Pricing Data Quality Control Manager (Hybrid)

Pricing Data Quality Control Manager (Hybrid)Full-timeFastmarkets is an independent commodity pricing and information organisation with over 600 staff. We are fuelled by values that bring us all together and are united by a collective passion to make a difference. We are supported by a working model that is based ona hybrid approach that allows each of us to balance home and office working while encouragingeffective collaboration and accountability.Fastmarkets is the most trusted Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the metals, mining, agriculture, forest products, and energy transition markets. Our price data, forecasts, and market analyses give our customers strategic advantage in complex, volatile, often opaque markets. Our events provide forums for market participants to come together, trade, and talk through the critical issues of our times.We are making a difference. Fastmarkets works to create transparent commodity markets through our reliable and trusted price data and market intelligence. The markets we serve are central to how economies work and are essential for our lives. By doing this, Fastmarkets helps our customers build a more sustainable world. We are built on a 130-year foundation while bringing a digital platform to market, combining the currency of trust with the power of digital.Most importantly, we are fuelled by our teams that, across the globe, make the amazing possible. With a deep sense of purpose and belonging, we are building an extraordinary future – together. If you would like to help build the future, we hope you will join us on our journey.Fastmarkets is owned by global private equity firm Astorg, a specialist investor in healthcare, software, technology, business services and technology-based industrial companies.To lead Fastmarkets’ pricing operations team in their governance of our all-important data, ensuring the processes and best-in-field database that underpin our strategy are of the highest standard across the business and in the on-boarding of pricing data from acquired companies – and that they are clearly understood, continuously improved upon and adhered to.Principal AccountabilitiesLeads and manages the global pricing operations team, ensuring seamless and uninterrupted availability and support throughout the 24-hour pricing scheduleRefines and champions a single set of standardized and centralised processes across the team and the wider business,reducing errors and streamlining workflow.Drives operational efficiency by actively engaging with users, translating their evolving needs into tangible and impactful enhancements in our best-of-breed pricing databaseEnsures consistent compliance with regulatory oversight by implementing robust control and monitoring procedures.Collaborates with stakeholders to continuously improve practices and adapt to evolving compliance requirements.Co-ordinates and implements updates and refinements with our Risk & Compliance team, Development team and editorial directors, ensuring regulatory adherence.Scopes out pricing process at acquired companies; leverages that understanding to help craft operational roadmaps to migrate pricing to our systemsCo-leads the integration of acquired pricing data into our database,ensuring smooth transitions and minimal disruption to clientsDelivers expert guidance on procedural queries,new database featuresand pricing instrument changes,empowering users and fostering a successful pricing ecosystem.Troubleshoots and prioritises urgent pricing issues,minimizing errors and maintaining data integrity.Captures and analyses insights from pricing operations administrators to identify error sources and proposes actionable solutions,driving the continuous improvement in the quality of our data.Manages UAT testing of our pricing processes and technology, meticulously reporting findings and ensuring thorough quality control.Carries out final approver training for our pricing database; and maintains best-practice guidance, documentation/mapping and supportOversees a centralized pricing calendar and updates to methodology documents,ensuring comprehensive, transparent and up-to-date guidelines for all pricing.We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on.KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLSWe are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven and has a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as comfort with working flexibly.You have or will develop expertise in Iosco principles and the audit process alongside knowledge of price reportingYou will develop a deep understanding of our database management systems and protocols as well as a broad awareness of the whole of Fastmarkets’ businessYou are goal-oriented rather than task-oriented, understanding that each short-term project that you lead or delegate must support our long-term strategy; and shape workflow for maximum efficiency accordinglyYou are a proven leader of small teams who understands the value of management to bring the best from your direct reports and meet a range of targetsYou are adept at leading multiple projects simultaneously, communicating your strong vision clearly and coherentlyYou are at your best in a collaborative working environment, managing both upward and downward, while also seeking to work smarter by creatively challenging the status quoYou are responsive, particularly to change, adapting positively and helping and inspiring others to adjust to our evolving business prioritiesYou are skilled in building strong working relationships with other teams, using your excellent communication and stakeholder management skillsKEY INTERFACESReports to the Global Head of Editorial OperationsLeads a team of 5-7 people across multiple locations around the globeDevelops and nurtures a robust talent pipeline for critical pricing operations roles through comprehensive appraisals,personalized career development plansand setting individual objectives.Works closely with the Product Development, Compliance and Reporting teams to ensure that all pricing data is processed correctly and in line with our regulatory requirementsCollaborates with other teams to create a supportive and learning environment,fostering knowledge sharing and maximizing team performance.If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.Our ValuesFastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It’s this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values.Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are:METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performanceACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things doneGROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgencyINCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we doCOLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you!If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day.It’s vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you’re great.
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