About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

The Role: Senior Index Manager 

The Team: The role is a member of the Global Index Management & Production Group which manages a wide range of high-profile equity indices.  

The Impact: The Senior Index Manager is responsible for maintaining a wide range of high-profile equity indices. The Senior Index Manager is required to ensure that the indices are managed in accordance with their methodologies, perform routine analysis and make presentations to Index Committees on a periodic basis. 

What’s in it for you: This is an exciting opportunity to join the leading index provider. As a Senior Index Manager, you will work on a wide range of indices across global markets and analyze and implement complex index methodology, as well as solve non-routine problems on an on-going basis. As a Senior Index Manager, you will be responsible for all aspects of an assigned group of indices, make recommendations for index membership and present changes to index committees. 

Responsibilities:  

The Senior Index Manager will be a subject matter expert, an example and escalation point for more junior team members, as well as a potential back-up for the team lead. 

In addition, the Senior Index Manager will be required to: 

• Perform index rebalances by interpreting index methodology, running models and research for adds/drops, implementing changes, and communicating these appropriately to clients, all with a focus on quality and accuracy. 

• Perform analytical research on companies to determine the composition of assigned indices, interpreting financial data and index methodology. 

• Ensure corporate actions affecting constituents in each assigned index are correctly applied in the SPDJI proprietary system according to index methodology, and validate special treatment for index specific items 

• Calculate S&P and Dow Jones branded indices, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of real-time and end-of-day index data to clients and end users. 

• Participate on index committees by making presentations of original, non-routine analysis in support of the indices for which the Senior Index Manager is responsible. 

• Take responsibility for the management of high-profile indices, acting as a subject matter expert and displaying in-depth knowledge of our product lines. 

• Manage and maintain key relationships with other groups within the department and across other departments, particularly Product Management, Client Coverage, Index Services, and IT Support. 

• Work in close coordination with the technology group and production support group to further enhance our system capabilities. 

• Manage multiple projects and deadlines. The projects involve; requirements gathering, analytical thinking,