Job Purpose
Intercontinental Exchange is a leading global financial information services provider with an established track record of providing mission-critical, high quality financial information and value-added services, including real-time data, pricing and reference data, fixed income evaluations, security and portfolio analytics and customized financial information portals and terminals.
We seek highly motivated candidates for an opportunity to join the Content Strategy & Acquisition (CSA) team which supports ICE’s market data content requirements, procurement, and analysis. The Senior Analyst, Content Strategy & Acquisition is primarily responsible for supporting the content acquisition process at ICE.
Responsibilities
- Support management of Market Data Inventory and Licenses across ICE business areas.
- Utilize market data contract management tools to prepare reports, including upcoming contract renewals and expirations.
- Support management team through creation and maintenance of tracking tools for open items.
- Support the review of policy changes from vendors and exchanges, update internal management systems and liaise with internal stakeholders where required.
- Support CSA team by reviewing and processing addendums, including exchange exhibit As as needed, liaising with internal groups to coordinate broadest content use.
- Support Vendor Management Office and CSA by creating (and maintaining) new vendors within internal vendor management system.
- Support process for market data access requests for internal users.
- Monitoring and Support of 3rdparty vendor terminals (e.g., Bloomberg, LSEG/Refinitiv, FactSet, S&P, Zoom).
- Support and coordination with Finance on content acquisition, fee changes and budget forecasting.
- Support CSA, Finance, Accounts Payable and Procurement team through creating and maintaining efficiencies with regards to market data invoice management.
- Manage commercial relationships with regional market data providers as required.
- Support the management of internal and external research requests - manage and compile feedback from CSA team, track communication and recommendation between CSA and stakeholders.
- Support implementation of cost saving initiatives.
- Participate in and support content related projects and initiatives.
- Participate in industry conferences and workshops.
Knowledge and Experience
- Advanced understanding of market data and the financial markets.
- 6+ years market data licensing and rights management experience.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experienced in data reconciliation, analysis, and commercial reporting.
- Relationship management experience.
- Content Budget Management experience.
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically excel functions.
- Experience with real time, delayed, end-of-day and historical market data licensing concepts.
- Experience in licensing redistribution, index creation, sustainable finance, and derived data use cases.
- Prior experience using market data management tools.
- Prior experience with a market data vendor and/or market data management within a financial institution preferred.
