Work as staff/senior on multiple workstreams for middle and back-office functions for an asset management client.
Responsibilities
The key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Collaborate with Account Management and Portfolio Management teams to implement client directives regarding benchmark changes
Process monthly and ad hoc benchmark rebalances
Provide oversight and conduct validations of index risk measures, prices, and security-level compositions
Partner with technology to identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies and automation in index data
management processes
Research and create detailed documentation for new and existing data sources, working with technology and vendors to standardize data
Develop scripts to create custom security-based models for use as benchmarks
Perform analysis and construct benchmarks, applying business rules to derive composites and sub-indices, and adding
currency hedges, if necessary
Develop algorithms to identify, record, and correct index data quality issues
Understand key market drivers that impact index pricing, risks measures, and security level compositions
Provide oversight of index vendor relationships
Respond to inquiries from various teams and desks using index data
Qualifications
Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in Finance, Math, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics,
Engineering or another quantitative background. A Master’s Degree and/or CFA preferred
Minimum 5 years of experience, which ideally includes index data management and oversight, building and maintaining benchmarks and indices; validation of index risk measures, prices, and security-level compositions; performing end-of-day pricing and stock split processes; processing monthly index rebalances, and addressing performance-related queries.