You are a strategic thinker and passionate about driving solutions, you have found the righ team. 

As a Reference Data Specialist within the Instrument, Pricing & Common Reference Data team, your role will encompass a variety of responsibilities. These include daily capture and validation of bond prices from third-party sources, analyzing price movements in relation to market news and expectations, and liaising with pricing vendors to resolve issues and minimize risk. You will also be tasked with monitoring systems for job success, preparing and sending daily pricing and market impact summaries, and generating and maintaining month-end Index rebalance and composition reports. Additionally, you will produce and analyze valuation movements within client portfolios, resolve client queries in a timely and professional manner, and participate in client monthly meetings. Your role will also require you to escalate any issues promptly and effectively to your supervisor, contribute to the ongoing development of the pricing control process, and undertake ad-hoc project work as directed.

Job Responsibilities 

Capture and validate daily third-party bond prices against multiple market sources.Analyze price movements in relation to market news and expectations.Liaise with pricing vendors to resolve issues and minimize risk.Monitor systems for job success and resolve issues 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 gathering 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 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 the supervisor.

 

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

Possess 2+ years of experience in Fixed Income related roles.You must hold a Bachelor's degree or aboveDemonstrate understanding and interest in stocks, bonds, options, and financial markets and products.Acquire knowledge of industry activities, particularly corporate actions, index benchmarking, stock markets, and fixed income products.Utilize pricing vendor knowledge, such as Bloomberg and Reuters.Apply advanced MS Excel skills, including pivot tables and V-lookups.Exhibit a mathematical mindset with strong numerical skills.Develop strong analytical/problem-solving skills and attention to detail.Stay self-motivated and proactive, working accurately under pressure to meet deadlines.Communicate effectively within a team environment and interact across departments.