Job Responsibilities
- Capture & validate daily price of all investment types. Analyze asset valuation movements on a daily basis.
- Analyze price movements against market expectations. Review of price confirmation to ensure validated prices are published accurately
- Complete all daily, monthly, and ad-hoc tasks and reporting as required accurately and to deadline.
- Understand the effect that changes in prices and other data elements have on the market value of an account and be sensitive to these changes
- Investigate price inquiries from business partners and resolve client queries
- Communicate with vendors, as needed
- Perform other tasks/ projects related to vendor pricing data as assigned by manager
- Identify control gaps and quality deficiencies and look to implement tactical and strategic solutions to prevent re-occurrence
- Support audit requests through evidence retrieval and review of pricing activities
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or related field
- 1 plus year of industry experience
- Analytical/problem solving skills and attention to detail. Ability to trouble shoot exceptions and issues quickly to avoid market exposure
- Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to work in a team and work accurately and under pressure to meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently and multi-task in a fast paced environment
- The role holder will be required to operate flexible working hours to cover early starts and/or late finishes as demanded by the business
- MS Excel skills, including pivot tables and v-look ups
- Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate within a team environment and interact across departments. Demonstrate customer focus and follow-up skills
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Knowledge of industry activities, particularly corporate actions, index tracking, stock markets, and fixed income products
- 1 plus year asset Pricing or NAV/ Fund accounting experience, preferred but not required
- Pricing vendor knowledge, i.e. Pricing Direct, Bloomberg, Reuters
- Data analytical skills, i.e. Alteryx