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Analyst – Production Delivery

Analyst – Production Delivery

CompanyBlackRock
LocationWilmington, DE, USA
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelEntry Level/New Grad, Junior, Mid Level

Requirements

  • 0-5 years’ experience in hands-on data operations including data pipeline monitoring and engineering.
  • Bachelor’s Degree is required, with preference to business disciplines such as Finance, Accounting, or Economics, and technical disciplines such as Information Systems or Engineering.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.
  • Excellent understanding of data quality assurance processes and methodologies.
  • Effective communication and collaboration abilities, with a track record of working cross-functionally.
  • The ability to operate within and monitor large data sets at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor and manage data pipelines to ensure the timely and accurate flow of financial and accounting data.
  • Designs and implements processes and procedures to ensure the security of the firm’s and clients’ data.
  • Creates and maintains systems for client and product information to support trading, settlement and other operations processes.
  • May be involved in developing tools and processes used to maintain a common, firm-wide data standard.
  • Proactively identify and resolve data issues, ensuring data integrity.
  • Conduct regular quality checks to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of financial and accounting data.
  • Collaborate with Data Engineering and Stewardship teams to discuss and implement improvements in data quality and processes.
  • Investigate and resolve data anomalies, discrepancies, or errors promptly, ensuring minimal impact on downstream operations.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to address and rectify issues affecting data pipeline performance.
  • Monitor and optimize throughput to meet established service level agreements (SLAs).
  • Provide recommendations for improvements in data processing efficiency and system reliability.
  • Gain broad experience in Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, and Alternatives, across the vast global investment marketplace.
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation of data operations processes, monitoring procedures, and issue resolution protocols.
  • Ensure documentation is up to date to facilitate knowledge transfer and training.
  • Initiate and drive platform and process innovations to support new business needs, minimize risk, enhance quality, and navigate the changing markets.
  • Flexibility to work occasional weekends and holidays as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Basic knowledge of SQL, UNIX, or Python is a plus; desire to expand technical expertise preferred.
  • Basic knowledge of fixed income, equity and derivative instruments is a plus.
  • Experience with Project Management and familiarity with Agile methodology is a plus.