Fixed Income Index Operations and Pricing Controls Analyst

Fixed Income Index Operations and Pricing Controls Analyst

Unlock your potential by strengthening index pricing integrity, expanding market data expertise, and partnering across global stakeholders.

As an Fixed Income Index Operations and Pricing Controls Analyst within the Index Calculation Agent team, you will define, refine, and deliver daily goals that support accurate pricing and valuation control outcomes. You will investigate pricing and valuation movements and communicate clear drivers and impacts to stakeholders and clients. You will improve process resilience through disciplined controls, documentation, and timely issue resolution.

Job Responsibilities:

• Validate daily third-party price capture for fixed income securities using multiple market sources.
• Investigate price and valuation movements and explain what is driving changes.
• Partner with pricing vendors to resolve data issues quickly and reduce operational risk.
• Monitor daily production runs, identify breaks, and coordinate with technology partners to restore processing.
• Prepare and share daily pricing and market impact summaries with clear context.
• Produce month-end index rebalance and composition reporting, incorporating new issuance and corporate actions.
• Analyze valuation movements within client portfolios on a daily and monthly basis and highlight key drivers.
• Complete daily, monthly, and ad-hoc tasks accurately and on deadline, with strong attention to detail.
• Resolve client queries promptly and professionally, ensuring timely follow-up and closure.
• Present during monthly client meetings, communicating results in a client-friendly way.
• Enhance pricing controls, procedures, and documentation to strengthen the end-to-end process.

 

Required qualifications, skills, and capabilities:

• Earn a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience).
• Bring 6+ years of relevant experience in fixed income operations, valuations, pricing, index operations, or a closely related area.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of fixed income instruments and their key characteristics (for example pricing conventions, cash flows, and lifecycle events).
• Use market data sources and pricing platforms (for example Bloomberg and Refinitiv) and reconcile differences across sources.
• Apply strong analytical skills to isolate issues, identify root cause, and drive items to resolution.
• Communicate outcomes clearly to stakeholders and clients.
• Own actions end-to-end by proactively tracking items to completion and escalating when needed.
• Collaborate across global teams and time zones.
• Build spreadsheets and analyses while working with large datasets.
• Maintain strong attention to detail and perform under daily cutoffs and month-end deadlines.
• Lead through influence while contributing to a strong team environment.

 

Preferred qualifications, skills, and capabilities:

• Leverage automation or data tooling (for example Python, Visual Basic for Applications, or Structured Query Language).
• Attain a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
• Complete a Master of Business Administration.
• Developing experience using AI-powered analytics, workflow automation, or intelligent process tools to drive efficiency gains, reduce manual effort, or improve accuracy in operational processes.

 

Experience Level

Senior Level