Bond Sales Manager jobs in Delaware

Client: Corporate Investment Banking

Position: Bond Index Operations Analyst

Address: Newark, DE 19711

Start Date: ASAP

Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-7pm EST

DESCRIPTION

Instrument, Pricing & Common Reference Data is an operating unit center of excellence providing a global asset pricing service to multiple lines of business across the company as one of its three core offerings.

The Index Calculation Agent team in Delaware is responsible for the daily price validation of fixed income instruments included in the companies global fixed income flagship benchmarks, covering both developed and emerging markets. The team manages and runs the index calculation engine used for daily and monthly index operations, client reporting and publication generation.

The team interacts daily with the Global Index Research Group, a part of the Corporate Investment Banking Research, across its global footprint (in New York, London and Asia) to ensure that the index processes, requests and systems are operating efficiently. Functions performed by the wider team in CIB include: Fixed Income market research to produce robust cutting-edge benchmark products and custom solutions for institutional investors and ETF providers, across the globe; client interaction for strategic queries on index products; commercialization of index services and analytical tools to buy-side clients and vendors; implementation of new index analytics tools and platform for better client service.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Daily validation of bond prices.

• Work with pricing vendor and technology team to resolve issues and ensure production is successful.

• Generate and maintain month-end Index rebalance and composition reports by garnering information on new bond issuance and auction/buy-back activities.

• Complete all daily and monthly tasks within deadline.

• Resolve client queries promptly and professionally.

• Participate and present in internal monthly team meetings.

• Escalate all issues promptly and effectively to supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 1-3 years of experience in Fixed Income, Fund Valuation, Pricing or other related roles
• Knowledge/understanding of interest in bonds/financial markets and products
• Knowledge of industry activities like Corporate Actions, Index Benchmarking, Stock Markets and Fixed Income products
• Intermediate to Advanced Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, V-LOOKUPS)
• Analytical/problem solving skills and attention to detail
• Pricing vendor knowledge (Bloomberg, Reuters) is a PLUS
• Strong database/SQL knowledge is a PLUS
• Bachelor degree (Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering preferred) or related field

Soft skills:

• 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

INTERVIEW PROCESS

• Video interview

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.