RC - Pricing - Staff - EY GDS

Position:  Staff/Senior

The opportunity:
 Work as staff/senior on multiple workstreams for middle and back-office functions for an asset management client.

Position Responsibilities:

• Interact with the pricing vendors to price securities
• Communicate daily inquiries to appropriate internal departments
• Monitor and data mine the daily pricing for anomalies and potential issues
• Perform deep dives on issues related to securities pricing and methodology
• Issue price challenges
• Interact with Portfolio Managers as an internal consultant
• Interact with internal and external audit teams
• Audit internal processes, identify and mitigate risks, and develop and enhance controls
• Develop reports and presentations for funds, the Boards, Legal, and Portfolio Management
• Maintain current knowledge of domestic and foreign securities markets and monitor effects on funds, pricing, and valuation procedures
• Manage various projects related to process improvements, procedures, and systems development

Position Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree, preferably in a quantitative field
• Minimum 3 years of experience in security valuation and mutual fund operations
• Experience working with trading desk and portfolio managers
• Market data knowledge from working with providers of financial data, such as Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Intex, and others
• Experience working with business intelligence reporting tools and dashboards, such as PowerBI (preferred) or other platforms
• Advanced Excel/VBA, SQL, Python, strongly preferred
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Economics
• CA, CPA or CFA designation
• Experience with mutual fund governance and fund boards
• Experience working with Business Analysis and Project Management