Market Data Intern

About the Role Arrowpoint is a multi-strategy investment fund. Our portfolio managers and traders rely on accurate pricing, reference and security master data from external market data vendors. The Market Data Intern joins the Platform team and works across three areas: running daily and weekly data quality checks and following each exception through to resolution or escalation; maintaining the records of vendor subscriptions, entitlements and costs; and building small Python, SQL and Excel tools that automate that work. The intern also supports data projects with the Technology team and handles first-line data requests from portfolio managers and traders. Location : Singapore/Dubai Key Responsibilities Run daily and weekly data quality checks across pricing, reference and security master data; investigate exceptions back to source and see each one through to a resolution or an escalation Support the onboarding of new data sets - testing feeds, checking delivered coverage against what was contracted, and documenting what arrived Maintain the market data vendor register: subscriptions, entitlements, renewal dates and outstanding documentation, chasing vendors and internal users for missing items Keep the data cost tracker current - subscription spend by vendor and by team, actuals against budget, and usage against entitlement - flagging coverage that is paid for and unused Support data projects alongside the Technology team, including writing and running test cases, logging issues, and verifying that what was delivered matches what was requested Handle first-line data requests from portfolio managers and traders - missing prices, instrument setups, history pulls - resolving what you can and routing the rest Qualifications & Requirements Available to work full-time, on-site, for a minimum of 3 months Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree, in any discipline Knowledge of SQL - able to query, filter and join across tables beneficial Python, or other types of scripting languages will be beneficial High proficiency in Excel A demonstrable interest in markets and in financial data