trade/Post-Trade activities such as RFQ, Order/Executions, Trades, MTM, Positions, etc.
- 5 plus years of experience in writing SQL queries and reviewing stored procedures.
- Exposure to Capital Markets is beneficial.
- Experience working with Database, Reporting/Analytics.
- Experience in FIX, XML messaging is a plus.
- Experience in Issue tracking and governance with systems like JIRA / HPQC is a plus.
- Proven stakeholder management and team leadership skills.
- Data and Results oriented with excellent attention to detail.
- Strong sense of urgency and ability to manage competing priorities while delivering results quickly and efficiently.
- Exceptional level of motivation and diligence coupled with excellent communication skills (verbal and written), as well as strong relationship building skills.
Education:
- Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience or Master's degree
Skill Highlights- please indicate the # of years on each of the following skills:
- Experience in data-focused initiatives across Pre-Trade/Post-Trade activities such as RFQ, Order/Executions, Trades, MTM, Positions, etc.
- Experience in writing SQL queries and reviewing stored procedures.
- Exposure to Capital Markets is beneficial.
- Experience working with Database, Reporting/Analytics.
- Experience in FIX, XML messaging is a plus.
- Experience in Issue tracking and governance with systems like JIRA / HPQC is a plus.