Operations Analyst (Derivative Pricing)

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Job description

Company & Team - "About Us"

IHS Markit's Portfolio Valuations service is an independent post trade valuation service that differentiates itself through Markit's unique and high-quality market data and client support. We use our industry-leading consensus data to calibrate proprietary implementations of up-to-date pricing models and provide fair values for a range of liquid and illiquid securities, structured products, and derivatives. This fully hosted service is aimed at institutions that need to improve their current processes, outsource their valuation function, or provide a value-added service to their clients. It is designed to fulfil the statutory and policy requirements of investors, regulators, and business managers for independent calculation of Net Asset Value (NAV), sensitivities and market risk measures.

Duties and Responsibilities - "Your Role"

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic individual with an interest in derivative pricing to be part of a team of analysts that support the daily valuation of portfolios of positions submitted by clients.

Analysts work with clients during trials, implementation, production, and challenge processing; they also oversee various data capture and review procedures in support of the global valuation business.

• Organizing and running daily and monthly valuation processes for clients; this will require hands-on responsibility for several accounts
• Handling simple and complex price challenges and resolving them to the satisfaction of the client
• Building and maintaining client relationships, so that clients are aware of Markit's new and existing valuation capabilities and increase their use of these services
• Contributing to the design and testing of Markit's valuation systems
• Ensuring that data capture and cleaning processes are run, refined and automated

Job Requirements - "About You"

• Good degree in a quantitative discipline
• Good understanding of OTC derivative valuation in one or more asset classes
• Strong knowledge common office tools and software including Excel and VBA
• Appetite for providing services to external clients daily
• Relevant practical experience desirable (1-2 years)
• Other programming experience in any language e.g. SQL, Python
• Must have general understanding of financial markets and be keen to extend knowledge of OTC derivatives across all asset classes
• Must embrace the importance of high service levels as part of a commercial relationship
• Must be detail-oriented, thorough, and able to use own initiative to solve problems.
• Strong skills required to be able to communicate effectively with external clients and across business units within the company
• Clear, structured, and professional in both writing and speech.
• Fluency in English language required and proficiency in French desirable

Job Benefits - "What we offer"

• Cash incentive plan
• Options to work from home
• Opportunity to work with world experts in the field
• Strong client base and broad product line

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