Data Analyst in S&P Global NEW

S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

Job Description :

Index Reference Data Analyst will research company information including but not limited to reference data management (i.e., Identifier and name changes, listing change etc.), validate prices used for index calculations and research shares and free float information. Index Reference Data Analyst must therefore understand global equity markets.

This is a global role, with the opportunity to fully support the Data Enablement Team within IMPG. Index Reference Data Analyst is responsible for managing, validating and resolving outliers or exceptions for assigned data sets.

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Ensure that the data universe is maintained in accordance with internal procedures and industry best practices.
• Manage reference data (stock, company and exchange information) and price-related data sets, review and resolve exceptions in QA processes in a timely manner following operational procedures and S&P Dow Jones Indices’ Policies & Practices – Methodology
• Ensure that share and free float information are researched, validated and entered in our database and that supporting evidence is retained.
• Prioritize data related projects to improve workflows, data quality and systems for supported data set.
• Investigate and respond to all data related client requests (internal or external) within SLAs.
• Work with direct manager and leadership team to maintain proactive management of client escalations, issues and other items that require special handling.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in the finance, data management, computer science, or economics disciplines
• 0-2 years of experience in relevant field, possess an open mind, be flexible and able to adapt to changing priorities.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken, is required. Additional language skills would be considered an advantage.
• Good understanding of financial markets
• Must be able to work independently as well as in a global team environment.
• Must be able to demonstrate strong analytical and quantitative capabilities.

Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with corporate filings and related documents, understanding of shares, free float, shareholding structure and potential impact on indices would be an advantage.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Excel and other standard office software’s
• Programming skills and experience preferably in Python, VBA or SQL would be a plus.