Your opportunity
The Data Operations (DO) department is a part of Trade Operations and plays a vital role in supporting the business’s success. We are tasked with setting up various types of instrument vehicles for the desk (PMs, Traders) and are also responsible for maintaining the data quality of our securities universe. Additionally, we support various stakeholders, including Client Reporting, Dealers, Fund Managers, Risk, Compliance, Performance Teams, and Complex Securities, among others.
You have the responsibility of executing numerous tasks related to the upkeep of all investment reference data, including Security Setup & Maintenance, Fund Setup & Benchmarks Maintenance, Ratings, Indices, and more, across various systems. This encompasses a wide range of investment products, aiming to deliver precise, timely data that supports analytics, risk management, trading, finance, compliance, marketing, and client reporting. Your duties also involve creating and examining reports on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis to verify their accuracy, ensure compliance, and maintain control.
You will:
- Maintain the accuracy and compliance of investment reference data through data cleansing, auditing, and validation activities.
- Ensure all investment reference data elements are opened, closed, and updated both timely and accurately.
- Set improvement targets, qualify, and quantify the results of data quality efforts.
- Conduct root‑cause investigations for issues related to master data within systems and suggest or implement solutions.
- Recommend ways to strengthen data integrity, quality, and availability across the enterprise.
- Collaborate with IT, data stewards, and internal business units to establish transparent, efficient, and effective processes for utilizing master data within systems.
- Partner with IT personnel and data stewards to identify data irregularities by employing data profiling tools.
- Keep abreast of the functionalities of master data tools, understand the flow of data through downstream systems, and grasp the rules governing data lineage.
- Support the creation and ongoing refinement of operational policies and procedures.
- Stay informed about the needs and business processes of all internal stakeholders.
- Develop daily, weekly, and monthly quality dashboards that show state of data errors and exceptions as well as progress toward specific data quality targets.
- Assist in the design, development, testing, and implementation of new processes and/or system enhancements to ensure that the design meets business requirements while improving department efficiency and effectiveness.
- Carry out additional duties as assigned.
What to expect when you join our firm
- Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
- Excellent health and wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to Wellhub
- Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
- Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
- Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
- All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
- Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen
Must have skills
- Experienced in data operations/reference data approaches, quality practices in large financial organization(s).
- Knowledge of Market Data Vendor such as Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Markit EDM, Sedol Web.
- Knowledge of various instrument products such as Equities, Fixed Income and Derivatives.
- Five‑year experience within the financial services industry specifically focused on security reference data.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to build effective relationships at all levels of the business.
- Critical thinking, adaptability
- Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail
- Enjoys problem solving.
- Proactive in establishing processes and the best ways of working.
Nice to have skills
- Basic Excel skill, SQL, VBA
Supervisory responsibilities
- No
Potential for growth
- Regular training
- Continuing education courses
Annual Bonus Opportunity
Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on company, department, team and individual performance.
Benefits
Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards package to eligible employees that includes competitive compensation, pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits.
Equal Opportunity
Janus Henderson Investors is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. All applications are subject to background checks.
Regulatory Obligations
You should be willing to adhere to the provisions of our Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements, including past political contributions and political activities. Applicants’ past political contributions or activity may impact applicants’ eligibility for this position.
Regulatory Compliance Reminder
You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.
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