2021 Market Data Specialist (Chinese Speaker)
Job Description
The Role:
Our Data Specialists are primarily responsible for providing timely, accurate, and comprehensive data for our clients by extracting information from a variety of source documents and rationalizing it to Bloomberg taxonomies for comparability. In addition, they are responsible for handling inquiries from clients about the data if issues arise or explanations are required. Junior Data Specialists may also provide support for internal clients that consume the data so they are required to collaborate with multiple teams across the firm, which makes the role diverse and provides an opportunity to learn. As such, this role is a meaningful step towards becoming a Senior Data Specialist.
We’ll trust you to:
- Extract and rationalize data to Bloomberg taxonomies in accordance with established methodologies
- Perform quality control to ensure data accuracy by inspecting Bloomberg data values and comparing them to source documents
- Provide customer support for users of Bloomberg products such as the Professional Service, News, Enterprise Solutions, and Bloomberg Law by resolving inquiries in a timely manner
- Procure content to support best-in-class coverage of the data set
- Report on results of on-going operations and projects, as required
Job Requirement
You’ll need to have:
- A bachelor's degree (preferably in Finance or Economics, for Data Management only)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Applications, particularly Excel
- Strong attention to detail and high degree of demonstrated decision-making and problem solving skills
- Interest in and aptitude for technology
- Customer focused mindset
We’d love to see:
- Business fluency in English and native in Chinese
- Exposure to Bloomberg products such as the Professional Service
- Project management skills and/or experience
- Working knowledge of VBA and/or SQL
- Familiarity with mark-up languages such as XML, SGML, JSON, YAML, and/or HTML
- Openness to change and willingness to work through challenges.
Company Info
Bloomberg runs on data, and our Global Data department is responsible for acquiring it and supplying it to our clients. Our Market Data Analysts collect, process and publish the data which is the backbone of our iconic Bloomberg Terminal—the data which ultimately moves the financial markets. They apply problem-solving skills to identify innovative workflow efficiencies, and they implement technology solutions to enhance our systems, products and processes—and all this while providing platinum customer support to our clients.
