KPMG US
Director, Research, Operations & Reporting - Market Data Services
KPMG US, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Director, Research, Operations & Reporting – Market Data Services
KPMG US
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Director, Research, Operations & Reporting – Market Data Services
KPMG’s firmwide, end‑to‑end third‑party data asset management arm – the Market Data Service ("MDS") – is currently seeking a Director of Research, Operations & Reporting role within the MDS team.
Responsibilities
Support the development of third‑party data strategies to align with enterprise objectives, ensuring scalability, compliance, and value realization across business units.
Identify emerging trends and innovation opportunities in third‑party data sourcing and utilization, incorporating best practices into strategic planning and execution; create and maintain third‑party data research strategy, including standards, processes, evaluation models, and methods for research acceleration and enablement.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, MDS Leader, Sourcing, Strategy and Procurement, and related Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to execute third‑party data asset research, evaluation, trialing, and determination, including business approvals and process facilitation to enable downstream acquisition activities.
Drive operational advancement and improvement of the data research function, including process improvement, operational metrics and reporting, and financial due diligence.
Oversee MDS service delivery model operations, including end‑to‑end workflow, agile resource planning, application of standards, guidelines, tools/templates, and more to support engagement with partnered functions; drive integration between category sourcing/acquisition and core MDS management and portfolio capabilities, including governance, tagging and profiling, ingestion, and catalog onboarding planning.
Monitor and report on operational effectiveness and portfolio management performance measures and metrics for the MDS, including end‑to‑end MDS workflow, portfolio activation, renewals, usage/ROI, data management, compliance, and upstream/downstream integration with stakeholders and authoritative catalogs.
Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.
Qualifications
Minimum eight years of recent experience within management, in data analytics and/or business research roles where duties included sourcing/evaluating/acquiring/using third‑party data to derive business insights, demonstrating success in positions of increasing complexity; minimum ten years of recent experience in professional services.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in business administration, economics, finance, or a related field.
Deep knowledge of traditional and alternative third‑party data and research providers, their products and commercial models, such as Bloomberg, Factset, Standard & Poor’s, and others, and their applicability to cross‑functional professional services use cases.
Strong interpersonal, collaborative, and influencing skills to effectively navigate a complex management and organizational structure with a high degree of ambiguity.
Demonstrated entrepreneurial, analytical, financial, problem‑solving, organizational, and project‑management skills.
Experience with agile workflow tools (JIRA, DevOps, etc.) and data analysis/reporting technologies (PowerBI, Tableau, etc.) is required.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment‑based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H‑1B, L‑1, TN, O‑1, E‑3, H‑1B1, F‑1, J‑1, OPT, CPT or any other employment‑based visa).
KPMG is an equal‑opportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
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Director, Research, Operations & Reporting – Market Data Services
KPMG’s firmwide, end‑to‑end third‑party data asset management arm – the Market Data Service ("MDS") – is currently seeking a Director of Research, Operations & Reporting role within the MDS team.
Responsibilities
Support the development of third‑party data strategies to align with enterprise objectives, ensuring scalability, compliance, and value realization across business units.
Identify emerging trends and innovation opportunities in third‑party data sourcing and utilization, incorporating best practices into strategic planning and execution; create and maintain third‑party data research strategy, including standards, processes, evaluation models, and methods for research acceleration and enablement.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, MDS Leader, Sourcing, Strategy and Procurement, and related Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to execute third‑party data asset research, evaluation, trialing, and determination, including business approvals and process facilitation to enable downstream acquisition activities.
Drive operational advancement and improvement of the data research function, including process improvement, operational metrics and reporting, and financial due diligence.
Oversee MDS service delivery model operations, including end‑to‑end workflow, agile resource planning, application of standards, guidelines, tools/templates, and more to support engagement with partnered functions; drive integration between category sourcing/acquisition and core MDS management and portfolio capabilities, including governance, tagging and profiling, ingestion, and catalog onboarding planning.
Monitor and report on operational effectiveness and portfolio management performance measures and metrics for the MDS, including end‑to‑end MDS workflow, portfolio activation, renewals, usage/ROI, data management, compliance, and upstream/downstream integration with stakeholders and authoritative catalogs.
Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.
Qualifications
Minimum eight years of recent experience within management, in data analytics and/or business research roles where duties included sourcing/evaluating/acquiring/using third‑party data to derive business insights, demonstrating success in positions of increasing complexity; minimum ten years of recent experience in professional services.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in business administration, economics, finance, or a related field.
Deep knowledge of traditional and alternative third‑party data and research providers, their products and commercial models, such as Bloomberg, Factset, Standard & Poor’s, and others, and their applicability to cross‑functional professional services use cases.
Strong interpersonal, collaborative, and influencing skills to effectively navigate a complex management and organizational structure with a high degree of ambiguity.
Demonstrated entrepreneurial, analytical, financial, problem‑solving, organizational, and project‑management skills.
Experience with agile workflow tools (JIRA, DevOps, etc.) and data analysis/reporting technologies (PowerBI, Tableau, etc.) is required.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment‑based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H‑1B, L‑1, TN, O‑1, E‑3, H‑1B1, F‑1, J‑1, OPT, CPT or any other employment‑based visa).
KPMG is an equal‑opportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
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