Advanced Principal, Data Management

Invesco Ltd. • Houston, TX

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Advanced Principal, Data Management works within Invesco’s Global Portfolio Services Group, which provides global end-to-end trade processing, portfolio operations, and data management supporting investment-related activities. The group aims to provide quality service through disciplined operations, support investment processes and new products and instruments, respond to changing economic, regulatory, and risk environments, and manage quality data in accordance with SMART data principles.

This role is the lead US contact for Securities Data Operations and supports the global Securities Data operating model and teams. It works with internal Securities Data consumers, including Trading, Front Office Operations, Investment Compliance, and Risk, and partners with offshore teams, operational outsourcing partners, data vendors, Data Product Owners, and Data Stewards. The position provides operational oversight, participates in data governance and improvement initiatives, and may perform securities data tasks directly when business needs require.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of Securities Reference Data experience, including setting up securities and leading teams responsible for securities setup and securities data management.
• Experience leading global teams of Securities Data professionals and working with vendor outsourcing models.
• Excellent knowledge of equities, fixed income, listed derivatives, and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.
• Strong knowledge of front-to-back trading and investment processes, preferably from a buy-side asset management background; suitable sell-side experience will also be considered.
• Experience with security master applications such as Markit EDM (Opus EDM), Golden Source, or proprietary systems, and with OMS systems such as CRD and Aladdin, including their security master modules.
• Detailed knowledge of market data vendors, including Bloomberg, Refinitiv, RIMES, Intex, and Markit, including security and issuer classifications.
• Experience handling time-sensitive securities data requests requiring special attention, such as pre-trade compliance, trading data needs, client reporting accuracy, corporate actions, and pricing issues.
• Fluency in financial data and the ability to interpret prospectuses, securities filings, and financial statements, including assessing country of revenue and country of issue and preparing research write-ups as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Alpha or State Street middle-office teams.
• Understanding of contemporary data governance practices and philosophies.
• Knowledge of Snowflake and experience writing SQL.

Responsibilities

• Lead Securities Data Operations as the primary US contact and support the global Securities Data operating model and teams.
• Liaise with internal consumers of Securities Data, including Trading, Front Office Operations, Investment Compliance, and Risk.
• Participate in projects to improve business-as-usual processes and in transformation initiatives, ensuring Data Operations responds efficiently and promptly to consumer needs.
• Perform hands-on data tasks when business needs arise or consumers require immediate assistance.
• Provide oversight of offshore teams, operational outsourcing partners, and data vendors.
• Partner with Data Product Owners and Data Stewards and participate in Data Governance design, process improvements, and contemporary data governance initiatives.
• Provide operational metrics for IDO and IDS management, covering securities setup, operational issues, vendor SLA violations, and market data challenges.
• Proactively drive process improvement and efficiency while maintaining accuracy and academic integrity.

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off.
• Hybrid work schedule.
• 401(k) matching of 100% up to the first 6%, with a discretionary supplemental contribution.
• Health and wellbeing benefits.
• Parental leave benefits.
• Employee stock purchase plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed