Principal Analyst, Capital Markets Technology Team
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Location: New York, NY 10025
Description:
Principal Analyst, Capital Markets Technology Team
Who we are...
GlobalData is a specialist information services business on a mission to help our clients decode the future, make better decisions and reach more customers. Using our unique data, expert analysis and innovative solutions we deliver intelligence on the world's largest industries for companies, government organisations and industry professionals.
We began our journey in 2016, by combining a diverse range of specialist information services companies, with decades of trusted customer relationships and deep sector specialisms. Today, we operate as a single company and one fully integrated platform, with more than 3,500 colleagues worldwide, across 20+ industries, delivering value for over 5,000 customers.
About Celent...
Celent is part of GlobalData, and one of our specialist businesses. Celent delivers actionable insight to clients, from how emerging technologies are positioned to disrupt the financial services sector, to influencing the creation of new propositions and business models. Our clients are an eclectic mix of the world's top financial institutions, market infrastructure providers, technology solution providers and market advisors spread over 30 countries. The Capital Markets Team focuses on the impact of emerging technology and insight around vendor solution landscapes across the wholesale capital markets industry, focusing on the securities and trading activity chain. Our financial institution clients include institutional investment managers, investment banks' Markets Divisions, asset servicing banks, and financial market infrastructures.
Our goal is to provide clients with actionable insights on technology strategy/adoption and support on how to best deploy this technology for business advantage.
We do this through delivering a range of services, including primary research, primary and secondary data collection, a knowledgebase, a digital toolset (VendorMatch) and advisory. We have a subscription-based business model and also offer short high-impact consulting (technology strategy, system selection, voice of customer, thought leadership, etc.).
The role...
We are looking for an experienced analyst to contribute towards and help shape our research agenda for Capital Markets within Celent, within the areas of either securities operations/post trade technology or front office trading technology (across the buy and sell side). You will be working within a team of like-minded analysts charged with creating data-driven content for and providing advice to senior technology and technology product executives across Capital Markets and the global ecosystem of market participants.
If you have the relevant Capital Markets expertise and enjoy learning and developing fresh ideas linked to areas of new technology demand and are passionate about fintech, this role could be for you. You will be tasked with creating fresh primary research on technology-led innovation, identifying impact of emerging technologies and fintech solutions, delivering engaging presentations, data collection and analysis, speaking at client events and webinars, conducting survey & briefings and delivery of short high-impact strategy consulting, working with clients on specific opportunities within their business. It's a varied role placing you at the heart of business and technology in Capital Markets.
What you'll be doing...
What we're looking for...
In addition to a rewarding career, we support our GlobalData colleagues with a range of benefits across health, finances, fitness, travel, tech and more. To find out more about the roles and benefits on offer in your region, visit careers.globaldata.com
GlobalData believes strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. GlobalData is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
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Who we are...
GlobalData is a specialist information services business on a mission to help our clients decode the future, make better decisions and reach more customers. Using our unique data, expert analysis and innovative solutions we deliver intelligence on the world's largest industries for companies, government organisations and industry professionals.
We began our journey in 2016, by combining a diverse range of specialist information services companies, with decades of trusted customer relationships and deep sector specialisms. Today, we operate as a single company and one fully integrated platform, with more than 3,500 colleagues worldwide, across 20+ industries, delivering value for over 5,000 customers.
About Celent...
Celent is part of GlobalData, and one of our specialist businesses. Celent delivers actionable insight to clients, from how emerging technologies are positioned to disrupt the financial services sector, to influencing the creation of new propositions and business models. Our clients are an eclectic mix of the world's top financial institutions, market infrastructure providers, technology solution providers and market advisors spread over 30 countries. The Capital Markets Team focuses on the impact of emerging technology and insight around vendor solution landscapes across the wholesale capital markets industry, focusing on the securities and trading activity chain. Our financial institution clients include institutional investment managers, investment banks' Markets Divisions, asset servicing banks, and financial market infrastructures.
Our goal is to provide clients with actionable insights on technology strategy/adoption and support on how to best deploy this technology for business advantage.
We do this through delivering a range of services, including primary research, primary and secondary data collection, a knowledgebase, a digital toolset (VendorMatch) and advisory. We have a subscription-based business model and also offer short high-impact consulting (technology strategy, system selection, voice of customer, thought leadership, etc.).
The role...
We are looking for an experienced analyst to contribute towards and help shape our research agenda for Capital Markets within Celent, within the areas of either securities operations/post trade technology or front office trading technology (across the buy and sell side). You will be working within a team of like-minded analysts charged with creating data-driven content for and providing advice to senior technology and technology product executives across Capital Markets and the global ecosystem of market participants.
If you have the relevant Capital Markets expertise and enjoy learning and developing fresh ideas linked to areas of new technology demand and are passionate about fintech, this role could be for you. You will be tasked with creating fresh primary research on technology-led innovation, identifying impact of emerging technologies and fintech solutions, delivering engaging presentations, data collection and analysis, speaking at client events and webinars, conducting survey & briefings and delivery of short high-impact strategy consulting, working with clients on specific opportunities within their business. It's a varied role placing you at the heart of business and technology in Capital Markets.
What you'll be doing...
- Identify relevant research trends and themes across the operations/post trade or front office trading technology landscape.
- Conduct your own leading-edge research into emerging technology use / fintech, and solution landscape, ensuring client service delivery; developing your expertise as needed.
- Deliver written research reports on an agreed scheduled basis to subscription clients and as part of commissioned projects
- Influence and contribute actively towards our research agenda for Capital Markets engaging with clients and the team to gather requirements for fresh and innovative content that is in-demand and thought provoking.
- Support business development and client service teams to achieve higher levels of existing client satisfaction and close new business
- Become a brand ambassador for Celent, developing and promoting a leading market profile as a Capital Markets strategy influencer.
- Identify opportunities for and deliver bespoke research-based consulting such as voice of customer surveys and interviews, system selection, technology strategy, go-to-market and product research and M&A strategy support.
What we're looking for...
- Academic background: Preferably focused on data or STEM, or equivalent professional experience
- 10+ years' experience in a top firm within the capital markets sector (investment banks, trading platform / market infrastructure or data provider) with responsibility for technology strategy, architecture or change delivery; or
- 10+ years' experience in a management consulting firm, or research & advisory firm working within the sector
- Intellectual curiosity and the drive to learn about and master new areas of technology-led innovation
- Commercial experience, with a collaborative approach to problem solving, and the ability to work in a global, culturally diverse environment
- Excellent communication skills both written and oral
- Growing public profile and reputation, with strong public speaking and facilitation skills
- An established professional network of capital markets technology professionals
- Strong understanding of research methods, qualitative and quantitative
- Intellectual curiosity and the drive to learn about and master new areas
- A working knowledge of the role technology plays in shaping capital markets
- A keen interest in understanding emerging technologies and their relationship to fintech innovations
- Ability to work independently and successfully manage short- and long-term deliverables.
In addition to a rewarding career, we support our GlobalData colleagues with a range of benefits across health, finances, fitness, travel, tech and more. To find out more about the roles and benefits on offer in your region, visit careers.globaldata.com
GlobalData believes strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. GlobalData is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
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