Job Title: Senior Market Data & Reference Data SME – Financial Services
Location: Remote
seeking a Market Data Subject Matter Expert with deep knowledge of financial datasets, investment workflows, and enterprise data management.
You will work with clients and multidisciplinary delivery teams to translate complex business needs into clear data requirements, practical workflows, and effective quality controls.
MUST-HAVE EXPERIENCE
● 10+ years in market data, reference data, enterprise data management, or investment-data operations: significant experience within asset management, investment banking, custody, financial-data providers, or specialist consulting.
● Strong financial-instrument and investment-workflow knowledge: depth in fixed income and credit, with working familiarity across additional asset classes and an
understanding of how data supports research, portfolio management, risk, and operations.
● Market-data vendor fluency: hands-on experience interpreting and working with datasets from providers such as Bloomberg, LSEG, ICE, S&P Global, Moody's, Fitch, or MSCI.
● Market and reference data expertise: pricing, instrument terms and conditions, issuer relationships, security identifiers, classifications, ratings, benchmarks, and corporate actions.
● Data-quality and control experience: validation, reconciliation, exception management, root-cause analysis, lineage, and auditability.
● Business analysis and solution-delivery experience: ability to turn ambiguous needs into precise requirements, business rules, and testable acceptance criteria.
● Hands-on analytical capability: SQL for data investigation, strong spreadsheet skills, and the ability to review data specifications and mappings with technical teams.
