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Securities Data Consultant

MassMutual

MassMutual

Springfield, MA, USA
Posted on Jan 10, 2024

Securities Data Consultant

Springfield, Massachusetts Business Analysis Job ID R14880

Securities Data Analyst

Investment Operations, Investment Management

Full-Time (Boston or Springfield)

The Opportunity

As the ideal Securities Data Analyst (SDA) candidate, you will play a critical role in understanding, triaging, and management of investment data within the Investment Data Ecosystem. You will be responsible for the ingestion of data from multiple sources, providing subject matter expertise to data consumers across the enterprise. You will understand how data is compiled and transformed, providing detailed analysis of large data sets, and working with vendors as needed. You will work to resolve business as usual (BAU) issues and implement new or changed data requests in partnership with Enterprise Technology. You will provide expertise to projects and ensure standards are followed. Additionally, you will understand the importance of Investment Data Quality continuously looking to improve processes. You will have a strong business acumen of investment types and their life cycle and demonstrate interest in continued development. You will learn the complex data flows processes that support all MassMutual data users. The nature of the work will require perseverance, accountability, and resourcefulness.

The Team

The Securities Data Analyst team is part of the Investment Data Integrity team reporting to the Head of Investment Data Integrity, part of the MassMutual Investment Operations team within the Investment Management division. Securities Data Analysts are accountable for all data flowing into and through the investment ecosystem. The team works closely with the Investment Data Quality team to identify root cause of reoccurring operational issues, partners with Product Owners and developers to prioritize improvements, understand and react to new business requirements and represents the Investment Data Ecosystem as needed throughout the Enterprise.

The Impact:

  • Understand the existing flows of data into the investment ecosystem including how data is sourced and aggregated to support the usage of investment data by all MassMutual stakeholders
  • Ownership of set up and configuration of new data types, data validations or derivations within the investment data ecosystem
  • Partner with Onboarding committee to implement new data feeds or processes for new investment initiatives
  • Communicate and collaborate with external partners and asset managers to implement new or changing data needs
  • Lead root cause analysis and resolution of business investment data challenges demonstrating agility in managing multiple issues at one time
  • Accountable for escalated and ongoing support for all users of data while ensuring appropriate documentation of processes is available and maintained

The Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required
  • 7+ years of securities data experience with an understanding of securities life cycle

The Ideal Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related area
  • Knowledge of Eagle PACE or like Data Management Tool
  • Knowledge of investment data management from ingestion of source data to end user reporting
  • Ability to communicate across all levels of the organization, comfortable interacting with vendors, business partners, external managers and internal Investment and IT
  • Ability to work across multiple priorities with limited guidance
  • Ability to independently explore solutions to a problem and adapt quickly to changes
  • Collaboration skills and the ability to work in a team-based environment
  • Must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future
  • Knowledge of Eagle STAR or like Investment Accounting platform
  • Expert user of excel and proficient with SQL/Oracle query tools
  • Microstrategy or other reporting tool experience a plus

What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team

  • Regular meetings with the Investment Data Operations and Analysis team
  • Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager
  • Access to mentorship opportunities
  • Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQ, veteran and disability-focused Business Resource Groups
  • Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms
  • Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits

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MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.

If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need.

MassMutual will accept applications on an ongoing basis until such time as a candidate has been offered employment.

Salary Range: $110,400.00-$144,900.00 Apply