Data Operations Associate

About 9fin

The world's largest asset class, debt, operates with the worst data.

Technology has revolutionized equity markets with electronic trading, quant algos and instantaneous news. However, in debt capital markets, the picture is completely different. It still behaves like it’s in the 1980s; trillions of dollars of trades are placed over the phone, news is slow, and corporate credit information is imperfect and scattered.

Our mission is to change this.

9fin's proprietary technology delivers fast and comprehensive financial, credit, legal & ESG analysis. Our clients are able to make faster, more informed decisions, win more business and most importantly, save time.

Our fast growing list of clients include 9 of the top 10 Investment Banks, leading Asset Managers, Hedge Funds and Law Firms.

The role

At 9fin we process a lot of data and we’re creating a new Data Operations team to transform our approach. We’re building a highly skilled and dedicated team, who will play a key role in developing our growing data operations workflows, focussed on high quality data, processed quickly. Reporting into a Data Operations Manager, you’ll be working closely with our Credit team in New York and London who perform credit analysis on leveraged finance issuers.

What you’ll work on

Every day is different, and the tasks the team is expected to handle is going to grow over time, but here’s an example of the kind of things you might work on:

News: Providing fast, reliable news on all Leveraged Finance companies isn’t easy. We’ve developed our own tech infrastructure to find and publish any information clients might want to know. 

• Learn how to understand and navigate HTML, and use 9fin’s in-house technology to automate publishing

• Monitor and review articles picked up by our in-house news aggregator, identifying price sensitive information 

• Understand new deal terms and structures, acting fast to alert clients to these developments

• Track financial results publication

• Track and record company earnings calls, and ensure high quality interactive transcripts are available to our clients as quickly as possible, leveraging 9fin’s proprietary in-house technology

Financials: We’ve built proprietary software to extract financial information from any document. Your role will be to create and / or update ongoing financials for companies under 9fin’s coverage.

• Be aware of ongoing financial reporting of companies 9fin tracks (thousands!), and act fast to update clients with key financial metrics. You'll jump into the earnings reports, identify the right KPIs and blast these out to 9fin clients. 

• Use our technology to extract tables from financial documentation

• Complete all relevant extraction validation to ensure a high degree of accuracy and data quality

• Map new reported numbers onto our existing financials, building out a timely, accurate picture of a companies health

• Understand and tag specific financial terms to provide a standardised set, comparable across all financial data on 9fin

About You

Whether you’re a recent graduate or someone with experience who is looking for an exciting new challenge, if you have some or all of the following attributes, we are interested in hearing from you:

• Team player: You enjoy working with a team that all pulls in the same direction, and you want to build-up those around you, helping the whole team succeed 

• Growth mindset: You believe that your most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work — brains and talent are just the starting point

• Financial awareness: An interest in and knowledge of financial markets, with a preference for familiarity with financial statements and the basics of credit analysis

• Strong attention to detail: With exceptional analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work quickly and accurately: You are happy to work with some time pressure, and can quickly interpret information and construct effective solutions to complex problems, often working to tight deadlines

• Willingness to challenge the status quo: You see how things could be done better, and you aren’t afraid to speak up

• Communication: Demonstrate clear and effective written and verbal communication, conveying messages accurately and concisely

Flexibility Required: Due to our global operations, there will be a need for occasional work during US market hours, typically between 1 PM and 10 PM UK time. You will receive a % uplift in pay for US hours worked. The specific schedule for this coverage will be determined by the team, but please be aware that there may be weeks where your hours will differ from the standard UK hours.

Our benefits

We’re a scaling start up and we enjoy sharing our success, when the company succeeds, we always reinvest that in our people.  We also offer huge amounts of responsibility, an abundance of opportunity for growth and a platform to truly excel.

Financial & Insurance

• Competitive Salary (our salary bands are benchmarked at the top end of the market)

• Equity options

• Pension (your minimum contributions are 4% with 9fin matching up to 7%)

• Private Medical Insurance

• Paid sick leave with Income Protection for long periods of illness

• Group Life Assurance 

• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes

Time off 

• 25 holiday days per year

• Local public holidays (with the ability to exchange them for alternative days)

• Hybrid working model, to allow you the flexibility to decide how, where and when you do your best work

• Work abroad for up to 3 months a year

• 1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service

• Enhanced parental leave & flexible working arrangements available

Training & Culture 

• Professional learning and development budget

• Quarterly team socials

• Summer and Winter company social events

9fin is an equal opportunities employer

At 9fin we are dedicated to building and promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and truly belong. We recognize that building diverse teams enables a more creative and productive environment. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be who we’re looking for — either for this role, or perhaps another.