• 6 - 10 years demonstrable experience in market data audit or market data management, with experience of conducting on-site and remote market data audits
• Strong knowledge of financial exchanges’ (equities or F&O), index providers’ or information vendors’ real time, end of day and derived data policies
• Substantial experience in negotiating and settling audit claims resulting from identification of non-compliance with data usage policies
• Knowledge of data consumer and data vendor firms globally, including (but not limited to) major and niche information vendors, investment banks, online trading platforms, high frequency and proprietary trading firms
• Development and maintenance of good customer relationships
• Proven background in analyzing, designing and implementing processes and policies to improve efficiencies and achieve desired objectives with a strong bias towards continuous improvement
• Financial Information Associate (FIA) certification or CPA welcomed
• Knowledge of vendor and third party application providers’ products and market data systems management/permissioning systems (LSEG DACS, Wombat, Bloomberg B-Pipe, etc.)
• Knowledge of third party market data inventory management systems (MDM, InfoMatch etc.)
• Advanced Knowledge of Microsoft Office with emphasis on high degree of proficiency in Excel including the use of financial formulas, data analysis and pivot table features is a must.
• Proficiency in Salesforce helpful
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Information Systems; a Master’s degree (MBA or MS) is preferred.