What are the responsibilities and job description for the Analyst, Data Management Services position at Wilshire?
As part of the Wilshire family, you can rest assured that every day you are contributing to an organization that is helping millions of people around the world make better investment decisions for a more secure future. Our solutions-based approach supported by a strong commitment to research remains the cornerstone of what keeps us at the leading edge of modern quantitative finance. For nearly 50 years, our clients have trusted Wilshire to transform complex theory into practical investment applications.
Founded in 1972, Wilshire advises on over $1.1 trillion in assets and manages $76 billion in assets. Recently, recapitalized with Private Equity, Wilshire is on an exciting journey to deliver Investment Solutions, Indices and Benchmarks and Innovative Analytics to Financial Intermediaries worldwide.
You will be responsible for ensuring that data operations and index reconciliation tasks are handled in a timely, efficient, and professional manner. You will also be responsible for moderate database development, monitoring, and querying, and acting as a liaison between the financial data operations group and the database development group.
What you’ll do:
- Equity and Fixed income data quality responsibilities and index reconciliation
- Work with developers and create specifications for new business data
- Develop database tools/procedures to ensure day-to-day data integrity
- Understand and resolve general data issues for vendor supplied security level terms and conditions
- Assist in Database design and write specs on financial instruments
- Assist with large scale data management development projects
What you have:
- Master’s degree (preferably in finance, computer science or equivalent)
- working knowledge of SQL Server architecture and objects preferred
- Working knowledge of investments, 1-3 years of experience optional
- Superior communication and computer skills together with a well-developed ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment
- Ability to work with large amounts of data
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to organize and prioritize work to meet tight deadlines
- Experience in TSQL and stored procedures preferred
What you get:
- We offer a comprehensive benefits package including a collaborative work environment, generous PTO, 401(k) match, affordable & comprehensive medical/dental/vision insurance, CFA and other professional membership reimbursement, and more.
COVID-19 HIRING: Our recruiting and onboarding activities are virtual during the pandemic, and we’ve transitioned to a work-from-home environment until 2022. In January 2022, our expectation is that we will transition to a hybrid work-from-home / in-office environment.
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