Job Description:
The Data Operations Manager – Financial Markets will lead and manage the daily operations of financial data sourcing, validation, enrichment, and distribution to support trading, research, and regulatory compliance. The role is critical to ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of market data — including macroeconomic indicators, financial statements, corporate actions, ratings, prices, and real-time feeds — used across research and investment functions.
Key Responsibilities:
Data Management & Market Coverage
• Oversee the acquisition and processing of financial data: equity, fixed income, derivatives, currencies, and commodities.
• Maintain and enforce data governance policies and best practices.
• Maintain clean, structured datasets aligned with internal taxonomies and industry classifications (e.g., GICS, ISIN, Bloomberg tickers).
Daily Operations & Workflow Oversight
• Monitor data pipelines and workflows to ensure timely execution and delivery.
• Manage a team responsible for sourcing, validating, and publishing data used in financial models, dashboards, and reports.
Quality Control & Automation
• Develop and implement SOPs for data entry, validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution.
• Monitor data accuracy and timeliness using dashboards and audit logs.
• Automate manual data workflows with the help of Technology Team to increase efficiency and reduce error rates.
Process Optimization & Strategic Planning
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives in operational processes, data delivery models, and vendor performance.
• Automate repetitive data operations tasks wherever possible.
• Identify opportunities to scale data operations with minimal cost and maximum reliability.
Governance & Compliance
• Ensure adherence to data licensing agreements and usage restrictions.
• Maintain audit trails for regulatory reporting and compliance checks (e.g., SEBI, RBI).
Key Skills
• Strong understanding of financial markets, especially fixed income and commodities.
• Process-oriented with a focus on accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Excellent organizational, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business, Economics, Commerce, Finance, or related field.
• 8–12 years of experience in data operations or market data management, preferably in capital markets or financial research.
• Prior experience managing mid-sized data teams and handling vendor relationships.
About us:
NSE Cogencis is a leading provider of data, news and actionable insights and analytics. Professionals across commercial banks, asset management companies, insurance companies, conglomerates and large corporate use our products to trade, to manage funds and hedge risks. As part of NSE Group and 100% subsidiary of NSE Data, we play an important role in Indian financial market ecosystem.
Curiosity is our biggest asset and it’s in our DNA. Our curiosity to understand the market trends and challenges faced by today’s market professional drives us to build and manage the most comprehensive database on Indian financial market, bring exclusive market moving news on our platform and continuously upgrade our analytical capability. It is CURIOSITY that drives everything we do at Cogencis. Together we learn, innovate, and thrive professionally.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strive to create a workplace that is not only employee friendly but puts our employees at the centre of our organisation. Wellbeing and mental health of our employees are a clear priority for us at NSE Cogencis. If this sounds interesting and you are willing to take up the challenge, then write to us at hr@cogencis.com with your latest bio data and tell us why you would be interested.