Senior Analyst, Security Referential Data

Investment Security Referential Senior Analyst

Voya Investment Management is seeking a highly motivated, analytical, and leadership-minded professional to join our Investment Data & Analytics Team as an Investment Security Referential Senior Analyst. In this senior role, you will own key components of our security master and referential data program, driving data integrity, governance, and continuous improvement across the investment platform. You will partner closely with investment analysts, portfolio managers, Risk, Compliance, and external data providers to resolve complex issues, define standards, and influence outcomes. The ideal candidate brings strong domain knowledge, excellent judgment, and a desire to grow into broader leadership opportunities through mentoring, leading initiatives, and elevating team practices.

The Contributions You Will Make

• Leadership Responsibilities: Function as a team lead, provide day-to-day team leadership by guiding priorities, answering complex questions, mentoring teammates, and driving consistent execution and quality.
• Data Quality Leadership: Lead cyclical reviews of security master data to ensure accuracy and adherence to established policies, procedures, and controls. Proactively monitor changes in securities data (e.g., credit rating and coupon changes), drive timely updates, and help set team standards for quality and documentation. Enterprise Data Management & Governance : Drive the creation and enhancement of data quality monitoring rules and logic used to capture suspicious data conditions. Apply deep knowledge of investment data EDM practices to improve controls, partner with technology and data teams on implementation, and champion best practices across the function.
• Security Setup (Complex Assets): Own setup and independent review of security masters for newly traded and complex assets, ensuring nuanced aspects of each instrument are captured accurately. Serve as a subject matter resource for questions related to attributes, classifications, and downstream impacts.
• Vendor Referential Data Oversight: Lead reconciliations to ensure accurate setup of security master data within vendor systems. Coordinate and prioritize changes across multiple service vendors, escalate recurring issues, and influence vendor and internal partners toward durable fixes.
• Market Data Provider Partnership: Serve as a primary point of contact with vendors to resolve security-level data questions for key attributes. Perform advanced research and validation to ensure consistency across sources, and recommend improvements to sourcing, workflows, and controls.
• Senior Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with Risk, Investment Teams, Compliance, Technology, and Operations on daily production needs and strategic initiatives. Communicate clearly, influence decisions, and represent the security master function in cross-team forums.
• Investment Asset & Data Domain Expertise: Leverage strong knowledge of asset classes and security master data to improve data definitions, attribute standards, and downstream usability for investment and client-facing teams.
• Issue Management & Escalation: Investigate data quality issues impacting investment workflows; coordinate resolution across teams as required. Perform targeted reviews of previously set up security masters, identify systemic gaps, and recommend preventive controls and process changes.
• Key Initiatives: Lead and/or co-lead ad hoc projects that improve data quality, operating efficiency, and governance. Provide guidance to junior team members and help coordinate workstreams to deliver outcomes on time.
• Client/Customer Data Requests: Own intake, prioritization, and delivery of investment data requests from key customers (e.g., traders, portfolio managers, sales, and client service). Translate questions into clear data actions, communicate status/risks, and ensure high-quality outcomes.
• Structured Problem Solving: Lead investigations of recurring data issues using root-cause analysis to ensure causes are understood, documented, and addressed. Drive preventive solutions (process, control, vendor, and/or system changes) to reduce rework and operational risk.
• Continuous Team Improvement: Identify opportunities to strengthen issues management, processes, and controls; recommend and implement enhancements that elevate quality and scalability. Contribute to onboarding and informal coaching, helping build team capability and consistency.

Minimum Knowledge & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, business administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in investment management required.
• 2+ years in security master/reference data required with demonstrated ownership of complex deliverables.
• Familiarity with industry investment platforms, such as: BlackRock Aladdin and/or Bloomberg required.
• Demonstrated understanding of investment products, asset classes, and financial markets required.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities (formal or informal), including influencing stakeholders, driving decisions, mentoring others, and leading workstreams or process improvements.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to translate complex data topics for diverse audiences and drive alignment across teams.
• Highly motivated self-starter with strong accountability, a continuous-improvement mindset, and interest in expanding leadership scope over time.
• Strategic, analytical mindset with strong project management, organizational, and problem-solving skills; able to balance day-to-day delivery with longer-term improvements.
• Advanced Excel and Intermediate SQL skills required. API knowledge, a plus.
• Interest or progress toward CFA, a plus.