Reference Data Associate I

Join us and be part of a team that values precision, collaboration, and forward-thinking. Elevate your career as a Reference Data Manager II and help us redefine excellence in financial data management!.Harness your analytical skills to interpret price movements in relation to market news and expectations, and collaborate with pricing vendors to resolve discrepancies and minimize risk. Your expertise will drive the production and analysis of valuation movements within client portfolios, both daily and monthly, ensuring that all tasks and reports are completed with impeccable accuracy and timeliness.

Job Summary

As a Reference Data Manager II within the Financial Data Management team, you will be involved in daily management and validation of bond prices from third-party sources, ensuring accuracy against multiple market references. You will analyze price movements in relation to market news and expectations, liaising with pricing vendors to resolve discrepancies and minimize risk. You will produce and analyze valuation movements within client portfolios on both daily and monthly bases, ensuring all tasks and reports are completed accurately and within deadlines. You will contribute to the ongoing development of the pricing control process and engage in ad-hoc project work as directed.

Job Responsibilities

• Daily third-party price capture & validation of bond prices versus multiple market sources
• Analyze price movements against market news and expectations
• Liaise with pricing vendor to resolve issues and minimize risk
• Monitor systems for related job success and resolve issues by working with technology teams
• Prepare and send daily pricing and market impact summaries with supporting market news
• Generate and maintain month-end Index rebalance and composition reports by garnering information on new bond issuance and auction/buy-back activities
• Produce and analyze valuation movements within client portfolios on a daily and monthly basis
• Complete all daily, monthly, and ad-hoc tasks and reporting as required accurately and to deadline
• Resolve client (Global Index Research Group) queries promptly and professionally
• Participate and present in client monthly meetings & Escalate all issues promptly and effectively to supervisor
• Contribute to ongoing developments of the pricing control process &Ad-hoc project work as directed

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities

• · 8+ years of experience in Fixed Income related roles
• · Previous experience in managing teams
• · Demonstrate an understanding and interest in stocks, bonds, options, and financial markets and products
• · Knowledge of industry activities - particularly corporate actions, index benchmarking, stock markets and fixed income products
• · Pricing vendor knowledge, i.e. Bloomberg, Reuters
• · Advanced MS Excel skills, including pivot tables and v-look ups
• · Mathematical mindset demonstrating strong numerical skills
• · Strong analytical/problem solving skills and attention to detail
• · Self-motivated and proactive with the proven ability to work accurately and under pressure to meet deadlines
• · Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate within a team environment and interact across departments

Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities

• · Ability to work independently and multi-task