About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

We are seeking fixed income specialists for the role of Associate Director in the Index Investment Strategy (IIS) team in the NY office of S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI).
 

Reporting to a Senior Director, you will collaborate with a global team to design, create and promote thought leadership to enhance S&P DJI's revenues, relationships, and reputation. Your contributions will help develop interest in a market-leading range of indices, with a particular focus on growing our indices in fixed income categories including leveraged loans across asset managers, wealth managers, technology platforms and other financial institutions. You will also have the chance to support S&P DJI's market leading SPIVA® research.

You will have the potential to work on a wide range of investment topics, calibrated for a wide range of investor sophistication levels, addressed to a global audience of market participants.

Activities span the development and delivery actionable insights across a range of formats. You will:

• conduct original research with a focus on fixed income
• create and maintain analytic and reporting tools
• support regular market commentary and analysis
• provide frequent thought leadership and educational presentations internally and externally
   

Responsibilities include:

• act as a subject matter expert for fixed income categories including leveraged loans
• executing on relevant research topics
• answering one-off requests from clients and management
• producing content for public dissemination and distribution

Although you will primarily support your direct line manager, your work will also support a team of colleagues based in London, Hong Kong and New York.
 

What we are looking for:

• Collaborative, creative, and curious approach
• 5-10 years of experience in a quantitative role in financial services
• Strong understanding of markets;
• Experience related to fixed income is essential, and familiarity with leveraged loans is an advantage
• Interest in the global markets, indices and the investing landscape
• Excellence in written and oral communication
• Excellent analytical and quantitative capabilities (Prior experience with applications such as Zephyr/PSN, Bloomberg, FactSet, CIQ Pro, Morningstar, SPICE, VBA, are valued. Python is a plus)

The Index Investment Strategy Team's mission is to enhance the reputation, relationships, and revenues of S&P Dow Jones Indices through actionable insights. We provide research and commentary across our full range of indices and data sets, covering a wide range of topics including but not limited to: the active-passive debate, factor indices, Climate and ESG indices, risk and volatility, and index dynamics. Our thought leadership promotes index-based investing, trading, and benchmarking to a variety of financial market participants, providing actionable insights at a variety of sophistication levels and frequency.
 

Compensation/Benefits Information (US Applicants Only):

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $165,000 to $185,000. Base salary ranges may vary by geographic location. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for additional compensation such as an annual incentive bonus.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, visit https://www.spgbenefitessentials.com/newhires.

Right to Work Requirements:

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

Return to Work:

Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative, Restart, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

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