Data Analyst or Operations Analyst
I received two job offers this week, one from a more well known hedge fund in CT for a data analyst position, and one from a korean asset manager for an operations analyst role in which there's lots of room for lateral/vertical movement within the company. My goal is to eventually get to a research position at a HF, and currently hold my CFA Level I, taking Level II this year. I currently work as a BA at a BB, but team isn't great so need to move. Which job would be better to eventually reach that goal? Thanks in advance
Data Analyst. Operations may allow you to move into trading, Data Analyst esp in a quanty environment will get you closer to a PM or research role IMO.
It'd be helpful if you provide the job descriptions for the roles - it's hard to judge from just the titles.
Sure, this is data analyst role: Overview IT Data Services is responsible for back office pricing as well as time series data for trading/modeling/analysis. We work closely with other departments within Management & Control to ensure the accuracy and best practices in security valuation, compliance, risk management, and other operational areas key to _____'s continued success. We also work closely with various front office groups, helping them leverage existing data and delivering new data sets Responsibilities: - The Data Analyst will assist in reviewing processes and technologies to improve data accuracy, timeliness, and efficiency. - The Data Analyst will regularly interact with users of ____'s financial data to identify, access, and query series of interest in -----’s internal databases, including a third party tick database. These groups include but are not limited to Trading, Global Research, Middle Office, Risk, and Compliance. - For new projects or data-related production changes, the Data Analyst will determine detailed specifications and resource requirements and coordinate prioritization and approval with other groups. Will test content for proper QA and review/approve for production release. - When new data services are needed, the Data Analyst will evaluate potential data sources and cost/resources. - The Data Analyst will work with our offshore Data Operations team to oversee their processes, which include cross checking, verifying and updating security and economic data. He/She will serve as an escalation point for Level II requests from this team.
Operations role doesn't have job description because I went through connection, but its a traditional operations buy side role, working with a team of 3, have to learn very quickly, fund trades everything under the sun except for CDO's, the goal would be to sit there for a year, move onto trading desk then move to research (my friend at this firm did this path so definitely possible)
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