Job title Senior Data Analyst 24 month FTC

Location London

Grade Assistant Manager/Manager

About Federated Hermes;

Federated Hermes, Inc. is a global leader in active, responsible investment management, with $750.6 billion in assets under management, as of Dec. 31, 2023. We deliver investment solutions that help investors target a broad range of outcomes and provide equity, fixed-income, alternative/private markets, multi-asset and liquidity management strategies to more than 10,000 institutions and intermediaries worldwide.

Our clients include corporations, government entities, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, banks and broker/dealers. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Federated Hermes has more than 2,000 employees in London, New York and offices worldwide. For more information, visit FederatedHermes.com.

Main Function of Role:

With significant subject matter expertise the Senior Data Analyst will have close interaction with business intelligence and reporting services for Investments, Risk and Client Reporting teams, improving data quality, resolving complex queries, recommending and implementing improvements to processes and controls, engaging with project teams supporting business changes.

The role holder works as part of a team who are responsible for ensuring high quality data is maintained in core investment systems. The primary focus of the team is ensuring data feeds from service providers and market data vendors are processed into investment management and reporting systems and controlled on an exception basis and master data sets such as securities and other reference data are maintained to high standard.

What are the tasks and responsibilities of the role?

• Develop strong relationships with key client and stakeholder groups including Investments, Risk, Business Development, Operations, and IT, in order to understand key needs and drivers and improve data services.
• Develop a detailed knowledge of business intelligence and reporting services mapping the data flows and quality management processes supporting delivery of data into investment decision making.
• Operate a robust set of data controls on data received from NT and market data vendors ensuring that data presented to end user applications is complete, accurate and timely.
• Ensure master data sets such as securities, accounts, share classes and counterparties are set up and maintained to a high standard.
• Competent to operate all business as usual activities in the team working towards expert level on majority.
• Maintain and build strong knowledge base on data elements of products and all asset classes.
• Perform root cause analysis of data exceptions, identifying actions that can be made to prevent recurrence such as improvements in source data, system processing or additional controls required.
• Maintain team procedures and other documentation such as process diagrams and data dictionaries to a high standard.
• Oversee delivery of work rota, checking for completion of all daily and monthly tasks, support training of other team members and checking of work performed by others
• Challenge processes and continually improve data quality controls through an understanding of data content and its usage, business impact and risk.
• Take a leading role for the data operations team on change initiatives and projects through proactive engagement with change teams, consideration of the impact of changes, early engagement in design, provision of subject matter expertise, planning and executing UAT.

Do you have the following experience?

• Previous experience using data management tools and investment management systems for example: MarkitEDM, EAGLE, thinkFolio , Charles River, Bloomberg.
• Strong data analysis capabilities using business intelligence tools, MS Excel or SQL
• Knowledge of all major asset classes: equity, fixed income, derivatives and their data characteristics

Candidate Profile:

• Good written and oral communication skills
• High attention to detail
• Numerate
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage a number of activities concurrently
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, capable of thinking logically, using initiative, able to resolve complex operational challenges
• Deadline and results focused; able to work and deliver solutions under time sensitive deadlines
• Ability to co-ordinate functions with multiple stakeholders

We're looking for the best, whoever they are

We believe in equal opportunities for all and aim to ensure that no current or prospective employee is treated less favourably on the basis of their gender, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity or expression, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, or disability.

We welcome applications from all eligible candidates, and we particularly encourage applications from eligible candidates from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background, as these groups are underrepresented throughout the financial services sector.

If you would like to request a reasonable adjustment to the application and/or interview process (in line with the Equality Act 2010) please reach out to recruitment@hermes-investment.com

Please contact Jessica Sheehan, Talent Acquisition Partner directly if you are keen to discuss the role further.