Reference Data Analyst

As a Reference Data Manager II, you will be a key contributor to the Financial Data Management team, responsible for managing and validating bond prices sourced from third-party entities. Your role will involve analyzing price movements, collaborating with pricing vendors to address discrepancies, and generating valuation movements within client portfolios on both a daily and monthly basis. Your attention to accuracy and timeliness will be crucial in ensuring the successful execution of all tasks and reports. **Key Responsibilities:** - Perform daily third-party price capture and validation of bond prices from multiple market sources. - Analyze price movements based on market news and expectations. - Collaborate with pricing vendors to address issues and minimize risks. - Monitor systems for job success and troubleshoot technology issues. - Prepare and distribute daily pricing and market impact summaries, including relevant market news. - Compile and maintain month-end Index rebalance and composition reports. - Generate and analyze valuation movements within client portfolios regularly. - Complete daily, monthly, and ad-hoc tasks and reporting on time and accurately. - Address client queries promptly and professionally. - Participate in and present at client monthly meetings. - Escalate issues effectively to the supervisor. - Contribute to enhancing the pricing control process and engage in ad-hoc project work as assigned. **Qualifications Required:** - Over 5 years of experience in Fixed Income related roles. - Previous experience in team management. - Understanding and interest in stocks, bonds, options, financial markets, and products. - Knowledge of industry activities, especially corporate actions, index benchmarking, stock markets, and fixed income products. - Familiarity with pricing vendors such as Bloomberg and Reuters. - Proficiency in MS Excel, including pivot tables and v-look ups. - Strong numerical skills with a mathematical mindset. - Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with keen attention to detail. - Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to work accurately under pressure to meet deadlines. - Effective communication skills within a team environment and across departments. (Note: Preferred qualifications, skills, and capabilities were not provided in the job description.),