Market Data Manager (Shanghai)

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped our collaborative mindset, which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

We are looking for a Market Data Manager to join our global Market Data Team. This position reports directly to our global Market Data Director and sits within the wider global COO function.

In this role you will be responsible for supporting all aspects of market data used by the firm. The team provides support in choosing the right product, onboarding it to the business in a timely fashion, ensuring compliance and reporting are maintained as well as supporting the business with raising data queries to providers.

The role will suit an individual who is self-motivated and who is able to adopt a methodical, logical, and creative approach to new challenges.

Your future role within QRT includes:

• Contract management.
• Identifying market data sets, with a focus on PRC market data vendors and providers
• Onboarding market data sets to QRT environment, including cloud-based storge.
• Maintaining accurate information in the Inventory database for example: updating prices records, usernames, departments.
• Leading vendor relationships: interacting with key external suppliers to request information and resolve day-to-day queries for the business.
• Reporting, such as month end related activities including internal and external reporting .
• Regulatory requirements, monitoring of Exchange websites and notifications for any changes (e.g., Price and product notifications), reviewing action required and updating systems where necessary.
• Building new tooling to support the Market Data team in their efficiency.
• Managing the Market Data team inbox and incoming JIRA tickets, assigning tasks to the appropriate team member and monitoring process
• Wide range of projects related to Market Data as required.
• Maintaining and organising an accurate database of current and historical contracts, ensuring clear links to pricing records, user banding limits etc.
• Preparing audits as required.
• Ensuring accurate, timely processing and reconciliation of market data invoices, following the procurement cycle.

Your present skillset:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry experience.
• 10 years’ experience working with PRC market data, either at analyst level or equivalent.
• Experience working with exchanges in PRC.
• Excellent network of PRC market data vendors.
• Experience of onboarding PRC market data sets to cloud environments and familiar with cloud storage environments.
• Experience of permission systems such as DACS and EMRS.
• Experienced working knowledge of reference data, market data and index data with a specific focus on non-display usage.
• Ability to analyse and interpret large datasets, predominantly in excel and to present the data in a meaningful manner.
• Detail oriented; comfortable keeping records in online systems.
• Ability to communicate key information quickly and effectively at the "headline" and detailed level.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks; proven organisational and project management skills in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen.
• Fluent in English and Mandarin.
• Knowledge of inventory management systems and an understanding of access controls and system provisioning is desirable but not essential.
• Experience within a similar firm a plus.

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.