Operations Specialist

Overview

Operations Specialist role within S&P Global Market Intelligence's Portfolio Valuations team, focused on expanding independent cash and derivatives valuation coverage in the Asia-Pacific region.

What you'll do

• Perform regular daily valuations for client portfolios and address price challenges.
• Drive the development and implementation of the regional valuations business plan.
• Implement prototype pricing models and/or test production valuation models for non-standard instruments originating in the region.
• Provide responses to more complex/quantitative queries about SPGI's data and valuation products.
• Work closely with local sales and global product teams to pitch Portfolio Valuations business to prospective clients.
• Identify further business opportunities with existing clients.
• Lead the on-boarding of customers.
• Provide analytical product expertise to clients and local analysts.
• Produce daily/weekly/monthly valuations.

What you'll need

• 2-3 years' experience in the structured derivatives markets (e.g. trading, quant / sales structuring, risk analysis, model validation, product control, collateral or valuations analysis etc.).
• Strong understanding of financial derivatives instrument types and their valuation.
• Strong understanding of models underlying structured derivative valuations.
• Excel/VBA, SQL, Python or other programming skills to prototype/test pricing models.
• Basic understanding of database structures and use of SQL.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience in a client facing environment or account management.

Nice to have

• CFA/FRM completed/appearing.

Details

• Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
• Grade Level (for internal use): 08.
• Role category: 20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories, United States of America); EEO Job Group: OPRTON203 - Entry Professional.