Financial Business Analyst

Roles and Responsibilities

• Daily price capture & validation of all investment types.

• Analyze asset valuation movements on a daily basis.

• Review of price confirmation to ensure validated prices are published accurately

• Analyze price movements against market expectations.

• Complete all daily, monthly, and ad-hoc tasks and reporting as required accurately and to deadline.

• Resolve client queries

• Understand the effect that changes in prices and other data elements have on the market value of an account and be sensitive to these changes

• Investigation of pricing inquiries from business partners

• Communication with vendors, as needed

• Other tasks/ projects related to vendor pricing data as assigned by manager

• Identifying control gaps and quality deficiencies and look to implement tactical and strategic solutions to prevent re-occurrence

• Support audit requests through evidence retrieval and review of pricing activities

• Provide regular updates on projects and metrics to Senior Management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree with preference in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or related field.

• 1-3 years of industry experience

• Knowledge of financial instruments and desire to learn new instruments and financial techniques

• Knowledge of industry activities, particularly corporate actions, index tracking and stock markets and fixed income products

• Moderate to advanced knowledge of Bloomberg terminals and products

• Pricing vendor knowledge, i.e. Pricing Direct, Bloomberg, Reuters

• Ability to trouble shoot exceptions/ issues quickly to avoid market exposure

• Strong analytical/ problem solving skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to use creative thinking to identify solutions for complex processes and/ or issues

• Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to work in a team and work accurately and under pressure to meet deadlines

• Ability to work in deadline oriented and controlled environment

• Ability to demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to rapidly changing business and technology needs

• The role holder will be required to operate flexible working hours to cover early starts and/or late finishes as demanded by the business

• Must be able to take ownership of initiatives and drive them to completion with little or no guidance

• MS Excel skills, including pivot tables and v-look ups

• 1 to 3 years asset Pricing or NAV/ Fund accounting experience, preferred but not required

• Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate within a team environment and interact across departments

• Demonstrate customer focus and follow-up skills

• Ability to work independently and multi-task in a fast paced environment

• Understand the effect that changes in prices and other data elements have on the market value of an account and be sensitive to these changes