Investment Grade Fixed Income - Pricing Direct Evaluator - Analyst

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is highly motivated to work in an innovation-focused team and to contribute to our Corporate & Investment Bank business.

As a Pricing Direct Evaluator - Analyst in the Investment Grade Fixed Income team, you will join a revenue-generating team that provides independent valuation and analytics for over 3 million fixed income and derivative instruments, utilizing real time market intelligence from buy side and sell side market participants. You will play a crucial role in providing accurate and insightful valuations, which are essential for our clients' investment decisions and risk management strategies.

Job responsibilities

• Develops and maintains automatic processes, methodology and infrastructure to increase accuracy and speed of valuations
• Generates daily valuations of fixed income securities for multiple market closes, entailing start-to-end responsibilities. This includes market data collection and analysis, price generation, quality control
• Addresses client queries, whether it is via emails, calls or in-person meetings
• Examines and develops new areas of product growth with a focus on autonomously exploring new ideas and solutions

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Basic understanding of the principles of fixed income and data science
• Strong software development skills in Python, and high aptitude for learning new technologies
• Ability to collect and analyze large amounts of market information, extract its essence, and incorporate the findings into valuation matrix and incorporate it into pricing models
• Clear, logical thinker with strong quantitative abilities
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment of real-time market pressures

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's degree or higher. Major in STEM field such as: Computer Science, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Physics
• Strong Python coding skills, especially when working with large financial datasets. Additional experience working with VBA, SQL would be beneficial
• Previous market or quantitative experience in evaluation or Fixed income products (Corporate bonds, Money Markets, Treasury etc.)
• Good communication skills, both oral and written