We鈥檙e currently looking to hire a Pricing & Reference Market Data Analyst to join L&G Asset Management Data Operations Team on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract
The Pricing & Reference Market Data Analyst ensures that the organisation鈥檚 use of security pricing data is compliant, cost-effective, and aligned with business strategy
The analyst will be the primary contact in dealing with all Pricing/Reference Market Data related queries that are raised from across the organisation. The analyst will partner with Investments, Product, Legal, and Procurement teams to negotiate contracts, rationalise vendor spend, and support new product launches, business initiatives and regulatory obligations (e.g., EU & UK BMR)
What you鈥檒l be doing:
- Reviewing contract agreements to ensure both existing and new business requirements for Pricing & Reference data usage are compliant. Assessing commercial models, usage rights, and redistribution implications for internal and external use cases
- Maintaining a detailed understanding of index provider fee structures (e.g., AUM鈥慴ased, per鈥慺und, or enterprise licenses)
- Analysing and resolving Pricing鈥憆elated Market Data queries raised from across the business
- Supporting new product development and new business initiatives by gathering all index data requirements and securing appropriate index rights
- Ensuring compliance with appropriate regulations and internal data governance frameworks
- Act as primary liaison between the firm and major vendors of Pricing data (e.g. Bloomberg, ICE)
- Maintain centralised records of all Security Pricing data licenses, usage rights, and renewal schedules within the Market Data Inventory (MDM/DRM systems)
- Analyse vendor spend for security pricing, identify duplication, and propose rationalisation or enterprise models to optimise total cost of ownership