Data Integrity (SR AS)

Position Summary

The Data Integrity Senior Associate is part of a team responsible for the creation and stewardship of security data and analytics calculations for all of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management. The role involves working directly with Trading Desks, Portfolio Management, Compliance, Client Service and other Operations groups to ensure securities are set up timely and accurately in the trading systems and their data is maintained accurately.

In this role, as part of a team of experts on security level data for Guggenheim, the Associate will respond to a range of inquiries from stakeholders across the firm while getting exposure to equities, Corporate Bonds, Munis, Gov’t & Agency Bonds, ABS, RMBS, CMBS, Private Placements, and derivatives such as Swaps, Options and FX.

This role is based in our Chicago office.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Primary contact for security and issuer set-up and review.
• Manage security master data across the risk management system, the portfolio accounting system, the order management system, the option trading system, and the data warehouse.
• Daily review and clean-up of the data integrity suite of reports, including but not limited to: factor and coupon validation, new bonds, missing issuers, security ticker check, SEDOL check.
• Daily updates and recalculations of principal and income projections.
• Monthly Security Master reconciliation between the risk management system and the portfolio accounting system.
• Timely response to queries affecting both the risk management system and the accounting system.
• Provide support for portfolio managers and sector specialists ensuring accurate data, including fixed income analytics, sectoring, and analyst assignments.
• Update and review fixed income cash flows, ensuring that the resulting bond analytics are within reasonable expectations of the portfolio desk and trading group.
• Produce monthly external reporting .
  
  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree, preferably in Finance or Business-related fields
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience (fixed income and/or middle office experience)
• High proficiency of Excel, and knowledge/use of the Microsoft Office suite
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Blackrock Aladdin software
• Thorough understanding of fixed income securities
• Completion of the CFA Level 1 exam is a plus, but not required
• Ability to work on a team to create processes and influence change
• Demonstrated commitment to teamwork and client service
• Effective project management and communication skills
• Organized, detail oriented and extremely thorough with strong problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to take initiative
  
  

Salary Range

Annual base salary between

$105,000.00-$115,000.00

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the anticipated base salary range for this position. Actual base salaries may vary depending on factors such as location and experience. The range listed reflects base salary only, and the total compensation package may include other components such as incentive compensation.