Market Data Business Analyst – Senior Manager

Global Investment Bank - Philadelphia or Houston

J Harlan Group is currently conducting a search for a Market Data Business Analyst – Senior Manager.

Based in Philadelphia, you will be part of the firm’s global Market Data team of which the Business Analysts are the supplier managers for all market data services.

In this role you will be responsible for the sourcing of Market Data across all business lines and locations. You will look after contract negotiation and the execution on renewals and new contracts, while adhering to license terms and governance oversight. Furthermore, you will work closely with the firm’s internal stakeholders and manage their external suppliers and provide analysis and guidance on Market Data where required.

The firm will look to your excellent data driven mindset to understand, interpret and define business requirements in relation to both sell and buy side trading operations and their use of market data.

Making strong internal relationships with your superb interpersonal skills you will interact with stakeholders, operations and technology teams to analyze and constantly strive for cost effective ways to use data across the enterprise. These interpersonal skills will also be utilized to develop and maintain strong relationships with our market data vendors and exchanges.

Your attention to detail and process-driven mindset will allow you to add value, matching best product and content to your user needs, contract management, validating commercial framework, overseeing terms & conditions, evaluating vendor and product offerings and clearly understanding what can and can’t be done with vendor and exchange licensing and products working closely with Market Data compliance team.

Responsibilities:

• In this role you will be responsible for managing the global business analyst team and for the sourcing of Market Data across all business lines and locations.
• You will look after contract negotiation and the execution on renewals and new contracts, while adhering to license terms and governance oversight.
• Furthermore, you will work closely with our internal stakeholders and manage the firm’s external suppliers and provide analysis and guidance on Market Data where required.

The ideal candidate would have a background including:

• 5+ years of relevant Market Data financial services experience, preferable capital markets and with an understanding of vendor products such as Refinitiv, Bloomberg, FactSet
• Specialist in Market Data products, exchanges, connectivity and infrastructure
• Extensive knowledge of market and reference data
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience with lively, organic, highly collaborative environments

Education:

• Strong academic record and a BA/BS degree
  

An individual who loves solving deep and complex business problems regarding acquisition and distribution of financial market data and wants to have an outsized impact with the products they deliver. An individual with a passion for market data, high level of intellectual curiosity, a commitment to excellence and an unparalleled drive to deliver world-class software.

They seek candidates who are high-energy self-starters who want to join an investment banking firm on the leading edge of the global markets. The management team needs individuals of the highest professional caliber who are leaders, problem solvers, analytic, detail-oriented, and entrepreneurial. Everyone at the firm works in a highly collaborative and charged environment.

Successful candidates are:

• Analytic and relentless in pursuit of the right answer
• Strong communicators who excel at rapid synthesis
• Able to demonstrate sound business judgment
• Able to digest complexity while maintaining an understanding of the “big picture” of business needs
• Team players who are energized by a collaborative enterprise

About the Client:

The firm is a major Global Investment Bank with expertise in banking, they operate in over 50 countries and employ over 15,000 people worldwide. They’re one of the largest financial services providers in the world, and are also engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate banking, and wealth and investment management. They provide large corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs.

The firm’s employees maintain the highest professional and ethical standards. The firm has earned a reputation for honesty, fair dealing, and transparency in a competitive industry. They believe that these standards are the foundation for superior investment performance and are critical to delivering performance to clients.