Senior Analyst - Market Data Governance & Procurement (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid role based in Toronto, Montreal, Pittsburgh, or Boston; candidates elsewhere in the Northeast US may also be considered.

Company

hirify.global provides technology solutions for the investment management industry, helping clients solve investment data challenges across the front, middle, and back office.

What you will do

• Manage market data procurement, vendor relationships, contract renewals, pricing discussions, and service reviews.
• Lead commercial negotiations and identify opportunities for cost optimization and service improvement.
• Reconcile and approve supplier invoices while supporting budgeting and financial controls.
• Maintain market data, contract, and usage inventories and respond to supplier notifications.
• Strengthen data-governance standards, including definitions, lineage documentation, data dictionaries, licensing obligations, and usage rights.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Client Services, and external providers to improve data quality, workflows, automation, and operational efficiency.

Requirements

• At least three years of experience in market data, financial data management, business analysis, or a data-product environment.
• Direct experience with financial market data vendors and supplier-management processes.
• Experience with market data licensing, commercial negotiation, or complex contract review.
• Knowledge of financial instruments, indexes, exchanges, ESG data, reference data, or pricing data.
• Understanding of budgeting, accounting considerations, and supplier invoice reconciliation.
• Strong data-analysis, problem-solving, communication, project-management, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting data-governance initiatives, governance frameworks, or data-quality controls.
• Knowledge of market data usage reporting, operations, and licensing obligations.
• Experience in asset management, asset servicing, or investment-management workflows.
• Experience collaborating with Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, and Data teams.
• Experience with SQL, Power BI, database maintenance, workflow analysis, reporting, or automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment with hybrid working options.
• Generous time-off packages, including additional half days with each public holiday in the employee's location.
• Global career-development opportunities and social events.
• Referral bonus of up to $3,000 per successful referral.
• Values include integrity, imagination, discipline, and service.

Hiring process

• Application and screening call with the Talent Acquisition team.
• Screening call, hiring-manager interview, and final interview stage.
• Offer and pre-employment identity and background checks, including right-to-work verification where applicable.