Security Master Specialist

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Key Responsibilities

Daily analysis and filtration of reports Daily running of tests and reporting bugs in select cases, e.g.,

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EngineeringSecurity

WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. We seek to produce high-quality predictive signals (alphas) through our proprietary research platform to employ financial strategies focused on market inefficiencies. Our teams work collaboratively to drive the production of alphas and financial strategies – the foundation of a balanced, global investment platform.

WorldQuant is built on a culture that pairs academic sensibility with accountability for results. Employees are encouraged to think openly about problems, balancing intellectualism and practicality. Excellent ideas come from anyone, anywhere. Employees are encouraged to challenge conventional thinking and possess an attitude of continuous improvement.

Our goal is to hire the best and the brightest. We value intellectual horsepower first and foremost, and people who demonstrate an outstanding talent. There is no roadmap to future success, so we need people who can help us build it.

Experience managing data within a firm wide Security Master
Experience in Corporate Actions
Well-versed with data-validation, exceptions and anomalies/pricing differences driven by collaborating with some of the front office and execution teams
Understanding of financial instruments
Managing operational processes and deadlines

Experience with SQL (Joins across multiple tables, common table expressions, temporary tables, aggregate functions, case statements, ad-hoc loading of files into the database).
Unix shell commands and scripting

Responsibilities

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→Daily analysis and filtration of reports
→Daily running of tests and reporting bugs in select cases, e.g., comparing Security Master's data with vendor data
→Responding to and following up on raised tickets, as well as researching internal tickets for data issues – managing life cycle to resolution
→Constant analysis of regular tickets related to corporate actions
→Driving continuous process improvement
→Ad Hoc tasks – researching and testing for new features of security master applications, as well as onboarding and testing corporate actions for new share classes

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