Associate Director – SPIVA Analytics Lead, Index Investment Strategy

S&P Global
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Data Analytics & Business IntelligenceExperience: 5-8 yearsSkills: ["Analytical judgement","Data validation","Evidence-based recommendations","Stakeholder management","Communication"]

Own and enhance the analytical workflows behind the SPIVA Scorecards, supporting a globally recognized, data-led investment research franchise. Build and extend scalable analytical pipelines, datasets, and reporting tools using modern data and AI-enabled techniques. Validate and analyze financial data with a focus on quality, reproducibility, robustness, and clear documentation, and collaborate across research, commercial, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver investment insight.

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S&P Global
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Associate Director – SPIVA Analytics Lead, Index Investment Strategy

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Job Summary

Own and enhance the analytical workflows behind the SPIVA Scorecards, supporting a globally recognized, data-led investment research franchise. Build and extend scalable analytical pipelines, datasets, and reporting tools using modern data and AI-enabled techniques. Validate and analyze financial data with a focus on quality, reproducibility, robustness, and clear documentation, and collaborate across research, commercial, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver investment insight.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Maintain, oversee, and enhance the analytical processes that support SPIVA Scorecards production.
  • •Build, maintain, and extend scalable analytical pipelines, reporting tools, and core datasets using modern data and AI-enabled tools where appropriate.
  • •Interrogate, validate, and analyse data from multiple sources with focus on data quality, reproducibility, robustness, and documentation.
  • •Evaluate new data sources and recommend practical ways to extend the scope, quality, and capabilities of the SPIVA platform.
  • •Conduct original research and collaborate with a research director to scope and deliver new research initiatives that translate data into investment insight.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceLearning BudgetRetirementStudent Loan

Key Requirements

  • •5–8 years of experience in a data-driven role, ideally within financial services, investment research, indices, asset management, market data, or a related environment.
  • •Strong hands-on Python experience for data workflows including cleaning, validation, analysis, automation, and repeatable reporting.
  • •Experience working with large, real-world financial datasets to improve data quality, reliability, and usability.
  • •Experience building or maintaining analytical pipelines, research toolkits, reporting frameworks, or similar data products used by wider teams.
  • •Clear written and verbal communication skills, able to explain technical or analytical concepts to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Experience:5-8 yearsFinancial servicesInvestment researchIndicesAsset managementMarket data
Skills:Analytical judgementData validationEvidence-based recommendationsStakeholder managementCommunication
Tech Stack:PythonDatabricksSnowflakeAI

Company Brief

S&P Global
Provides financial information, analytics, benchmarks, and credit ratings to markets and institutions worldwide, offering data, research, indices, and risk assessment tools across the financial services and commodities sectors.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 1917
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