Data Collections Analyst

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether

Overview:

Join our dynamic team of researchers, working collaboratively to deliver timely, high quality financial data. Be part of a multinational global leader providing industry tools that guide many of the largest players in the mutual fund industry. You are analytical, technically savvy, and pride yourself on your high level of independent judgment, attention to detail, and your ability to thrive in both a team setting and independently.

Responsibilities:

An entry-level opportunity for a Data Research Analyst. This position will be responsible for meeting monthly deadlines for core deliverables, including processing source files, data clean-up, data verification, and researching regulatory filings.

• Work with contact/client firms to obtain timely data files

• Organize and manipulate Excel spreadsheets using Excel functions, formulas, and pivot tables

• Record fund level/sub-account data into our proprietary data entry system

• Compare asset totals to historical data, questioning large fluctuations

• Resolve data issues by examining and researching historical data, prospectuses, and data from other sources

• Research changes in SEC filings (name changes, mergers, acquisition, liquidations, etc.)

• Effectively utilize ISS databases, the SEC Edgar website, and the Internet to complete research

• Run data quality checks and resolve data issues

• Help maintain documentation of work processes and institutional knowledge in a centralized, web-based database

• Actively cross-train and expand opportunities to work on various data processing and research responsibilities across different ISS databases

• Perform special projects and other related duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Management, Finance, Business, Economics, Mathematics, or a closely related field, or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of mutual fund, annuity, and/or insurance industry is a plus
• Experience using Excel to manipulate and prepare financial data a plus
• Research oriented personality
• Must have a keen attention to detail, as well as strong analytical and follow-up skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; ability to communicate effectively and professionally with contacts, clients, and fellow colleagues
• Team player; can thrive in a cross-border / multi-cultural work environment

Work Arrangement and Schedule

• Amenable to working in Makati City on a permanent non-traditional schedule (3pm-12am, Manila Time); Flexible working hours as business requires
• Hybrid working arrangement (at least 3 days working onsite per week)
• Amenable to undergo 2-6 months onsite training (3pm-12am) prior to transitioning to hybrid working arrangement

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What you can expect from us

Our people are the moving force behind ISS STOXX. We are dedicated to hiring the best, most talented people in our industry and empowering them with the resources and support to enhance their career, health, financial and personal well-being.

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We are invested in our people and are working every day to ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.

Let’s empower, collaborate, and inspire one another.

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether.

About ISS STOXX

ISS STOXX GmbH is a leading provider of research and technology solutions for the financial market. Established in 1985, we offer top-notch benchmark and custom indices globally, helping clients identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risks. Our services cover corporate governance, sustainability, cyber risk, and fund intelligence. Majority-owned by Deutsche Börse Group, ISS STOXX has over 3,400 professionals in 33 locations worldwide, serving around 6,400 clients, including institutional investors and companies focused on ESG, cyber, and governance risk. Clients trust our expertise to make informed decisions for their stakeholders' benefit.

ISS Market Intelligence (ISS MI) is a leading provider of data, insights, and market engagement solutions to the global financial services industry. ISS MI empowers asset and wealth management firms, insurance companies, distributors, service providers, and technology firms to assess their target markets, identify and analyze the best opportunities within those markets, and execute on comprehensive go-to-market initiatives to grow their business. Clients benefit from our increasingly connected global platform that leverages a combination of proprietary data, powerful analytics, timely and relevant insights, in-depth research, as well as an extensive suite of industry-leading media brands that deliver unmatched market connectivity through news and editorial content, events, training, ratings, and awards.

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