Associate, Equity Indices Analyst
Company Overview
Markit was founded in 2001 as the first independent source of credit derivative pricing and has recently been announced as the fastest growing private company in the UK. Today, our data, valuations and trade processing services are regarded as the market standard in the global financial markets, helping our clients to reduce risk, improve operational efficiency, and meet regulatory requirements.
As a private company with privileged relationships with 16 shareholder banks, Markit has unparalleled access to a valuable dataset spanning credit, equities and the broader OTC derivative universe. Our unique relationships with the bank shareholders give us the opportunity to work closely with these leading market makers to develop innovative solutions for the marketplace.
With over 1,300 institutions using our independent services as clients - including investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, central banks, regulators, rating agencies and insurance companies - we provide round-the-clock support from our offices in London, New York, Chicago, Toronto, Amsterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg, Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney.
Role Summary
The role involves in defining and homogenizing work flows concerning index calculations and implementing them into TSQL as well as organizing work cycles, acting as interface between our IT and Equity teams, supporting them with his/her experience and know-how.
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated skills in business analyses, testing and communication and will come from a financial background. A strong technical background will be ideal.
Duties and Accountabilities
- Drive requirements gathering and documentation process
- Analyse process workflows and produce flow diagrams
- Identify gaps in processes and solutions
- Use IT- expertise to help define best-fit solutions
- Ensure consistency of work flows across sub-systems
- Liaise with our IT and Equity teams to provide expertise and input where necessary
Business Competencies
- Ideally hold a minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics or similar
- Proven track record as a business analyst
- Desire and ability to provide careful attention to detail
- Thorough understanding of the software development life cycle
- Strong interviewing skills
- Analytical and well organized
- Proven ability to work independently
- Expertise in MS Excel and MS Visio
- Ability to take tasks to conclusion
- Able to work competently on his/her own or within a team, taking a project through complete lifecycle.
- Past experience with equity, fixed income or credit markets a benefit
- Consolidated knowledge of stock evaluation
- A strong technical background will be an asset
- Fluent in both written and spoken German
- English is fluent enough for business
- Understanding and experience of financial services industry advantageous.
- Ability to understand business objectives and focus and prioritize multiple projects accordingly
Personal Competencies
- Candidate needs to be:
- strong at problem solving
- flexible and commitment to achieving tight deadlines
- enthusiastic, energetic, detail oriented, and a team player.
- able to work competently on his/her own or within a team, taking a project through complete lifecycle
- personable as they will be required to work closely with other members of this team and other areas of Markit.
- flexible and be prepared to work late if the business requires
- proactive and hardworking
- The candidate must have good communication skills with clients and team members
- The role involves interfacing with numerous departments and teams and therefore good team work is essential.
The Contact
Interested applicants should send their CV and a covering letter to careers.europe@markit.com citing "Associate, Equity Indices Analyst" in the subject line.