Associate Market Analyst, Derivatives

Job Description:

Position Summary

The Associate Market Analyst (the analyst) in LSEG Pricing Service is responsible for derivative evaluation and customer service activities. LSEG provides evaluated pricing on over 2.7 million fixed income instruments and derivatives per day which are used by asset managers, custodian banks, investment banks, and third-party vendors.

Day to day responsibilities include pricing production activities and managing client communications. Pricing production involves the assessment and validation of market color, maintenance of pricing models, and creation of report files. The analyst will take care of time sensitive queries submitted by customers including pricing coverage, price challenges, and quality checks. The analyst will work with derivatives products such as IRS, Swaptions, FX and Equity Options, CDS, FX Forwards, TRS and Inflation Swaps.

Strong passion for capital markets, proactivity, attention to detail, curiosity and understanding of financial mathematics are key for the role.

Role Responsibilities
* Assess and validate market color
* Provide and follow through on operational improvement or automation ideas
* Maintain pricing models and market data for vanilla and complex derivative products
* Perform and improve quality analysis and price controls
* Update evaluated CDS spread curves
* Prepare custom files for client delivery
* Meet daily production schedule deadlines
* Comply with controls and procedures
* Handle time sensitive price challenges and coverage requests
* Assist in ad hoc testing and improvement requests based on client's needs
* Handle internal and external client expectations

Skills and Experience Required
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience or in the final stage of a bachelor's degree in finance, business, economics, actuarial sciences, or engineering
* Excellent communication, writing, and adaptability skills
* Programming skills (VBA, Python, SQL, etc.)
* The ability to work with large amounts of data
* Proficient in English
* Passion for capital markets

Desired Skills
* Knowledge of fixed income and mathematics
* Knowledge of financial markets
* Ability to work independently and also as part of a team

LSEG is committed to encouraging a diverse, equitable, an inclusive work environment, ensuring equal opportunities for all employees, regardless of their background. We offer great employee benefits to make sure everyone performs to the best of their abilities. We offer a hybrid working model.

Career Stage:Associate

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:
Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

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Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

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You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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