Data Reference Analyst: 5 Months Fixed Term Contract: Banking

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Data Management and Valuation Analyst: Banking: 5 months fixed term contract

You will be required to maintain the Client Reference Data, Market reference data of financial instruments and the valuation of these instruments. Investment classes used are equity, fixed interest, derivatives, unit trusts, money market and cash securities.

The Client Reference Data, Market reference data and valuation data will be maintained in the Investment Administration and Custody systems. You will be responsible for performing a data quality and integrity functions across all data sets, resulting in accurate regulatory reporting, portfolio compliance reporting, accurate reporting to Institutional Clients and accurate valuations.

This also covers the ability to understand how incorrect pricing can lead to breaks in the various daily reconciliations of portfolios and inaccurate client reference data maintenance. Troubleshooting the impact of pricing across several financial instruments is critical as well as resolution client static data exceptions.

• Accountable for all Market Reference data, classification and Valuations related matters.
• Accountable for all Client Reference Data maintenance as well as accurate regulatory reporting of the maintained Client reference data
• Proactively monitor and assess processes to maintain market reference data and Valuations.
• Ensure that market reference data and Valuations are of a level that will enable tactical and strategic imperatives.
• Build awareness around manual and risky processes
• Ensure that targets set in various key results areas are met within the prescribed periods.
• Management and co-ordination of Data analysts
• Assess productivity of Data Management Analysts and address poor performance.
• Review documentation pertaining to Market Reference Data and Valuations processes.
• Assist and manage ad hoc projects
• Quality Assurance checks against data management Market Reference Data and Valuations Processes.
• Co-ordinate activities of Market Reference Data and Valuations, and provide progress reporting to Data Management Head.
• Working closely with colleagues to co-ordinate, plan and organize project implementations.
• Manage the accurate maintenance of Valuations and Market Reference Data
• Understand impact of Market Reference data and Valuations streams on different product areas.
• The role involves proactive interventions and decision-making to ensure that the current work and future work stays on track.
• Ensure quality control and checking of market reference data and Valuations captured by the data analyst to ensure that processes, procedures, controls and governance is adhered to as set out for the team
• Ensure that the data analysts have updated Working Instructions, standards and process manuals as and when procedures change
• Ensure that all data validations and data exceptions reports are validated and exceptions resolved within SLA
• Allocation and monitoring of daily work to the data specialists within agreed turnaround times as stipulated in the SLA
• Required to train new data specialists on the supported systems as well as provide assistance when required
• Identifies and manages risk within the team, uses and/or develops and implements risk measurement and risk management, processes and policies within the Market Reference Data and Valuations Team
• Proactively liaise with users to discuss and resolve issues that may have been escalated
• Monitor volumes to ensure that data management analyst can manage allocated workload
• Proactively assisting Head with other duties if the need arises
• Required to manage projects within the Data Management area that entails Market Reference Data and Valuations
• Required to attend meetings/forums and interacting in these meetings/forums, to provide subject matter expertise knowledge/input
• Keep Data analysts informed of all developments and changes applicable to their duties.
• Be innovative and constantly look for ways to take the service levels to an exceptional state
• Conduct performance discussions for the data management analysts and manage their Goals and deliverables
• Daily tasks include checking that the price feeds have read through the various applications.
• Ensure that all exception reports and variance reports are actioned daily and that escalation is conducted where appropriate.
• Perform in the capacity of a subject matter expert for Market Reference Data and Valuations, on projects.
• Takes multiple simultaneous tasks/projects/initiatives through to completion within or before defined timelines; reflects the ability to plan, organise and control; effective continuous communication of project status to identified stakeholders
• The ability to look at instruments and determine how they need to be setup and priced in the accounting platform to ensure that the information is correct.
• When new instruments are received to be setup or when clients query valuation issues, the individual will have to be able to quickly identify what the issues are, test and evaluate various options in the application and then instruct the team on how to deal with these issues in future.
• There will also be queries daily from the Replication and Recons team in the IA space, where the individual will need to assist in identifying and correcting these issues.
• It is expected that the individual must have a look at the processes and exception reports to ensure that the valuations sent to clients are correct.

Qualifications:

• Degree: Finance and Accounting l Mathematical Science and/or
• Degree: BCom: Economics l Financial Management l Investment Management l Accounting
• CFA Level 1 advantageous
• Diploma: Financial Services Operations Advantageous
• Senior National Certificate (Matric)
• Minimum 3 years’ experience: Wealth or Investment Management operational experience. Data Management experience would be advantageous.

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