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Manager, Investment Data Operations, Investment Data Analytics
Connor, Clark & Lunn India Private Limited, Gurugram, HR
Work Timings: Afternoon Shift (11:00 – 20:00)
We are looking for a Manager, to lead our Gurugram based Investment Data Operations Team.
The Investment Data Operations (IDO) team resides within the middle office and is responsible for managing critical data processes and providing high data quality that supports the investment management business. Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd. (CCLFG) manages a wide range of global assets and heavily relies on the output of the IDO team for a variety of functions including portfolio management, risk management, post trade analytics, and compliance. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic and strategic team whose scope and importance continues to grow.
We are a solution orientated and collaborative team seeking a likeminded individual who thrives in a challenging and dynamic environment. We place a high value on maintaining an entrepreneurial spirit and creating a culture where each of us have opportunities to succeed. This is a Gurugram based role, which offers flexibility between working from home and the office.
You will play a leadership role in driving daily operational excellence while also embedding a culture of continuous improvement with the goal of improving business outcomes. You will have the opportunity to work closely with multiple business partners including portfolio managers, information systems, other operations teams, and external service providers. The IDO team works with a variety of business applications and technologies to carry out data and process management activities. Key responsibilities include:
- Recruit, motivate, and develop Gurugram staff into a high performing team that provides accurate, timely, and trusted data. This role reports to a Senior Manager, located in Vancouver Canada.
- Define and be accountable for operational processes that achieve business objectives.
- Provide leadership and support for data operations including handling issue escalations, operational problem solving, risk identification and mitigation, and stakeholder communications.
- Take a proactive approach to ensure the reliability of data processes and data quality checks, redesigning workflows as required.
- Work with business and technology teams to define and implement process improvements.
- Support the Senior Manager, to implement aspects of a multi-year Modern Data Platform initiative and other projects as required.
What You and Your Team Will Do
- Security Master: Maintain and validate accuracy of equity/fixed income/derivative data across multiple systems/databases to enable Investment Manager modeling, trading, and risk monitoring.
- Process Manager: Manage and enable a myriad of scheduled processes for vendor systems, internal and market data transfers, valuation, and benchmarking data inputs to the investment process.
- Data Quality: Deliver timely data signoffs to investment teams; develop and analyze data-quality exceptions and ensure timely resolution.
- Stakeholder Service: Provide analysis on operational needs, ad-hoc data/data-history requests for multiple business partners to support pre- and post-trade portfolio management functions.
- Process Improvement: Identify process/workflow improvements to increase operational efficiency, mitigate risk, improve data-quality, and increase service levels provided to stakeholders.
- Support other operational or engineering staff, senior or managers on a variety of ad-hoc tasks and projects.
What You Bring
- Passion for Operational Excellence – you have an approach and track record in achieving operational excellence where accuracy, timeliness, and expertise are critical success factors.
- Experience Managing Teams – you have experience building, managing, and developing high performing teams in complex environments responsible for mission critical processes.
- Proactive Problem Solver – you possess an analytical mindset to methodically solve problems and detect patterns to prevent recurrences.
- Collaborative and Accountable – you have a collaborative spirit that helps you to work well with others while demonstrating a high degree of ownership for your responsibilities.
- Continuous Process Improvement Mindset – you constantly take a critical eye to processes with the goal of finding improvement opportunities and bring an ability to manage multiple projects.
- Effective Communicator – you communicate effectively (verbal and written) to meet objectives.
About Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group
Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd. (“CC&LFG”) provides a broad range of traditional and alternative investment products and services to individuals, advisors, and institutional investors. Our business comprises of eleven institutional investment affiliates that are responsible for investment decision making and client service, as well as distribution affiliates including Connor Clark & Lunn Private Capital, which provides multi-asset class investment solutions and Connor, Clark & Lunn Funds which distributes single-strategy investments to individual investors. CC&LFG partners with each of its affiliates by contributing world class operations, product development expertise, broad distribution, and business management. We have grown from $29 billion in assets and 200 people in 2008 to approximately $110 billion in assets and nearly 800 people today. This has been accompanied by a high level of change in technology, types of assets managed, trading activity and geographic growth. As we look forward, we can see both opportunities and challenges for further growth that only reinforce our commitment to attracting, retaining, and motivating the most talented people.
- A High-Quality Environment: To work with people who we hold in high regard; to enjoy the time that we spend at work; to focus on productive activities without the distraction of politics and bureaucracy; to treat each other with respect.
- An Opportunity to Succeed: To do work that has value and which presents the opportunity for professional growth and development.
- Recognition and Reward: To recognize each person’s contribution and to align compensation with contribution.
CC&L is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or expression, disability, or age.
To apply for this position, please submit your resume and cover letter as one PDF.
We thank all applicants in advance for their interest, but only those candidates shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. No telephone calls or recruitment agencies will be accepted.