Data Management Analyst - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for ourcommunity and each other.

Because what we do matters - to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.

What you will be responsible for:

The Global Data Group is an organization that maintains security master data, security pricing and Portfolio data that is used in the Investment Process throughout MFS.

The team ensures data integrity of all security master elements, including indicativeand pricing elements and provides operational support and oversight of all security reference data and portfolio data for MFS.

Under general supervision of the Assistant Data Integrity Manager the Data Analyst ensures the integrity of all of the data associatedwithin the investment process.

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PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:_

Establishes the setup of all security types on company's core inventory system and trading systems, ensuring all data is entered accurately to avoid the potential for trade errors or operational loss.
Collaborates with additional operational teams to ensure all portfolios are established across multiple inventory and trading systems to prepare for new portfolio fundings.
Initiate and maintain reference data on securities and issuers through the use of internal datachecks and control reports. Maintains the accuracy and consistency of multiple data elements across internal systems.
Analyzes issues and reconciliation breaks to determines reason for moderately complex errors and takes appropriate action for resolution.
Coordinates with external vendors and/or internal technology personnel to design and implement new processes while identifying ways to improve current procedures.
Monitors vendor feeds that contain security master related data that are key to the nightly pricing process and effectively identifies issues that could lead to potential errors.
Collaborates with additional teams throughout MFS that consume the security master data, portfolio data and security pricing data to ensure that information flows consistently across platforms and addresses and corrects issues as necessary.
Work closely with custodian banks, fund treasury and investment teams to ensure accurate pricing of all funds on a nightly basis.
Assumes additional responsibilities as needed.

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JOB REQUIREMENTS:_

Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
Fund Accounting or related Mutual Fund Operations industry experience.
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
Intermediate to Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Products, especially Excel.
Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work in a high pressure, fast paced environment
Good business judgment and the ability to handle stressful situations while maintaining a professional approach to problem solving.
Familiarity with different security types (Equity ,Fixed Income and Currency); with some derivatives experience preferred
Ability to work 117 shift and flexibility to cover 3rd shift when necessary.

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What we offer:

At MFS, we view our employees as family — and like you, we want our family happy and healthy. That's why we provide competitive benefits programs and family-friendly policies which support the work-life balance needs of our employees.

MFS is a hybrid work environment (remote/onsite) unless otherwise stated in the job posting.