Market Data Specialist

About the role

We are seeking a highly motivated Market Data Specialist to join our client’s IT team in Muscat. You will manage, govern, and optimise the bank’s market data services across all business units, ensuring accurate sourcing, cost‑efficient management, and compliance with vendor licensing agreements.

Key responsibilities

• Act as primary relationship owner for global market data vendors (e.g., Bloomberg, Refinitiv, exchanges, rating agencies, news providers).
• Manage vendor contracts, renewals, amendments, and licensing agreements; oversee subscriptions, user access, entitlements, and permissions.
• Monitor data quality, availability and accuracy; ensure compliance with licensing terms and support vendor audits.
• Administer enterprise market data platforms (e.g., Bloomberg B‑PIPE, BDL, Refinitiv EMS) and lead onboarding of new data feeds.
• Conduct periodic reviews, recertify services, identify unused subscriptions and implement cost‑optimisation plans.
• Support technology and transformation projects, maintain documentation and user guidance for market data services.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Banking, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics or a related discipline.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in market data, financial markets or banking IT.
• Solid knowledge of primary market data providers such as Bloomberg, Refinitiv and Quanthouse.
• Understanding of financial markets, exchange operations, primary instruments and key index types.
• Post‑graduate qualification in Finance, Financial Engineering or Data Analytics is an advantage.
• Experience in large‑scale IT projects and system implementations is a plus.

Required skills

• Bloomberg B‑PIPE
• Bloomberg BDL
• Bloomberg Terminal
• Refinitiv EMS
• Refinitiv DSS
• Refinitiv Eikon
• Quanthouse

What we offer

• Fixed‑term contract until the end of the year.
• Salary to be discussed.