Market Data Business Analyst

Overview

In this role you will bridge business stakeholders and technology to optimise market data services. You will manage licensing, governance and vendor relations to ensure compliant, cost-efficient delivery. You will analyse data flows and entitlements, driving cost optimisation while meeting regulatory obligations. This position sits in London with hybrid on-site work and focuses on shaping market data strategy for a leading financial services client.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with business, technology and senior stakeholders, providing expert market data guidance and influencing key decisions
• Manage market data licensing and usage, ensuring compliance with supplier contracts, policies and intellectual property terms
• Analyse complex market data flows, applying commercial and licensing terms and recommending appropriate governance controls
• Ensure applications and desktop services comply with third-party market data policies and entitlements
• Lead cost optimisation and efficiency initiatives, identifying opportunities to reduce spend and maximise supplier value
• Manage and support supplier audits, challenging findings and minimising contractual, compliance and financial risk
• Work with Supply Chain Services and vendors to improve commercial outcomes and supplier performance
• Produce accurate management information, financial analysis, budgets and reporting, providing clear recommendations to stakeholders
• Support effective data governance and entitlement management, including inventories, usage controls and permissioning

Key requirements

• Strong experience within Market Data, ideally within Financial Services; buy-side experience is highly advantageous
• Strong knowledge of market data products and providers, including terminals, data feeds, benchmarks and reference data
• Understanding of market data delivery including direct feeds, consolidated feeds and Direct Market Access (DMA)
• Experience with market data licensing, contracts, policies and intellectual property terms
• Knowledge of data governance and entitlement management, including inventories, usage controls, permissioning and tools such as DACS
• Experience using market data inventory or licensing systems
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing, negotiation and supplier-management skills
• Strong analytical and commercial skills, particularly around financial analysis, cost optimisation and management reporting
• Advanced Excel, PowerPoint and Word, with proficiency in Microsoft Teams
• Excellent communication, problem-solving and report-writing skills, with the ability to translate complex licensing and market data requirements into clear recommendations
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail, prioritisation skills and the ability to deliver effectively under pressure

• stakeholder management
• negotiation
• communication
• market data licensing
• entitlement management
• DACS

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