June 8, 2022
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Málaga, Málaga provincia, Spain
June 8, 2022
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Currently, we are looking for a skilled Data Analyst, with experience in systems and projects within the Financial Market domain, to join the Data Team of our client.
We always hire for a career in EPAM, but the initial client for this hire is a leading UK based Hedge Fund with a New York presence with aggressive growth aspirations and a challenging delivery agenda.
Our ideal Data Analyst is passionate about data and the financial market, and among other reasons will consider this position because they have an interest in working in a dynamic and challenging environment with room to bring their skills to implement solutions that will provide to the stakeholders timely clean data to support them in their decision-making process and operations. Also, you are a great fit for our team if you are keen to be part of daily operations of a Market Data team, working with multidisciplinary teams.
You will join an established team that organizes weekly shifts between Support/BAU and Project tasks. One of the Market Data team's mandates is progressively improving its operations making it overtime more reliable, robust, documented, and automated.
We always hire for a career in EPAM, but the initial client for this hire is a leading UK based Hedge Fund with a New York presence with aggressive growth aspirations and a challenging delivery agenda.
Our ideal Data Analyst is passionate about data and the financial market, and among other reasons will consider this position because they have an interest in working in a dynamic and challenging environment with room to bring their skills to implement solutions that will provide to the stakeholders timely clean data to support them in their decision-making process and operations. Also, you are a great fit for our team if you are keen to be part of daily operations of a Market Data team, working with multidisciplinary teams.
You will join an established team that organizes weekly shifts between Support/BAU and Project tasks. One of the Market Data team's mandates is progressively improving its operations making it overtime more reliable, robust, documented, and automated.
Responsibilities
- On Project-time:
- Using data skills to drive automation
- Work in stories that aims to improve team’s efficiency: manual processes automation, data quality/sanitizing checks, triggering alerts/reports, monitor dashboards, tooling creation
- Specification of new functionality as required by projects across the firm
- Ongoing improvement of knowledge through better documentation and knowledge management infrastructure
- On Support/BAU-time:
- Be the first point of call for market data needs from the investment desk
- Identify and manage risks and flag major issues early
- Help investigate complex functional data issues, assist in root cause analysis and establish solutions
- Suggest innovative solutions to business problems/processes that leverage technology to provide efficiency improvements and better user experiences
- Play a proactive role in spotting improvement opportunities
- Engage with external and internal data providers
- On-call, participate in support on-call rotations one week a month (Mon-Fri):
- On call start time: Flexible, the team will organize shifts to accommodate
- On call end time: 11pm CET
- Compensation: On call: 35% of hour rate and Overtime compensation: x1.75 for any hours worked during on-call period
- Flexibility to swift shifts between the team members
Requirements
- SQL and solid data interrogation skills
- Python (for data analysis and automation – pandas, etc.)
- Experience automating processes using workflow orchestration tools
- Advanced Excel skills
- Financial market domain knowledge
- Have clear understanding of features of main asset classes: Equities, Bonds, Derivatives
- Experience documenting processes and procedures
- Soft Skills:
- You can navigate uncertainty and / or complexity whilst retaining a positive outlook
- You communicate clearly and concisely and can transfer knowledge efficiently
- You have good attention to detail and strive for learning
- You form strong, honest, and mutually respectful relationships with the key client, visiting their London office as required
Nice to have
- Advanced ANSI SQL capabilities for data interrogation
- Experience of building Tableau workbooks
- Code management tools and experience of working from a checked-in code base
- Market data experience (pricing, exchange codes, etc.)
- Experience with industry vendors e.g., Bloomberg, Refinitiv, IHS Markit
- Experience in Agile projects, working knowledge of Jira and Confluence
We offer
- Extended opportunity to grow professionally in a cross-cultural environment
- Access to various on-line courses from leading provider
- Access to engineering communities on a global scale
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
- Social benefits in line with local legislation
- Health insurance and meal vouchers programs
- Special discount program for EPAMers with providers across Malaga and in other cities around the world
- Regular team collaboration events
- Office in a good location with easy access
- Referral bonuses
- Relocation support (for people from other countries)
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