Assistant Manager - Reference Data Team

Job Description: Assistant Manager - Reference Data Team (GAC Division)

Location: Pune, Hinjewadi Office (with flexibility to work in UK/US shifts)

Company- Division: CRISIL - Global Analytical Centre (GAC)

About CRISIL :

CRISIL is a global analytical company providing ratings, research, and risk and policy advisory services. We are India's leading ratings agency. We are also the foremost provider of high-end research to the world's largest banks and leading corporations. CRISIL's majority shareholder is S&P Global.

Position Summary:

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Assistant Manager to join our Data and Operations team within the GAC division. The ideal candidate will possess a strong finance background, proven people management experience, and expertise in automation tools and technologies. This role will involve overseeing data operations, manage team, and ensure the delivery of high-quality analytical services to our clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Foster strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring effective communication, alignment of expectations, timely issue resolution, and successful delivery of team objectives.

• Oversee multiple operation support teams/groups for a range of data/content management activities.

• Ensure team members are compliant when conducting data/information collection through thorough knowledge of guidelines, policies and research tools.

• Develop and implement operational procedures and best practices to enhance efficiency and productivity through cross collaboration and Agile methodology.

• Manage the performance review process, Career guidance and talent development.

• Hands-on expertise with workflow and project management tools such as ServiceNow and Azure DevOps (ADO) for incident, change, and task management alongside  Miro  for collaborative visual planning.

• Oversee the accuracy and integrity of security identifiers (including ISIN, CUSIP, Ticker etc.) and manage complex cross-domain reference data encompassing organizational hierarchies and instrument-level attributes.

• Demonstrated expertise in managing complex metadata architectures and generating high-level reporting for large-scale reference datasets; proficient in leveraging  CapIQ Plugins  for financial analysis and  Salesforce  for data lifecycle management.

• Exposure to Automation Technologies including Python, SQL, Gen AI to drive process efficiency and reduce manual interventions.

• Implement quality control measures to ensure deliverables meet established standards and stakeholder expectations.

• Drives data quality through proactive issue resolution, Familiarity with SIX SIGMA, RCA techniques etc.

• Nice to have: Experience with data cataloging tools (such as Collibra, Alation, Azure Data Catalog), knowledge of data cataloging concepts, and awareness of the importance of capturing data lineage.

• Nice to have: Knowledge of semantic technologies (such as RDF, RDFS, OWL, and SPARQL) which are foundational for building Ontologies

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree preferably in finance or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in Reference Data, Market Data or finance, with at least 2-3 years in a managerial role.
• Strong understanding of data management practices.
• Proficient in automation tools and technologies, including Python, SQL, Power BI, and GenAI.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Implement quality control measures to ensure deliverables meet established standards and stakeholder expectations.