Edm Senior Consultant

About the Role:
Grade Level (for internal use):
10
EDM Senior Consultant - Financial Services
The Team:
S&P Global harnesses deep sources of information, analytics, and expertise to forge solutions for the industries and markets that drive global economies. Our company partners with clients in business, finance, and government to provide the unrivalled insights and perspectives that lead to well-informed, confident decisions. Serving more than 50,000 key customers in more than 140 countries, including 80 percent of the Fortune Global 500. We help decision makers apply higher-level thinking to daily tasks and strategic issues across a host of industries and disciplines including energy, finance, automotive, engineering, technology, maritime and trade, aerospace and defence, chemical, and economics and country risk.
The S&P Markit Enterprise Data Management (EDM) platform puts quality, audited data at the centre of customer's organizations. Its solutions build gold copy masters across all data types, delivering tangible data governance, risk management and compliance frameworks and rationalizing legacy architectures. The EDM platform is the central hub for all transactions, securities, prices, rates, counterparty, and issuer data. Markit EDM empowers those who understand the data to manage the data, no matter the complexity, volume, or scope of the project
The Impact:

• The Senior Consultant role is a vital role in the delivery of successful EDM Implementation project
• High quality implementations at the first time of asking delivers high level of Customer satisfaction and the best commercial value for S&P Global

What's in it for you:

• Exposure to a wide array of the world's leading financial organisations
• As well as working with the current EDM solution this role brings an opportunity to engage with and shape the move to the new EDM SaaS platform
• Flexible career opportunities within a large global and market leading company with a people first strategy
• Opportunity to learn about of the current and future directions of the wider S&P Global business and the wider industry and associated technologies

Responsibilities:
The role is wide and varied and requires a high level of skill and experience in EDM to support the following activities:

• Partners with the Managing Consultant to review requirements, establish estimates and work breakdown plans, and identify and manage issues/risks
• Participate, and where appropriate lead, EDM Solution Design activities
• Configures the products per specification providing including building the interfaces, validations, rules, mappings, workflows, and permissions
• Document, analyses and map the different data feeds that populate/retrieve data to/from the IHS Markit EDM product suite
• Validate the setup of the infrastructure and installation of software at client site or in a hosted environment
• Work closely with various stakeholders including End Users, Development, Quality Assurance, Business Analysts, Programme Managers, and other Business Leaders to deliver successful implementation projects
• Participates in the testing process for new product versions and client testing cycles (unit, integration, UAT, parallel, etc.) during implementation to ensure deliverables are aligned with requirements and performant
• Support the release management process and job automation procedures
• Lead project handover meetings to ensure IHS Markit EDM Support and Client Management teams have a thorough understanding of the implementation
• Trains/mentors/coaches less experienced EDM consultants
• Supports and contributes to EDM best practices from project and product experience gained
• Interacts with clients and keeps appropriate management abreast of project issues
• Ability and willingness to travel

What We're Looking For:

• Proven track record of EDM implementation (3 years minimum) gained across buy-side and sell-side environments
• Candidates should be university degree level educated or equivalent and have a proven track record of software implementation experience gained ideally in global financial markets
• Strong English skills. French language skills also desirable
• Strong Business knowledge of financial markets
• Strong analytical skills
• Practical experience of delivering Agile based projects
• Practical experience of integration projects and Upstream Data Management
• Strong technical experience with database practices and querying language, particularly in SQL Server
• A natural, consultative style is essential to build client relationships and meet the evolving demands of a wide and diverse client base
• Strong communication skills required to present to various levels from Senior Managers to developer, discussing strategic objectives and delivering solutions across a wide array of requirements

About S&P Global Market Intelligence
At S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global we understand the importance of accurate, deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction.
For more information, visit marketintelligence .
What's In It For You?
Our Purpose:
Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.
Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.
Our People:
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide-so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.
From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We're committed to a more equitable fu