# Sr Operations Specialist, Operations [S&P Global](https://www.jorb.ai/firms/s-p-global.md) · London · United Kingdom · [Platforms & Exchanges](https://www.jorb.ai/jobs/platforms-exchanges.md) S&P Global is hiring a Sr Operations Specialist, Operations in London. Posted 2026-09-19; applications close 2026-11-18. **Apply**: https://spgi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/SPGI_Careers/job/London-UK/Sr-Operations-Specialist--Operations_331704 Posted 7d ago. ## Role details ## About the Role **Grade Level:** 09 ### The Team The ESG Data Owner role sits within the Data Enablement team at S&P Dow Jones Indices. The team supports the management, validation, and delivery of datasets used to maintain and rebalance S&P Dow Jones indices across multiple asset classes. This role focuses on ESG data used in equity and fixed income indices, including GHG emissions, physical risk, ESG scores, and related sustainability data. You will help ensure that these datasets are accurate, well documented, and ready for use by internal stakeholders. You will work closely with technical, operational, and index teams to support reliable data delivery, improve data quality checks, and maintain clear data governance practices, including documentation, lineage, controls, and issue resolution. ## Responsibilities and Impact As an ESG Data Owner, you will play a central role in the day-to-day management, quality, and governance of ESG data used across S&P Dow Jones equity and fixed income indices. You will help ensure that ESG datasets are complete, accurate, timely, and fit for use in index operations and analytics. This role acts as a key point of coordination between data operations, technology, index management, analytics, and vendor teams. You will support the onboarding of new datasets, help define data requirements, monitor data quality, investigate issues, and contribute to improvements in ESG data processes and controls. ### Key Responsibilities - Manage ESG datasets across the data lifecycle, including ingestion, validation, quality review, documentation, and delivery for index use. - Support the preparation and maintenance of ESG datasets such as GHG emissions, physical risk, ESG scores, and other sustainability-related data. - Apply data standards, taxonomies, and governance controls to maintain a consistent and trusted version of ESG data across index and analytics workflows. - Design, run, and improve data quality checks to identify gaps, inconsistencies, outliers, and other data issues. - Investigate and resolve data quality issues in collaboration with technology, operations, index management, and vendor teams. - Help define data requirements for new or updated ESG data feeds, including field definitions, validation rules, lineage requirements, and operational handoff needs. - Support the onboarding of new ESG datasets and help ensure they are integrated into existing systems and processes in a controlled and documented manner. - Maintain clear documentation of data sources, business rules, validation checks, known limitations, and data lineage. - Act as a point of contact for internal ESG data questions, working with index managers and other teams to clarify data usage, resolve queries, and support methodology alignment. - Prepare analyses and recommendations for complex data cases to support review by index managers, committees, or relevant internal stakeholders. - Coordinate with ESG data vendors to clarify data definitions, delivery standards, issue resolution, and data changes. - Stay informed about ESG market developments, data standards, and regulatory themes that may affect ESG data requirements. - Prepare data analysis summaries, issue logs, and reporting materials to support internal reviews and stakeholder discussions. - Support responses to client or stakeholder questions by providing accurate ESG data information through internal teams such as Client Services or Index Services. ## What’s in It for You? - Work in the financial data and index industry with a focus on ESG and sustainability data. - Gain exposure to ESG datasets used across equity and fixed income indices. - Collaborate with data management, index, analytics, sustainability, technology, and operations teams. - Develop practical skills in data quality, data governance, validation, documentation, and pipeline support. - Access data management tools, analytical methods, and cross-asset index concepts. ## Qualifications ### Basic Required Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field. - One to three years of professional experience in data analysis, data management, ESG data, sustainability, indexing, or a similar financial or data-driven field. - Foundational understanding of ESG frameworks, ratings methodologies, and sustainability data, such as GHG emissions, physical risk, and ESG scores, and their application in financial indices. - Foundational understanding of financial markets, including equity and fixed income, and indexing concepts. - Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to work with large datasets. - Proficiency in Python and SQL for data analysis, manipulation, and visualization, with a willingness to further develop these skills in a financial data environment. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex topics clearly. - Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a structured, process-driven environment. - Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, global environment. ### Preferred Qualifications - Awareness of ESG-related regulatory frameworks, such as the EU Taxonomy, SFDR, and TCFD, and their implications for index construction and data requirements. - Familiarity with ESG data providers, such as S&P Global Sustainable1, Sustainalytics, CDP, and SBTi. - Experience in project management and process improvement implementation. - Exposure to data governance frameworks, data lineage concepts, or master data management practices. - Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI, or cloud-based data platforms such as Databricks. ## About S&P Dow Jones Indices At S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provide iconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset-class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to make decisions with conviction. We are the largest global resource for index-based concepts, data, and research, and the home of iconic financial market indicators such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global provides credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics, and workflow solutions across the global capital, commodity, and automotive markets. ## Our Mission Advancing Essential Intelligence. ## Our People We are more than 35,000 people strong worldwide, combining broad perspective with an understanding of local nuances. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future. From measuring sustainability and analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make insights easier to access and apply, we are changing the way people see the world and empowering them to make an impact. ## Our Values **Integrity, Discovery, Partnership** We begin with a foundation of integrity, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate closely with one another and our customers to achieve shared goals. ## Benefits Our benefits are designed to support you and your career. - **Health and Wellness:** Health care coverage designed for the mind and body. - **Flexible Downtime:** Generous time off to help you stay energized. - **Continuous Learning:** Access to resources that support career development and new skills. - **Invest in Your Future:** Competitive pay, retirement planning, continuing education programs with company-matched student loan contributions, and financial wellness programs. - **Family-Friendly Perks:** Benefits and perks for partners and children. - **Beyond the Basics:** Retail discounts and referral incentive awards. For more information about benefits by country, visit https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries. ## Applying to this role This Sr Operations Specialist, Operations role at S&P Global runs through the firm's own careers portal and expects a CV and cover letter written specifically for the posting, not a portable submission carried across firms. Jorb AI's application agent tailors a CV and cover letter from your background to this posting and tracks the role alongside the rest of your applications. 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