Financial Market Data Analyst

Does working for a company that embodies innovation, transparency and creativity excite you? Then, we have the place for you.

Bringing together Axioma, DAX and STOXX to form Qontigo represents a partnership beyond standard, creating an investment intelligence advantage with our clients, from risk to return. Qontigo combines the most sophisticated risk analytics and portfolio-construction tools in the market with globally recognized leadership in creating market-defining indices.

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Qontigo is currently seeking a qualified professional to join our Market Data Services team as a full-time employee, based in our Buenos Aires office. In this role, the analyst will produce high quality value-added content, by working closely with the Development, Research, Index, and Client Support business units.

The output of the analyst’s work will consist of producing a suite of daily-updated multi-factor risk models, quantitative indices, and multi-asset class data analytics.
The successful candidate will provide ongoing operational support for best-in-class index products to global sell-side, buy-side, hedge funds, and asset owner investors. The candidate will use quantitative and qualitative skills to manage the ongoing maintenance of index and data products, which include operational processes, data analysis, data reconciliation, and quality assurance.

Responsibilities

Perform Quality Assurance tasks and data analysis to ensure validity of content produced and delivered to Qontigo’s clients, for both the analytics and indexing business lines
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance for various index products with time-sensitive deadlines
• Monitor financial markets and ensure the correct processing of corporate events, such as IPOs, M&As, stock splits, rights issues, and dividend distributions

• Help with data ingestion activities and in data reconciliation tasks about identifiers and other instrument attributes
• Work closely with other team members based in the London, Hong Kong, and New York offices of Qontigo
• Manipulate large amount of financial data and use various tools to present and analyze results
• Assist the Sales and Client Support teams in resolving data inquiries
• Proactively look for opportunities to streamline processes wherever appropriate
• Collaborate and communicate across all teams involved with index and data production process

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, or other quantitative field

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work both independently and with a geographically-dispersed team
• Understanding and interest in Financial Markets and Information Technology
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, detail oriented

• Fluent in English (spoken and written)
• Financial certifications, including CFA, FRM, and CAIA, are pluses
• Experience with SQL, Python or other object-oriented programming language, VBA, UNIX/LINUX very beneficial, but not essential
• Experience with financial software (e.g. Bloomberg, Eikon, FactSet) and financial databases are pluses

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Benefits

Compensation:

• Competitive salary
• Full benefits package
• Performance-based annual bonus

Qontigo is an equal opportunity employer that offers challenging work in a supportive environment.

Direct hires only - no agencies or recruiters