Market Data Analyst

The Chief Data Office in close partnership with key business stakeholders will support the transformation of the organization to ensure data is leveraged as a strategic asset supporting our business goals. The groups objectives include:

• A single central source for data which is easy to access and describes how the data was obtained
• Data quality continually monitored and accuracy improved
• Common standards and policies for data governance
• Flexible reporting tools to access data and adapt to changing business or regulatory requirements

This position will play a key role in supporting the Market Data Operations team across daytoday activities and longerterm strategic initiatives. Core responsibilities include gathering and translating business requirements from stakeholders tracking and optimizing market data spend performing data analysis and reconciliations and identifying opportunities to enhance operational efficiency. This role will also contribute actively to our digital transformation agenda.

The analyst will collaborate with a broad spectrum of business partners (e.g. Investment teams Risk Performance Procurement) and gain exposure to a wide range of market data services such as ESG ratings pricing research index real estate reference data etc.

We are seeking an individual with strong technical and analytical capabilities complemented by excellent communication and timemanagement skills. The ideal candidate is a selfstarter with natural curiosity a results-oriented mindset and a passion for driving progress and challenging the status quo.

Position Responsibilities:

• Support the Market Data Operations team by facilitating market data requests and contract renewal activities performing data analysis and reconciliation reviewing invoices conducting user polling and assisting with ongoing investigations.
• Work with business units globally to manage demand understand their needs identify current/future requirements.
• Build a strong partnership with stakeholders across the organization and gain a solid understanding of Market Data services.
• Serve as a point of contact for user issues; triage troubleshoot and coordinate resolution with vendors and internal teams.
• Gather and organize data to produce metrics and reporting related to market data consumption; maintain enhance and expand datadriven dashboards to monitor market data spend trends over time.
• Actively contribute to initiatives that streamline processes and enhance operational efficiency across contract renewal activities user management invoice validation and intake workflows leveraging AI capabilities and Power Apps to drive automation and continuous improvement.
• Identify duplicative data sources and look for ways to maximize utilization of the data we already have to ultimately deliver incremental cost efficiencies.
• Understand how the data ecosystem is structured and how data is integrated and transformed across different platforms.
• When presented with problems or reporting needs identify data and analytical process necessary to address them.
• Ability to generate impactful actionable insights based on iterative data analysis translate data-driven output into business language and make appropriate recommendations.
• Contribute to the development and execution of the divisions data strategy that enables the most effective use of the data assets.
• Collaborate with all groups within the Chief Data Office to ensure alignment across data functions and on target delivery of the groups goals.
• Bring forward new ideas challenges to the status quo without a specific business request.
• Continuously enhance knowledge within area of expertise and keep current with industry trends and business direction.

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in business finance computer science or a quantitative discipline.
• Prior experience in the financial industry in Market Data Operations or Data Management is preferred.
• A comprehensive understanding of market data vendors (e.g. Bloomberg MSCI Factset Morningstar S&P etc.) and services is a nice to have.
• Strong ability working with multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex initiatives and align business needs with data solutions.
• Must have solid technical skills particularly within the Microsoft Office suite with expert Excel capabilities.
• Experience with databases query/programming languages data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI) and data analysis is a significant plus for this position.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy with strong logical and technical problemsolving skills; able to analyze complex data identify inconsistencies and provide datadriven recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset; able to clarify ambiguous situations and drive efficient outcomes.
• Strong organizational skills with the capacity to balance competing priorities and manage tasks independently.
• Executes with speed and precision viewing challenges as opportunities to dive deeper and continuously learn from both successes and setbacks
• Hold a high degree of personal accountability and ownership in everything you do.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us visit is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge skills qualifications experience and education/training. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location please contact for the salary range for your location.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits including health dental mental health vision short- and long-term disability life and AD&D insurance coverage adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays vacation personal and sick days and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S. please contact for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.