Sr. Data Operations Analyst (Fixed Income)

About the Role: 

The Chief Data Office is seeking a Sr. Data Operations Analyst to partner with and support our Fixed Income organization. The Sr. Analyst will support and manage the foundational data sets used by the Global Fixed Income Portfolio Management, Risk, Quant and Credit Research teams. We are looking for a hands-on analyst who understands Fixed Income portfolio and risk analytics and will help run best in class enterprise level solutions. This position will be based out of our Baltimore, MD office and follow a hybrid work model with 3 days/week in the office and flexibility to work from home 2 days/week.

Our company has made a big investment in the future of our technology and data. We have a big vision of what we can achieve and have ambitious plans to get there. We at T. Rowe Price hold collaboration as a core tenet of how we accomplish our goals. If you are interested in a team-oriented approach; curious and enthusiastic learners will be amongst your tribe here. We are a group of diverse thinkers, all working together with different perspectives to create optimal solutions to continue to propel T. Rowe Price to great heights. If you are excited about working with Front Office staff - Analysts, Investment Liaisons, Portfolio Managers & Traders, we want to hear from you.

Core Competencies and Responsibilities:

• Excellent problem-solving skills and a demonstrated ability to employ fact-based decision-making to resolve complex problems, by applying logic analysis, experience, and business knowledge.

• Follow excellent operational practices with the team and stakeholders to ensure there is full transparency around our daily deliveries.

• Support mission critical software and data to meet daily delivery SLAs.

• Master and support several leading vendor provided applications.

• Identify and take ownership of data quality/integrity issues, providing resolution recommendations after performing in-depth analysis. Handle operational issues from identification, communication, escalation, tactical resolution to establishing longer-term preventive measures.

• Ensure the validity and accuracy of security-level analytics and risk exposures within the portfolio management systems and overseeing audit processes.

• Develop and sustain relationships with software engineers, Portfolio and Risk Managers, Quants and Investment Analysts on a global basis and support their ongoing data requirements.

• High energy, results-driven orientation with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility.

• Be a self-starter with ability to build working relationships and work effectively in a global organization.

• Make independent/educated judgments regarding appropriate resolutions of data anomalies

• Demonstrate the ability to independently troubleshoot functional and/or quantitative problems.

• Be a key member of teams comprised of representatives from various operational areas and participate in assessing and validating new systems and upgrades/enhancements.

• Flexibility and comfort with evolving requirements in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment

Qualifications:

Minimum:

Along with the responsibilities and competencies specified above, we are looking for an individual who possesses a positive, action-oriented attitude and understands the importance of taking initiative within a team environment.

• 5+ years’ industry experience.

• Working knowledge of Fixed Income analytics  

• Operational and Business as Usual change experience.

• Experience working with and analyzing data.

• Technical data-tool skills such as SQL queries, Excel

Preferred:

• Experience developing mission critical operational procedures and providing training to junior operations team members.

• Demonstrated experience with various global Fixed Income instruments (e.g. bonds, derivatives, securitized, etc.) as w