Senior Data Analyst

Senior Data Analyst, Security Data Management

Chicago, IL. Onsite 4 days per week.

What the role is

This is a middle office role at an investment management firm, sitting on the Security Data Management team. In plain terms: the firm keeps a master record of every security it trades (stocks, bonds, options), what each one is worth every day, and what is happening to it (splits, mergers, dividends, tender offers, shareholder votes). You own the accuracy of that record.

A third-party administrator handles the daily pricing and corporate action processing. Your job is to oversee their work, review exception reports, resolve issues, and send instructions back. You also run the firm’s proxy voting process end to end and coordinate corporate action decisions with the investment teams.

It is a production role. Deliverables are tied to market hours, trading deadlines, vendor cutoffs, and daily batch cycles. You will be working daily with Research, Portfolio Implementation, Portfolio Accounting, Technology, and Operations, plus outside market data vendors and service providers.

What you will do

• Maintain and monitor security master data in Eagle and Charles River; confirm integrations run correctly and on time
• Oversee daily pricing performed by the service provider; review end-of-day price exceptions and resolve them
• Partner with the Pricing Committee on fair value overrides
• Oversee corporate action processing; validate entitlements, prices, and position updates flowing into Charles River
• Coordinate voluntary election decisions with investment teams and submit within deadlines
• Manage proxy voting: monitor upcoming votes, confirm policy adherence with Research, submit votes accurately and on time
• Support market data vendor management and new market data implementations
• Use BI tools to analyze operational data and support quality checks
• Partner with Technology on data integration and system enhancement projects
• Help build procedures, documentation, and training materials, including oversight procedures for outsourced functions
• Act as the team’s subject matter expert on reference data, proxy voting, market data, corporate actions, and pricing

What they are looking for

• 2 to 4 years in investment management operations, ideally in a data management seat
• Working knowledge of equities, fixed income, and options
• Hands-on experience with at least one of: security reference data, corporate actions, proxy voting, or pricing workflows
• Experience with data tools or systems such as Eagle RDC, SQL, or similar
• Comfortable in recurring production cycles tied to market activity
• Control-oriented, detail-focused, able to juggle priorities and escalate when needed
• Bachelor’s degree in Data Management, Data Analytics, or a related field

Systems you will touch

Eagle (security master / RDC), Charles River (order management), SQL, BI tools, and market data vendor platforms.