Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
The Senior Market Data Compliance Manager leads the delivery of the market data audit and compliance programme, ensuring that client and vendor use of LSEG venue and index data is assessed against applicable agreements, commercial policies and reporting obligations. This role provides leadership across audit planning, complex case management, client engagement, remediation, revenue recovery, governance and process improvement. Combining deep market data licensing knowledge with sound judgement, the role ensures findings are evidence-led, commercially consistent and capable of withstanding internal, client and legal review. The role also develops the audit team, strengthens stakeholder alignment and drives automation and data-led improvements across the audit lifecycle.

Key responsibilities include owning the global audit plan and prioritisation process, leading and developing auditors, overseeing complex compliance reviews, ensuring accuracy and completeness of audit documentation, managing client challenges and negotiations, driving remediation efforts, maintaining visibility of audit pipelines and risks, governing audit-related records, leading continuous improvement and automation initiatives, partnering with reporting and platform teams, ensuring correct handling of Restricted Customer Information (RCI), and promoting responsible use of AI and analytical tools.

The role also involves setting clear expectations and quality standards for the audit team, coaching auditors, providing senior oversight for sensitive audits, building effective stakeholder relationships, fostering a collaborative culture, approving audit scopes and findings, ensuring confidentiality and integrity of information, and monitoring adherence to standards and controls.

Success in this role is measured by delivery of a risk-based audit plan, high-quality evidence-led outputs, effective remediation of non-compliance, disciplined management of complex client matters, reliable management information, measurable automation improvements, and a capable, engaged team with strong market data knowledge.

Experience
- Significant experience in market data compliance, audit, licensing, reporting, commercial policy, vendor management or a closely related financial services discipline.
- Deep understanding of market data sourcing, entitlement, consumption, display, redistribution, storage and use across buy-side, sell-side, trading, technology and vendor environments.
- Strong knowledge of exchange and index data licensing including display and non-display use, datafeeds, redistribution, automated applications, derived or manipulated data, delayed data and end-of-day use cases.
- Demonstrated experience leading people and delivering complex audits, investigations, compliance reviews or commercial remediation cases.
- Ability to interpret agreements and policy, test client assertions against evidence, identify inconsistencies and reach balanced, defensible conclusions.
- Experience working with Legal, Finance, Sales, Product, Account Management, Reporting and Technology stakeholders.
- Advanced analytical skills including data manipulation, reconciliation and confident use of Microsoft Excel and Word; experience with BI, workflow or automation tools is beneficial.
- Familiarity with market data inventory, entitlement and reporting systems such as DACS, EMRS, MDM, FITS, InfoMatch or equivalent platforms is advantageous.

About you
Proactive leader with strong judgement and commercial awareness, capable of managing complex compliance matters and client relationships. Excellent communicator able to clearly articulate complex issues and foster collaboration. Committed to continuous improvement, innovation and team development. Detail-oriented with a strong focus on accuracy, evidence and governance. Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders.

Qualifications
Relevant professional qualifications or certifications in compliance, audit, financial services or related fields are desirable but not mandatory. A strong track record of relevant experience and demonstrated expertise is essential.