JPMorgan Reference Data Associate 

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai 

44193286

Job Responsibilities:

• Instrument set-up, creation, testing & validations
• Daily third-party price capture & validation of bond prices versus multiple market sources
• Analyze price movements against market news and expectations and good understanding of fixed income securities and its characteristics
• Liaise with pricing vendor to resolve issues and minimize risk
• Monitor systems for related job success and resolve issues by working with technology teams if any failures & 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 and 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 queries promptly and professionally and escalate all issues promptly and effectively to supervisor
• 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. Capabilities and skills:

• 8-10 years relevant Financial Institution (FI) experience is required. Reference Data / Pricing experience is preferred
• Working knowledge of Index rebalance along with Fixed Income Product knowledge preferred
• Knowledge of industry activities - particularly corporate actions, index benchmarking, stock markets and fixed income products
• Strong analytical skills.
• High proficiency in MS Office
• Contribution to ongoing developments & controls
• Solid Interpersonal skills – ability to interact effectively both with individuals & teams, a team player
• Assume accountability through willingness to take ownership and responsibility to accomplish goals
• Proactive in identifying & escalating potential areas of risk
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively to different styles at all levels
• Demonstrate an understanding and interest in stocks, bonds, options, and financial markets and products
• 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
• Ability to work independently and multi-task in a fast paced environment.