Index Operations Analyst

at  PHOENIX group

Salary: £35,000 - £50,000 (subject to experience) + Asset Management Bonus, excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance, electric vehicle scheme, 38 days holiday incl. Bank Holidays, plus 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more!
Job Type: Permanent
Hiring Manager : Market Data Manager - Asset Management
Location: This role will be based in our Telford office, with some time spent working from home. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.
We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a Index Operations Analyst to join our Market Data Team in the Asset Management COO function.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Experience (Esssential)

• Analytical skills with strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy
• Ability to follow current processes and controls and understand the risk factors
• Ability to pro-actively challenge processes and raise control concerns, as well as contribute to mitigation, coupled with good problem-solving skills
• Communication skills to interact with internal and external other stakeholders, with good influencing and presentation skills
• Ability to work to tight timescales within a high energy team environment

Desirable

• Experience with security master management in Blackrock Aladdin
• Indices (equities and/or Fixed Income) operational aspects, within the Asset Management industry
• Data Management principles within a Financial Services environment
• Market Data (Trading, Index & Benchmark, ESG, Company Fundamentals, Research & Ratings, Fund Flows) and Reference Data (instrument/markets/counterparty identifiers, security classification/categorisation, corporate actions, transactions and settlement)

Skills & Personal Attributes

• Experience in a data discipline particularly Data Management & Data Quality
• Proactive and adaptive within a constant changing environment, with the ability to work autonomously and collaborate with various teams

Qualifications

• It is not essential to have been educated to degree level or equivalent

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Senior Index Operations Lead and working closely with Data Management, the role will support Phoenix Asset Management’s growing suite of Climate Indices with a focus on business data requirements, ensuring that the data required is loaded into this core systems Aladdin and INVista, and that effective controls are in place and followed to maintain data quality. The goal of Data Management is to embed ‘data as an asset’ within the culture of the function to achieve the required level of consistency, quality and protection to meet the overall Asset Management needs and thereby enabling Asset management to become truly a data driven function.
In addition, the Index Operations Analyst will provide support across the Policyholder Middle Office team where required to meet deliverables during periods of increased demand, building their skillset to become a ‘Subject Matter Expert’ and key operational support resource across the Middle Office, for Asset Management and our stakeholders.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to be part of a growing capability in this new and specialised area of Asset Management within the Phoenix Group, where versatility and resilience are essential to ensure the success of the team.