Senior Investment Data Analyst - Grizzly Flats, United States - Franklin Templeton

Description

At Franklin Templeton, we're advancing our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic and diversified firm spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise that's both broad and unique. From our welcoming, inclusive, and flexible culture to our global and diverse business, we provide opportunities to help you reach your potential while helping our clients reach theirs.

Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

Location is California/PST - Hybrid, Remote or Ons-Site available.

At Franklin Templeton, we're advancing our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic and diversified firm spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise that's both broad and unique. From our welcoming, inclusive, and flexible culture to our global and diverse business, we provide opportunities to help you reach your potential while helping our clients reach theirs.

Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world

What is the Investment Technology Solutions group responsible for?

The Investment Technology Solutions group plays an integral role in delivering strategic investment data solutions to the business. The team serves as the bridge between technology and investment management teams by providing robust data and analytic solutions. We strive to promote user adoption of investment data assets, support the investment data discovery journey, and optimize data integration to drive data-driven insights.

What is the Senior Investment Data Analyst responsible for?

The Senior Investment Data Analyst plays a crucial role in driving an integrated investment data strategy via engaging cross-functionally with data engineers to support key stakeholders across the Firm from investment research to portfolio management, investment compliance, risk, and reporting. Key initiatives include development of proprietary investment models and standardization of analytics, and delivery of scalable solutions that flexibility adapt across investment teams.

What are the ongoing responsibilities of a Senior Investment Data Analyst?

• Partner with technology and the business in managing the entire data lifecycle from vendor evaluation, data acquisition and cataloguing, to analytic and solution development.
• Perform rigorous analysis of complex and large investment data sets to define success criteria, and drive successful execution of scalable and holistic technology solutions that can flexibly scale across investment strategies. Simplify complex quantitative models and synthesize qualitative business requirements to define functional and technical requirements under the Agile/Scrum framework.
• Leverage exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities to support the data discovery journey, suitability assessments, and advise on use of data in the investment research context.
• Unify, harmonize, and integrate investment data, including ESG, financial, macroeconomic, instrument, entity, benchmark, market, and portfolio metrics for analytic workflows. provide consistent, timely, accurate, and user-friendly data.
• Handle data-intensive initiatives and analyze complex data challenges, including vendor relationship management to remediate data questions in a timely manner. Promote collaboration to identify data-driven opportunities.

What ideal qualifications, skills and experience would help someone to be successful?

• Bachelor's Degree; an advanced Master's degree, CFA, or Computer Science Degree is a plus
• MINIMUM of 7 years experience within the asset management industry in a data analyst role with a strong understanding of investment functions from fundamental research, investment compliance, risk management, and regulatory reporting.
• Strong global knowledge of investment strategies, asset classes, financial instruments, and investment vehicles, plus an understanding of investment management operations and investment workflows across asset types.
• Significant knowledge of investment data including financial, ESG, market, benchmark, and macroeconomic data, as well as holdings data and portfolio analytics; experience with investment data vendors (MSCI, Bloomberg, S&P, Sustainalytics, etc).
• Knowledge of the data lifecycle, data governance, data quality, and data management best practices.
• Proven track record of conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses.
• Familiarity with sustainable investment and regulations such as the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and EU Taxonomy Regulation is a plus.

What technology skill sets are critical to the success of this role?

• Advanced technical proficiency in MS Office and SQL ESSENTIAL
• Familiarity with programming languages (Python, R, Snowflake, Databricks) and visualization tools (PowerBI) are a strong plus

Franklin Templeton offers employees a competitive and valuable range of total rewards-monetary and non-monetary-designed to support the whole person and to recognize their time, talents, and results. Along with base compensation, other compensation is offered such as a discretionary bonus, 401k plan, health insurance, and other perks. There are several factors taken into consideration in making compensation decisions including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. At Franklin Templeton, we apply a total reward philosophy where all aspects of compensation and benefits are taken into consideration in determining compensation. We expect the salary for this position to range between $145,000 and $170,000.

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Experience our welcoming culture and reach your professional and personal potential

Our culture is shaped by our diverse global workforce and strongly held core values. Regardless of your interests, lifestyle, or background, there's a place for you at Franklin Templeton. We provide employees with the tools, resources, and learning opportunities to help them excel in their career and personal life.

By joining us, you will become part of a culture that focuses on employee well-being and provides multidimensional support for a positive and healthy lifestyle. We understand that benefits are at the core of employee well-being and may vary depending on individual needs. Whether you need support for maintaining your physical and mental health, saving for life's adventures, taking care of your family members, or making a positive impact in your community, we aim to have your needs covered.

Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.

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