Bloomberg runs on data. In Bloomberg Data, we’re responsible for on-boarding, analysing, applying and supplying it to our clients for their financial data needs.  

Our Team: 

 
With global assets under management in the hundreds of trillions of dollars, one of the primary areas for investment is in the mutual and exchange traded funds space. As a team, we are responsible for acquiring, ingesting, normalising and presenting market data pertaining to funds onto the Bloomberg Terminal and Enterprise products. One of the key factors in this data flow is establishing and maintaining positive relationships with fund managers and other data providers in the funds industry. Our data coverage includes performance data such as pricing and assets, reference data such as strategy and fees, along with regulatory reporting requirements including ESG. Joining the Data department means that you are a part of one of the world's leading sources of data, providing accurate, immediate insights for financial market professionals. You will enhance your product knowledge, work closely with our clients and understand their needs, and build relationships throughout the company, all while helping our clients get access to a market leading fund data platform. 

What’s the role? 

 
Bloomberg’s Funds Data team is looking for a Technical Account Manager to join its growing Fund Onboarding team. There are around half a million funds in the market, each with various structures and characteristics to meet the unique needs of investors. As part of the team, you’ll work alongside a Team Leader to use feedback based on your knowledge of the dataset to improve our fund onboarding procedures. This includes, but is not limited to, configuring ETL pipelines, speaking publicly with contributors to ensure accurate data ingestion from fund inception, and contribute business rules and quality workflows to ensure high data accuracy. This is in addition to maintaining and growing a knowledge of funds data process and client engagement. 

We'll trust you to:  

• Acquire, update & maintain high-quality funds data using various internal systems, proprietary company software and your own automation knowledge 
• Work with domain experts to enrich the product using technical tools 
• Establish and manage relationships with internal groups throughout Bloomberg as well as external clients 
• Maintain a solid grasp of the fund data space by processing data for your assigned fund coverage and answering client questions 
• Work with other data and core business groups, such as Product, Sales, News and Engineering to help develop and improve product databases and functionality across the terminal 
• Leverage knowledge of the funds dataset to configure workflows in a production environment using Bloomberg’s data processing technologies 

You'll need to have:  

*Please note we use years of experience as a guide but we certainly will consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary for the role.

• A bachelor's degree or higher in relevant data technology or financial field, or equivalent professional work experience 
• Minimum of 5 years + of experience working as a data analyst or in the asset management and/or finance industry*
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills
• Ability to think critically in improving and developing products 
• Strong organization skills with ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously 
• A curiosity about data management and the asset management industry 
• Growing curiosity about the world of data and using data to drive actions 

We'd love to see:  

• Experience with the Funds Market and solid grasp of the key concepts for this product 
• Proficiency with Git, SQL, and Python 
• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) designation 
• Prior experience configuring or developing microservices in a business environment. 
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation 

Does this sound like you? 

 
Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are! In the meantime, feel free to have a look at this: 
https://www.bloomberg.com/careers/global-data/. 

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