Paula Clarke

About Paula Clarke

A seasoned Market Data/Procurement Professional with Project Management Support experience. I bring 20 years of Market Data Vendor Management experience, which incorporates general knowledge and understanding of contractual legal terminology, exceptional analytical and problem solving skills, and the ability to identify sourcing opportunities, proven to mitigate vendor and organizational risk and promote business growth.* Day to day market data business management support for trading, contracts and sales teams* Maintain up to date market data subscriptions, inventory, resolve subscriptions issues and real-time data requests* Optimize Spend Admin- Invoicing, Allocations, Vendor Onboarding, Contract Renewals, Usage Reports* Work with internal and external clients to ensure that requests are handled in a timely and accurate manner* Maintain and develop documentation for key operating procedures* Liaise with internal application teams to ensure market data products are used within the scope of service boundaries*Contribute to market data cost reduction and cost savings initiatives * Highly experienced in market data tools and working with vendors, such as MDM, MDSL, Qlikview, Bloomberg, Reuters (Refinitiv), FactSet, LexisNexis, B-Pipe, DACS, Accenture, SAP, TSX, NASDAQ, NYSE, OPRA, London Stock Exchange, UKIX, BTDS* Familiarity with Level 1, Level 2 dependencies and MISU credits* Ability to analyze market data spend and forecasting* Accruals and variable charges for recovery and allocations* Vendor on-boarding* Raising Purchase orders and determining annual spend* Reporting usage to exchanges and 3rd party contributors* Working with soft-dollar houses and intermediary banks* Familiarity with Germany tax form (50a) and tax certificates* Generate monthly spend reports for Global Business Managers and upper management* Resolving discrepancies and paying Market Data invoice via SAP* AuditsProject Management Support- planning, executing, monitoring and closingEstablishing key deliverable and key performance indicatorsattention to details, analytics, problem solving, critical thinking and decision-making Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, OutlookAdvanced Excel- Slicer, V-Look Up, H-Look Up, X- Look Up, Date Functions, Drop Downs

Experience

1. Market Data Analyst

   ICE

   Jun 2024 — Present · US

Education

• The City University of New York

  Architecture

  1985 — 1987

Skills

• Risk Management
• Team Management
• Sap
• Fixed Income
• Bloomberg
• Business Analysis
• Schedule
• Financial Markets
• Trading Systems
• Equities
• Management
• Vendor Management
• Finance
• Exchange Audits
• Derivatives
• Market Data
• Databases
• Customer Service
• Capital Markets
• Training