Associate I - Data Management

0 - 2 Years
1 Opening
Kochi

What You’ll Do

• Set up and maintain security master, index, and pricing data on our global data‑management platform to fulfill stakeholder requirements.

• Perform regular sanity checks, validations, and reconciliations on security, index, and price datasets.

• Monitor and apply quality control to daily data feeds coming from various internal and external sources.

• Review exception and missing price reports, maintain manual pricing spreadsheets, and research suitable prices for illiquid or hard-to-value instruments.

• Manually input prices from verified sources when automated feeds are unavailable or insufficient.

• Recalculate Private Equity valuations following triggering events (e.g. drawdowns, distributions).

• Monitor team mailboxes and ensure stakeholder data queries are triaged and resolved promptly and efficiently.

• Assist the Line Manager in delivering project work, including gathering requirements, execution, and tracking.

• Test change requests and new system releases, validating that modifications behave as expected (regression checks, UAT, etc.).

• Maintain and support automation scripts, bots, or “robots” used by the team to streamline repetitive workflows.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Excellent PC literacy, especially Excel (formulas, data manipulation), Word and PowerPoint.

• Strong written and verbal communication — you will interface with multiple stakeholder groups, including clients and internal teams.

• Basic understanding of securities data (equities, fixed income, derivatives), index structures, and pricing mechanics.

Desirable / Advantageous Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in finance, business, accounting, economics, or a related field.

• Experience with Excel extending beyond basics — use of formulas, macros, VBA, Power Query, or pivot tables.

• Some experience (or exposure) working on data-intensive projects (data sourcing, migration, validation, implementation).

• Familiarity with SQL, ETL concepts, or data management tools is a plus.

• Prior exposure to financial data operations (pricing, index, instrument maintenance) would be beneficial.

Personal Attributes & Behavioral Traits

• Highly organised, self-motivated, and capable of managing multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Enthusiastic, flexible, and committed to quality and delivery.

• Strong analytical, numerical ability and attention to detail.

• Able to prioritise workload under pressure, and work independently when needed.

• Collaborative in team settings, with strong communication and stakeholder service orientation.

• Willingness to adapt to changing priorities and occasional flexible working hours when needed.

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