Man Group

As a junior data management analyst, you will use your specific and general skills to support data that is used across our investment management teams. On some projects you will act as a subject matter expert, providing support and delivering high quality data analysis and quality assurance.

You will be working in a team that is responsible for investment data governance, financial and alternative data quality assurance, security master content and data lineage. The team is dedicated to creating a better data experience for our investment teams and entails learning the details of various vendor data sources we use. The role offers ample chances to create a distinctive mark in our ongoing efforts to improve Man’s investment data estate by building a state-of-the-art data platform.

The Team

The Data Management team is a team that is part of Man Data Science, comprising of analysts responsible for the management and maintenance of Man’s security master content, identifier mapping capabilities and data cleansing infrastructure. The team strive to contribute towards building a robust data management framework, including performing data analysis, building data dashboards, and implementing an optimised on-going data management process.

Working Here

Man Data Science has a start-up, no-attitude feel. It is flat structured, open, transparent, and collaborative, and you will have plenty of opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader data and technology community.

We’re fortunate enough to have a fantastic open-plan office, and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work.

• We organise regular social events, everything from photography through climbing, karting, wine tasting and monthly team lunches
• We have annual away days and off-sites for the whole team
• As well as PCs and Macs, in our office you’ll also find numerous pieces of cool tech such as light cubes and 3D printers, guitars, ping-pong and table-football, and a piano.
• We host and sponsor London’s PyData and Machine Learning Meetups
• We open-source some of our technology. See github.com/man-group

We offer competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, along with various health and other flexible benefits. We are also committed to continuous learning and development via coaching, mentoring, regular conference attendance and sponsoring academic and professional qualifications.

Responsibilities and Skills

We strive to hire only the brightest, best and most highly skilled, who are passionate about data and technology.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with portfolio managers, research teams, execution, engineers, and data scientists from across the firm and serve as first level data support
• Assist with enhancements, management, and maintenance of Man’s security master content and identifier mapping capabilities
• Support the curation and integrity of numerous varied data sets, financial and non-financial, and structured and unstructured in nature
• Perform descriptive data analysis in order to plan and verify integration targets; understand and verify data characteristics including data shape, valid values and ranges, outliers, overall quality
• Implement and maintain metadata documentation, data glossaries and data dictionaries
• Identify data integrity gaps and required root cause remediation
• Catalogue vendor data and metadata related to Man’s investment data services
• Curate and present relevant data analysis and technical documentation to build and maintain an updated, accurate and accessible knowledge store.

Essential

• Experience with data and data wrangling, preferably in a finance or finance-related firm
• Programming skills in Python and SQL
• Familiarity with data from a financial data aggregator(s) (e.g. Refinitiv, FactSet, S&P, IHS, Bloomberg) preferred
• Demonstrate evidence of strong analytical and communication skills, both written and oral

Advantageous

• Working knowledge of databases, Linux / UNIX, Git, Jira is preferable
• Familiarity with one or more relevant database technologies e.g. Oracle, MongoDB
• Experience working with large datasets

Personal Attributes

• Strong academic record and higher education degree with high mathematical and computing contend e.g. computer science, mathematics, finance
• Hands-on attitude; willing to get involved with data and projects across the firm
• Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers, technologist, traders and senior business people alike
• Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views.

Man Alpha Technology

Alpha Technology is a wholly front-office aligned business unit, responsible for all of the technology in Man Group that drives trading decision making. It numbers approximately 170 engineers who help drive technical innovation across the firm’s investment managers by application of a strong technology platform. It is structured into a number of distinct teams, some cross-cutting building technology and others aligned to an individual investment manager building specific quant or portfolio management tools, or systematic trading systems:

• Alpha Platform Technology – responsible for the common front-office platform, comprising Data Engineering, Python Research and Development Infrastructure and Linux High Performance Compute.
• Execution Technology – responsible for all Electronic Execution Technology and Trader facing tools.
• Risk Technology – responsible for front office Risk Technology and Risk Reporting.
• AHL Technology – responsible for technology specific to Man AHL, a quant systematic investment manager.
• GLG Technology – responsible for technology specific to Man GLG, a fundamental discretionary investment manager.
• Numeric Technology – responsible for technology specific to Man Numeric, a quant systematic investment manager.
• GPM Technology - responsible for technology specific to Man GPM, a private markets business focused on real-estate assets.

Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man

Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry. https://www.man.com/diversity. Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter.

Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.

We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.