S&P Dow Jones Indices jobs - Index Production Analyst Equity Markets

The Role: Index Production Analyst – Equity Markets

The Grade: 9A

The Location: Mumbai

The Team: The candidate will be part of the Index Management & Production Group (IMPG) which is responsible for the maintenance and calculation of S&P Dow Jones Indices

The Impact: The Index Production Analyst will research stock and company information for all companies of an assigned portfolio, including price validation, corporate actions such as dividends and splits, attribute assignments, and share/ownership research. The Index Production Analyst must therefore have an understanding of global equity markets.

What is in it for you: A global role, with the opportunity to fully support the Global Market Management Group within IMPG. The Index Production Analyst is responsible for researching and screening details and events for an assigned group of companies and ensures these events are reflected accurately in our global index range.

Responsibilities

Research and Analysis on Market Driven Events

• Closely monitor and track announced corporate actions. Monitor multiple news sources for new corporate action announcements.
• Research, verify and correctly input dividends and corporate actions (as specified in a relevant task list) into our proprietary database, following operational procedures and S&P Dow Jones Indices’ Equity Indices Policies & Practices - Methodology
• Ensure all entries in the system are verified and that supporting evidence is stored and retained, in particular for those events where data sources show conflicting information.
• Ensure that share and free float information are, researched, validated and entered into our database and that supporting evidence is retained in accordance with S&P Dow Jones Indices Equity Indices Policies & Practices – Methodology
• Provide backup functions for other team members and perform assigned QA tasks
  
  

Price Validation and Verifications

• Validate system-captured prices. Must review captured prices against multiple sources and research and resolve any discrepancies under restrictive timelines
• Responsible for verifying the correctness for hundreds of securities across multiple markets and working to strict deadlines
• Help to test and implement major system and workflow enhancements
  
  

Communication Responsibilities

• Proactively communicate any issues to the rest of the team and Team Lead, as appropriate
• Clear communication and coordination with other team members and global teams on over-lapping tasks to ensure seamless handover from region to region
  
  

Qualifications

• A demonstrable understanding of global financial markets
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office is essential alongwith knowledge of Python (in particular),Microsoft Access and/or VBA
• Requires excellent analytical and quantitative capabilities
• Strong verbal and written communications skills required, fluency in English, both written and spoken, is essential. Arabic language skills would be considered an advantage
• Must be proficient in interpreting and analyzing corporate filings and related documents, and apply that analysis to the data inputs underlying S&P DJI Indices