Ops Product Data - Analyst

JOB SUMMARY AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Closely monitor and validate key data attributes that contributes to important GSAM investing decisions
• Track benchmark requirements of new funds, institutional accounts, PWM accounts, etc by liaising with Portfolio Management, Client Relationship Management & Product Development teams.
• Liaise with Portfolio Managers on new indices that need to be either sourced from an external index provider or constructed internally.
• Liaise with external index providers to be up to date on index industry developments, analyse its impact and provide regular updates to AM. Extensively test index data in COBALT versus external index platforms prior to implementing new indices.
• Liaise with Market Data as we'll as Legal teams to validate benchmark specifications in contracts for new indices with index providers.
• Set up benchmarks in internal systems to enable flow of index data for portfolio management, trading, performance management, compliance, client reporting, etc
• Apply systemic or manual checks to ensure correctness of benchmark data to PM/downstream systems
• Calculation of benchmarks manually to validate the accuracy of custom benchmarks
• Support user related queries/ projects and carries out in-depth index analysis for Portfolio Managers, Traders, Controllers, Compliance, Legal, etc globally.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduation/ Post Graduation
• Knowledge and experience (1-2 years) in financial services, preferably asset management
• Knowledge of product data, reconciliation, accounting functions
• Securities Reference Data and Pricing knowledge
• Proven track record contributing in a dynamic team environment
• Pays attention to detail and can multi-task
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications- Excel, Word, PowerPoint