Senior Securities Pricing Analyst recruitment
- Global Asset Manager
- Cross-Product Securities Pricing Focus
- Supervisory Opportunity
Our client is a market-leading fund manager, seeking a senior level Securities Pricing Analyst to join their Securities Pricing Static Data team. The ideal applicant will come from from another fund manager or custodian, with several years of direct securities pricing experience. This position will also look to lead part of the team in a supervisory capacity.
Key Responsibilities of the role:
• Ensure that all securities across all financial products, such as Equities, Fixed Interest and Derivatives (both Domestic and International) are priced accurately within daily deliverable times.
• Ensure correct prices are loaded into the in-house systems and movements outside tolerances can be substantiated.
• Ensure that all Static Data across all financial products held by portfolios have been processed accurately and in a timely manner to the in-house system.
• Check and correct coupons and any dividend rates which are loaded into in-house systems to ensure that the payments that are received are in line with our custodians.
• Ensure that any Stale prices and Zero movers have been validated
• Assist in the pricing of any unlisted security
• Process weekly Data Cleansing checks to maintain accuracy of Static Data
• Assist in the maintenance of existing Static Data.
• Assist in the review of functions to improve service delivery, increase efficiency and reduce risk.
• Process any ad-hoc queries that may arise relating to Static Data and Securities Pricing
• Respond to Internal and External clients queries within timeframe
• Develop an effective relationship between the unit pricing, settlements, performance and the middle office teams
• Actively contribute to the upgrade of in house systems including system development testing.
Ideal applicant profile:
- We are looking for someone with a minimum of 2-4 years senior level securities pricing experience working in the finance/funds management industry with exposure to either the fixed interest, equities or derivatives markets.
- The suitable candidate will have a good understanding or genuine interest in financial markets with a solid understanding of Pricing and Static Data processes.
- They will also display strong verbal and written communication skills, the ability to liaise on all levels and a passion for working within funds management.
Our client is seeking a mid-January 2012 start-date so kindly apply at your earliest convenience.