We are currently partnering with a leading West end based Investment Manager, who offer Hybrid working in recruiting a Market Data Senior Associate.

This role is a more of a Data Operations role and will be highly analytical requiring accuracy in managing complex datasets and metadata.

Role Purpose

• Oversee the governance, validation, and management of reference and metadata within the firm's data operations environment.
• The role will lead initiatives that strengthen data quality, streamline market data sourcing, and drive automation in vendor contract analysis and data feed consolidation.
• Play a pivotal part in enhancing the integrity, efficiency, and compliance of all market data used across trading, research, and operational workflows.
• The successful candidate will combine deep market data domain expertise with a strong technical and analytical mindset

Key Responsibilities:

Reference & Metadata Governance

• Establish and maintain frameworks for reference data and metadata validation, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and consistency across systems.
• Define and enforce data quality standards, ownership, and lineage documentation.
• Implement controls for metadata versioning, classification, and enrichment to improve discoverability and transparency.

Market Data Operations & Consolidation

• Lead the rationalization and consolidation of data feeds from multiple vendors (e.g., Bloomberg, Refinitiv, ICE, SIX, Markit).
• Partner with Data Engineering to integrate market data into a centralized cloud or Snowflake-based platform.

Contract & Vendor Relationship Management

• Collaborate with Procurement, Legal, and Finance teams to conduct contractual analyses - ensuring that all market data usage aligns with licensing, entitlements, and regulatory terms

To be considered for this role, you Must have:

• Approximately 5+ years of experience in market data operations, reference data management, or data governance roles within financial services or asset management.
• Deep understanding of market data licensing, entitlements, and usage rights
• Hands-on experience with market data inventory tools
• Demonstrable expertise in data feed integration and vendor management.
• Proficiency in SQL or similar query languages for data validation and analysis
• Proven track record of automation or process reengineering within a data operations or data management function.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline