Data Research Analyst

The Role

Responsibilities

• Perform Structured Finance security mappings and ensure identifier accuracy and completeness.
• Execute daily data quality controls across production datasets, including pre-publication validations and external-source reconciliations.
• Contribute to data governance and AI-ready initiatives, including metadata, data dictionaries, and data lineage.
• Investigate, resolve, and document data issues with internal stakeholders.
• Support regulatory and reporting processes through data quality checks aligned to regulatory standards.
• Reconcile regulatory datasets and reporting outputs to ensure consistency and compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Data Science, or Management Studies.
• 1–3 years of experience in data governance, data operations, analytics, or financial services.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with time-sensitive, high-quality data.
• Ability to analyze, reconcile, and validate datasets from multiple sources.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; database or SQL experience is an asset.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience related to Structured Finance, credit ratings, or capital markets data is preferred.
• Experience with data governance, metadata, or data quality frameworks is preferred.
• Experience working with AI initiatives and projects is preferred.

Compensation

• Base salary compensation range is $47,476.00–$69,634.66.
• The incentive target percentage is 7.5% annually.

Workplace

• Morningstar uses a hybrid work environment with in-person collaboration each week.
• In most locations, the hybrid model includes four days in-office each week.