Reference Data Analyst
Boston, MA
Investment Data Solutions /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Company Profile
Founded in 1977, GMO is a global investment manager committed to delivering superior long-term investment performance and advice to our clients. We offer investment strategies and solutions where we believe we are positioned to add the greatest value for our investors. These include multi-asset class, public equity, public credit, and liquid alternative offerings.
We manage approximately $68bn for a client base that includes many of the world’s most sophisticated institutions, financial intermediaries, and private clients. Industry-wide, we are well known for our focus on valuation-based investing, willingness to take bold positions when conditions warrant, and candid and academically rigorous thought leadership. Jeremy Grantham, GMO’s Co-Founder and Long-Term Investment Strategist, is renowned as an expert in identifying speculative investment bubbles and also as a leading climate investor and advocate.
GMO is privately owned and employs over 430 people worldwide. We are headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in Europe, Asia and Australia. Our company-wide culture emphasizes commitment to clients, intellectual curiosity, and open debate. We celebrate and respect our differences, while embracing and valuing what each of us brings to work, as we know that diverse teams in an inclusive, caring environment achieve higher engagement and better client results.
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We are looking for a Reference Data Analyst to join GMO’s Data Engineering and Operations team. The candidate will join our Technology group, within a team focused on the maintenance and validation of financial reference data in GMO’s internal systems. This person will work with data representations of investable securities in a wide range of asset classes, monitor existing data quality frameworks, build business requirements for new data processing, and ensure proper dataflow between firm wide systems and reports. The position exposes the candidate to GMO’s various investment and operational teams and offers a wide range of career path opportunities.
The ideal candidate will bring prior operational experience within an Asset Management firm and demonstrate a passion for technology with a strong interest in engaging with technical domains to drive innovation and efficiency.
The position will be based in Boston where GMO is currently operating in a hybrid work model, with the current expectation that this person will be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week and the balance of the week working either in the office or remotely (to be discussed with the candidate).
Responsibilities:
- Manage the data flow of GMO’s reference data within internal databases and vendor applications: BlackRock Aladdin and Eagle Pace
- Obtain a clear understanding of publicly traded security types including, but not limited to, equities, fixed income, and derivatives
- Monitor, modify, and write new data quality reports to ensure critical reference data attributes are accurate and consistent within GMO systems
- Develop a complete understanding of how GMO’s data maintenance and processing affects reporting and decision-making
- Respond to trading, compliance, operational, and reporting requests within tight intraday deadlines
- Analyze data in multiple databases and use a combination of vendor toolsets, Python, SQL, and Excel to develop recommendations to improve data quality
- Designing, developing and maintaining APIs and Python code
- Think critically to help improve processes and procedures (e.g. control reports, daily checklist)
- Monitor process and data change notifications from data providers to gauge impact to our business
- Build business requirements for the onboarding of new datasets and collaborate with software developers to test and implement data processing/storage
- Participate in an Agile software development environment (i.e. attend scrum meetings, explain data and business requirements, and represent our business users when prioritizing development tasks)
- Develop new workflows or modify existing workflows to meet business requirements
- Provide analysis and troubleshooting for production issues as needed
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 3-5 years of relevant investment industry experience, working with reference or research data
- Experience with MS SQL
- Working knowledge of BlackRock Aladdin
- High energy and positive attitude – candidate should be conscientious, self-directed, and possess a strong work ethic
- Flexibility to be on call to log in at night as needed on a rotational basis
- Intellectual curiosity about investment data
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong analytical, organizational, project management, and written communication skills
Plus:
- Experience with Python
- Working knowledge of Eagle PACE
- Experience with industry standard investment tools such as Bloomberg or Refinitiv
$85,000 - $105,000 a year
This is a reasonable, good faith estimate of the current salary range for this role. GMO’s salary range accounts for a wide array of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets and market demand for skills; level of experience and training; specific qualifications, performance, time in role/company, geographic location, and other business and organizational needs.
In addition, this position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus award, which award may be determined by individual, team, department and firm performance, and is subject to the terms of GMO’s compensation plan. This position is also benefits eligible. GMO’s comprehensive benefits program includes medical insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, long-term disability coverage, a 401(k)/profit-sharing retirement plan, open paid time off, leaves of absences, dependent care resources, tuition reimbursement, charitable gifts matching, flexible spending accounts, and commuter benefits.
GMO is committed to the recruitment, employment, and promotion of all candidates equally, regardless of an individual's gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military or veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability (except where such disability is a bona fide occupational disqualification) or any other classification protected under federal, state or local law.
GMO will not offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity.
