Overview

This is a key role working closely with senior staff across the various business operations to build a cohesive and consistent approach to people management, development and recognition. Influencing the skills and experience of supporting senior leads is essential. This is a "hands on” role, with an evolving HR function, as a result of a major HR change programme, so you will be actively involved in all aspects of the day to day HR function.

HR has an excellent group-wide reputation and you will continue to build the communication and engagement channels across the business and use your deep HR and OD knowledge, language skills and international operations experience to help embed the HR change process.

Your key role will be to support the development of the HR function, embed the corporate organisational development work (vision, mission & values) begun in 2020, as well as build the people agenda, ensuring capabilities and talent are identified and developed. A number of priorities and initiatives have been agreed upon, which include the development of an HR work-plan, in line with new strategic business goals for the next 3 years, embedding a new performance and development system and improving policy and practice in recruitment, reward and recognition.

Job Purpose:To ensure HR operates effectively at a strategic and operational level to support the business strategy and organisational development. Working closely with the CEO and senior management, you will lead HR in the UK and will also be actively involved at an international level supporting staff in North America, Asia, Africa and Europe, including EDI’s subsidiaries and its parent company Information Publishing Ltd (IPL).

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Human Resource

• Talent Acquisition and Management - lead on recruiting new talent, building talent pools and improving the on/off-boarding process.
• Recognition and Reward - ensure staff job classifications, compensation and benefit structures are fit for purpose, whilst providing HR advice to the business on all related matters.
• HR Systems/Processes/Operations - enhance local HR tools and processes to ensure the systems and processes operate efficiently.
• HR Policies and Procedures – ensure best practice, employment law regulations and corporate values are taken into account when updating, developing and maintaining HR policies and procedures in the UK and abroad. You will also be responsible for continuing to align HR policies with ISO 9001 and 27001 requirements.
• Continuous Performance Management & Improvement – you will help to embed the new online performance management and development system and provide ongoing training and support to staff to improve employee and organisational productivity.
• Employee Relations - work closely with managers to provide guidance on compliance and risk factors, as well as any HR issues such as performance management and terminations.
• Learning & Development (L&D) – lead on developing the L&D offering based on the results of the skills and experience training matrix, identifying cost-effective training and/or learning resources to improve employee skills. Utilise new technology and training methods to design and implement a career development and organisational behaviours framework aligned to strategic business objectives.
• Equality and Diversity - build an inclusive culture for the business. Review people initiatives, policy development and current practice to ensure inclusivity and equity is integrated across all people services.
• Special Projects – work with the CEO’s HR Adviser to deliver projects across the IPL Group including the introduction of a new performance management and development system, health and wellbeing strategy and supporting ISO requirements.
• International HR & OD - support the HR functions in subsidiary companies and manage the HR and Operations Lead in EDI’s Agadir office in conjunction with the Director of International Strategy.

Organisational Development

• Embed organisational values and associated behaviours as part of a process to implement a new corporate culture across the business.
• Use data, metrics and internal/external trends to provide the business with guidance to inform business decisions, organisational systems and structures and strategic initiatives.
• Work with the COO to develop and deliver a people plan for the business.
• Lead initiatives on staff engagement drawing on the results of feedback surveys.
• Translate strategies into projects, policies and initiatives.
• You will also actively drive delivery of key work streams whilst providing expert advice to the senior leadership in order to realise strategic business requirements.
• Work with the COO to develop internal communications to ensure effective communication and consultation processes are designed and delivered so staff feel listened to and fully engaged.
• Design and facilitate in-house leadership and all-staff events (e.g. briefings, workshops, Away Days) as part of an overall approach to staff engagement.

Personal Specifications

Please email Human Resources (hr@exchange-data.com) with your CV and covering letter.

Overview

You will primarily be expected to develop and implement Group strategies, plans and policies to ensure that the Group maintains sound internal controls and to regularly review their effectiveness with regard to financial, legal and operational risk management and compliance. You will  develop and maintain a broad knowledge of EDI and the wider IPL Group’s business areas and will monitor operational and financial performance. You will also be expected to deputise for the CEO in his absence.

As the lead person for strategic planning, legal, finance and HR, you will provide management and leadership direction across all departments. To manage organisational risk effectively you will implement business planning, financial analysis and operational controls to ensure that organisational goals and objectives are met in accordance with the strategy and business plans agreed by the CEO.

You will provide leadership and direction in the implementation of strategic business goals and objectives through compliance policies and procedures, an annual plan and budget process, which emphasis the effective and efficient deployment of company resources with appropriate involvement and accountability at all management levels.

You will design and implement operational efficiency initiatives with the goal of increasing margins without compromising quality of delivery to clients. You will review existing accounting, financial reporting and business analysis systems and tools and will provide management with an assessment of any value-added improvements and make best practice recommendations.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Finance

• Provide leadership and direction in relation to strategic business goals and objectives through the design and development of an annual corporate plan and group-wide budgeting process, which highlight the effective and efficient allocation and management of business resources with appropriate involvement and accountability at all management levels.
• Work with the CEO to develop and implement financial targets and robust financial management processes, utilising rolling forecasts, key performance indicators and trend analyses, so the business can anticipate and act promptly to changing business needs.
• Work closely with the Financial Controller and Finance Team to ensure the effective financial management of the Group, including monitoring the annual budget and cash flow forecast and ensuring appropriate management and statutory accounts and reports are prepared on a timely basis.
• Work with the Financial Controller to design and implement cost savings and operational efficiency initiatives with the goal of increasing margins without compromising quality or client needs.
• Review existing accounting, financial reporting and business analysis systems and tools to ensure they are fit for purpose. Provide the CEO with an assessment of any value-added improvements and make best practice recommendations.

Legal

• Design and manage projects in a fast paced, evolving and dynamic environment providing proactive, in-depth, concise, clear and commercial advice to the business.
• Provide the CEO with high quality, targeted legal advice on the full range of relevant regulatory legal issues and compliance.
• Set and manage projects, respond quickly to legal issues, handle multiple simultaneous (and potentially conflicting) tasks and meet tight deadlines.
• Keep abreast of all relevant legislative changes ensuring the business is fully compliant and the senior leadership is updated, as required.
• Oversight of Company Secretarial work.

Human Resource & Organisational Development

• Lead by example as a role model for strategic business values and professional standards
• Work closely with the CEO in setting up, co-ordinating and preparing papers for the Company Board, Advisory Board and Heads of Department Strategy and Policy Group. Lead the strategy and policy group meetings and ensure agreed objectives are implemented.
• Manage the Heads of Department including Head of Human Resources & Organisational Development and oversee the rolling out of strategic projects. Ensure the Office Manager’s work is aligned to the overall organisational development objectives of the business.
• Provide management support and direction to the Head of Human Resources & Organisational Development in the development of effective internal communication and a comprehensive People Plan aligned to corporate priorities and in the implementation of key initiatives.
• Provide overall leadership for the Group’s KPIs and performance management and development system.

Strategy and Operations

• Drive the design and delivery of the Group’s corporate and risk management plans and oversee the management of individual business departmental plans. Ensure that key business metrics are embedded within departmental plans.
• Provide leadership on developing the business’s culture and day-to-day business operations.
• As a strategic partner, work closely with the senior leadership to ensure they are meeting performance expectations and are working collaboratively to support service improvement and delivery.
• Manage resources and contracts (such as budgets and equipment) as appropriate, to ensure value for money.
• Develop corporate policies and procedures relevant to the role’s responsibilities including equality, corporate social responsibility, health and safety and data protection.
• Develop strong working relationships with colleagues at all levels across the business. You must be able to be both influential and persuasive in obtaining high levels of legal and financial compliance whilst supporting the effective delivery of  strategic objectives.
• Provide leadership on ISO certification and compliance.
• Advise on a range of business activities including commercial and contract work and information compliance.

Any other tasks as may be reasonably required.

Please email Human Resources (hr@exchange-data.com) with your CV and covering letter.

Exchange Data International (EDI) is seeking to recruit a  Sourcing Analyst - Fixed Income.

The main duties are as follows:

Assist the Fixed Income Market Specialist with research relating to product expansion in the department.

Work closely with internal  & external stakeholders to close out data gaps, as identified within the department. These will fall into the following three main areas:

• New Source Evaluation - to determine content and coverage and compare to EDI's Worldwide Fixed Income product.
• Review Existing Sourcing - to determine that data is captured comprehensively.
• Review Country Rules - research to ascertain and apply country specific rules for the asset classes within Fixed Income.

Run metrics against our WFI Worldwide Fixed Income database, at both the security snd fields level to evaluate source content.

Document findings for country rules and sourcing in a consistent manner, as agreed, for use across the business.

Carry out background research on market size and asset class on specific Fixed Income project areas.

To be successful in this role, you will have a minimum of 2 years' experience working within a financial market data environment, of using standard applications (such as excel to analyse large data sets), and of online research of information/data sources. You will also be highly competent in using Excel/Acess to extract, can compare, and manipulate data and have the ability to summarise research findings in a clear and concise way.

To apply, please provide an up to date CV and a covering letter, explaining how you meet each of the above requirements to: hr@exchange-data.com.

Please contact the HR Dept should you have any questions on 020 7324 0020

Exchange Data International (EDI) is seeking to recruit a  Funds Administrator

To provide administrative outreach support to gather and secure dividend and corporate actions data from various financial sources, in order to enhance EDI’s dividend and corporate actions data for investment funds.

The main duties are as follows:

• Outreach: Directly contacting data sources by e-mail and/or telephone.
• Research: Developing lists of fund managers, fund administrators and industry bodies as potential data sources.
• Tracking: Draft spreadsheet to track multiple data source for each country.
• Reporting: Providing weekly reports for management.
• Produce ad hoc reports for the Head of Data Analysis and the Senior Management Team.
• Other tasks as may reasonably be required
• Collaborating internally with the EDI team in Vellore, India.

Personal Specifications

EDI specialises in securities reference and corporate actions data and pricing for all asset classes, equities, fixed income and derivatives. Our main clients are service providers, such as data venders, index companies, credit rating agencies etc., as well as brokerage houses.

The company has staff and offices in the UK, the US, India, South Africa, Canada, Germany and Morocco and it's head office is in Kentish Town, London. Exchange Data International (EDI) for more information, please visit our website www.exchange-data.com