Investment Portfolio Data Integration Analyst

FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.  

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Client Data Integration is focused on the process and development cycle surrounding the onboarding of client financial data onto FactSet’s systems. The ability for prospective and existing clients to view, analyze, and benchmark their own proprietary data is a key differentiator for FactSet, and having supportable daily feeds created to load this information is vital to the FactSet business model.

The Investment Portfolio Data Integration Analyst is expected to work closely with our internal sales team as well as any third-parties involved in the data extraction and upload. Management of the data integration process from start to finish is the primary mandate of our team, including: extraction from accounting systems, design and building the solution to load data to FactSet, creating processes to systematically reformat data to match FactSet requirements, and validating the data to ensure accuracy on FactSet’s systems.

In addition to working directly with custodians and other FactSet specialists, there will be broad exposure to FactSet business practices, products and infrastructure. This provides many opportunities to further develop technical and financial asset knowledge, such as writing Perl scripts, using command line operating systems, and understanding different types of fixed income instruments.

Responsibilities:

• Speak and write both clearly and fluently in English.
• Understand how proprietary client data is loaded and used within FactSet’s tools
• Manage the implementation process of client portfolio data
• Partner with internal technical, engineering, and financial experts to understand and translate the client’s investment universe and reporting requirements into data specifications
• Ensure client data is complete and accurate, while improving quality and addressing data integrity issues
• Become familiar with common third-party systems used by our clients
• Oversee and improve existing data integration processes between clients and FactSet
• Work well on a team and collaborate with other members of the Client Data Integration Team

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, IT, Mathematics, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration or related field.
• Must have strong PC skills, excellent interpersonal skills, interest in finance, and a desire to learn.
• Desired Skills: Previous coding or programming experience (Perl and Python in particular), use of command line operating system (such as Linux), or background in working with databases (such as MySQL). Knowledge of capital markets and familiarity with asset classes such as equity, fixed income, options, credit default swaps, currency forwards, and other derivatives.

What makes it interesting?

• Exposure to a broad range of cutting-edge technologies like FIX Protocol, OMS/EMS, JAVA, Oracle DB, Various server OS Platforms (Windows, Linux, Solaris etc), Scripting (shell, batch, powershell etc), VWware, Citrix, Networking skills
• Ability to make a meaningful contribution to a tight-knit team
• Freedom to come up with creative solutions to real-world problems and drive efficiencies internally and with our clients
• Direct working relationships with the some of the most influential buyside institutions on the planet.
• Working alongside individuals who are true leaders in the field.

At FactSet, we celebrate diversity of thought, experience, and perspective. We are committed to disrupting bias and a transparent hiring process. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, family status or veteran status. FactSet participates in E-Verify.

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Company Overview: 

FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn. 

Company Overview: 

FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.