About the role
BCA Research
About BCA Research
- BCA Research is on a mission to be the essential source of macro insight for the world’s top investors.
- We are the largest independent macro research provider, delivering 16 specialized research services to approximately 2,000 institutional investor clients worldwide.
Team Overview
- You will be joining the Research Data team, the beating heart of BCA Research.
- This small team oversees all daily operations associated with ingesting, cleaning, maintaining, and deploying every research datasetfeeding the work of 50+researchers.
Job Responsibilities
- You will work closely with:
- Major macro economicsand financial data vendors to ensure data cleanliness, clarify data gaps / discrepancies, and manage the research database.
- BCA Research teams to act as their trusted advisor for research data, seek out and vet new data sources, and ultimately ensureall research data needs are satisfied.
- Download new series into our database at the request of the research team, map to internal series codes and organize metadata.
- Help researchers find the data they needacross data vendor databases
- Update existing series at the request of the research team
- Review logs of automated jobs and handle exceptions, including manual review of datasets or contacting data vendors.
- Maintain the quality and integrity of the research databy removing discontinued series from automated updates, editing metadata to reflect changesin methodology, and mapping series to alternative data sources
- Review and automate as many manual steps in the above processes as possible
Requirements
- An undergraduate degreein commerce, finance, or economics(we may entertain candidates actively studying towards a degreein exceptional circumstances)
- Ideally 1 to 2 years of experience in a research role
- Experience managing large datasets related to macroeconomic, financial, or market research
- Strong understanding of economic indicators, financial markets, and data sources
- Knowledge of programmatic languagesto managetime series databases, specificallyPythonand SQL
- Knowledge of statistical packages and exposure to financial applications and time series databases
- Drive and ability to think creatively outside pre-defined workflows to deliver results
- Willingness to challenge the status quo and improve / automate existing workflows
- High emotional intelligence to manage relationships with vendors and researchers
Professional fluency in both written and spoken English, as you will collaborate with colleagues in the US and globally.
About Delinian
We are Delinian. A leading portfolio of highly specialised global businesses focused on critical insights.
It’s the fine margins that make the difference in competitive markets. Our clients need to be singularly focused on what really matters to find where opportunity exists. We help them gain a sharper edge in their market, powered by our specialist intelligence and expertise.
Our businesses are deeply respected in their industries. They are the go-to source for critical data and expert insights. Their actionable intelligence and critical data – built up over years and constantly sharpened – are deeply embedded in clients’ workflows, enabling them to make the right moves at the right time. And their specialist expertise, gained through years of industry experience, allows them to provide insights that cut through.
All this is built on the sturdiest of foundations. Forging deep connections and long-term relationships, we act as a trusted advisor and partner to our clients, anticipating what they need at every stage. And we’re truly global, with customers in 160 countries and over 2,500 employees across North America, South America, Europe and Asia.
About the role
BCA Research
About BCA Research
- BCA Research is on a mission to be the essential source of macro insight for the world’s top investors.
- We are the largest independent macro research provider, delivering 16 specialized research services to approximately 2,000 institutional investor clients worldwide.
Team Overview
- You will be joining the Research Data team, the beating heart of BCA Research.
- This small team oversees all daily operations associated with ingesting, cleaning, maintaining, and deploying every research datasetfeeding the work of 50+researchers.
Job Responsibilities
- You will work closely with:
- Major macro economicsand financial data vendors to ensure data cleanliness, clarify data gaps / discrepancies, and manage the research database.
- BCA Research teams to act as their trusted advisor for research data, seek out and vet new data sources, and ultimately ensureall research data needs are satisfied.
- Download new series into our database at the request of the research team, map to internal series codes and organize metadata.
- Help researchers find the data they needacross data vendor databases
- Update existing series at the request of the research team
- Review logs of automated jobs and handle exceptions, including manual review of datasets or contacting data vendors.
- Maintain the quality and integrity of the research databy removing discontinued series from automated updates, editing metadata to reflect changesin methodology, and mapping series to alternative data sources
- Review and automate as many manual steps in the above processes as possible
Requirements
- An undergraduate degreein commerce, finance, or economics(we may entertain candidates actively studying towards a degreein exceptional circumstances)
- Ideally 1 to 2 years of experience in a research role
- Experience managing large datasets related to macroeconomic, financial, or market research
- Strong understanding of economic indicators, financial markets, and data sources
- Knowledge of programmatic languagesto managetime series databases, specificallyPythonand SQL
- Knowledge of statistical packages and exposure to financial applications and time series databases
- Drive and ability to think creatively outside pre-defined workflows to deliver results
- Willingness to challenge the status quo and improve / automate existing workflows
- High emotional intelligence to manage relationships with vendors and researchers
Professional fluency in both written and spoken English, as you will collaborate with colleagues in the US and globally.
About Delinian
We are Delinian. A leading portfolio of highly specialised global businesses focused on critical insights.
It’s the fine margins that make the difference in competitive markets. Our clients need to be singularly focused on what really matters to find where opportunity exists. We help them gain a sharper edge in their market, powered by our specialist intelligence and expertise.
Our businesses are deeply respected in their industries. They are the go-to source for critical data and expert insights. Their actionable intelligence and critical data – built up over years and constantly sharpened – are deeply embedded in clients’ workflows, enabling them to make the right moves at the right time. And their specialist expertise, gained through years of industry experience, allows them to provide insights that cut through.
All this is built on the sturdiest of foundations. Forging deep connections and long-term relationships, we act as a trusted advisor and partner to our clients, anticipating what they need at every stage. And we’re truly global, with customers in 160 countries and over 2,500 employees across North America, South America, Europe and Asia.