Sr Index Manager - Fixed Income
About The Role
Grade Level (for internal use): 11
The Team: The Fixed Income Index Management team within the Global Index Management & Production Group ("IMPG") at S&P Dow Jones Indices. The team is responsible for maintaining a wide range of high-profile, S&P and iBoxx-branded, global fixed income indices across a range of themes, including Leveraged Loans, Private Markets and CLOs.
Responsibilities And Impact
- Play a crucial role in maintaining, supporting and enhancing the quality and integrity of our fixed income indices.
- Collaborate closely with a variety of stakeholders to ensure the accuracy of our benchmarks, as well as regularly review and assess index methodologies, both existing and new.
- Become an expert in the methodologies of an assigned set of indices, as well as S&P DJI’s policies and procedures, ensuring that our indices are maintained in accordance with their public methodologies at all times.
- Execute index rebalances by applying methodology, running models and conducting research on constituent changes.
- Analyze and review corporate actions (e.g., refinancing, restructuring, bankruptcy, calls, puts, sinking funds) affecting index securities.
- Prepare and present high-quality documentation and presentation material for Index Committees and internal stakeholders.
- Implement and validate index changes, ensuring accurate and timely client communication.
- Demonstrate discipline, organization, and proactive communication in a high-stakes, client-impacting environment.
- Regularly review index methodologies to ensure alignment with objectives and policies.
- Work with our product management, research and development teams on new index launches and methodology changes.
- Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to assess and propose methodology changes and support the associated governance review processes.
- Maintain relationships with Product Management, Client Coverage, Index Services, and IT Support.
Compensation/Benefits Information
(This section is only applicable to US candidates) S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $100,909 to $134,197. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.
What We’re Looking For
- Basic Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in business, math, economics, or finance.
- Minimum of 3 years of professional experience (5 years for Senior role) working with financial indices, financial analysis, or research, preferably with a fixed income focus.
- A foundational understanding of global financial markets, with an emphasis on fixed income markets and instruments.
- Strong understanding of how indices are used, the impact of different methodologies, and the ways corporate events impact both indices and financial portfolios.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to coordinate work done by multiple people and / or groups.
- Superior computer skills in Excel, Word and related applications.
- Knowledge of Python, SQL, and/or VBA would be an advantage.
- Must be able to work independently on multiple projects with minimal direction or supervision.
- Must be able to demonstrate excellent analytical and quantitative capabilities to solve original, non-routine problems in a timely and insightful manner.
- Additional Preferred Qualifications:
- CFA and/or Advanced degree in business, math, economics, or finance.
- Prior experience with corporate action research, security-screening and index rebalancing.
- Knowledge of Python, SQL.
Right To Work Requirements
This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States. We require all external candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.
About S&P Global Dow Jones Indices
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. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/spdji.
What’s In It For You?
Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence. Our People: We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all. From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.
Our Values
- Integrity
- Discovery
- Partnership
Benefits
- Health & Wellness
- Flexible Downtime
- Continuous Learning
- Invest in Your Future
- Family Friendly Perks
- Beyond the Basics
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Recruitment Fraud Alert
If you receive an email from a spglobalind.com domain or any other regionally based domains, it is a scam and should be reported to EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.
Equal Opportunity Employer
S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision
For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries