THE TEAM:

We are seeking applicants for the role of Analyst in the Index Investment Strategy team in the New York office of S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI).
Bring your creativity and curiosity to a fast-paced team at the center of global financial markets.
Reporting to a Senior Director, you will collaborate with an international team to design, develop and promote thought leadership designed to enhance S&P DJI’s revenues, relationships, and reputation. Your insightful and analytical contributions will help grow interest in a market-leading range of indices, including world-famous benchmarks like the S&P 500® and the VIX®, as well as a truly global product range covering all major asset classes and indicators, as well as innovative new market segments. 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.

BASIC REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Understanding of financial markets
Collaborative, creative, and curious approach
Excellence in written and oral communication
Excellent analytical and quantitative capabilities (Proficiency with MS Office is a must, programming language experience is a plus)
Interest in the global markets and investing landscape

ADDITIONAL PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

A postgraduate qualification or prior experience in financial services are a plus
Experience with multimedia production (web/video/socials) 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, ETF and index fund trends, factor indices, sustainability and energy transition 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.
About S&P Global Dow Jones Indic e s
At S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provide iconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset-class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to make decisions with conviction. We’re the largest global resource for index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500 ® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ® . More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other index provider in the world. With over USD 7.4 trillion in passively managed assets linked to our indices and over USD 11.3 trillion benchmarked to our indices, our solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance, evaluating portfolios and developing investment strategies.
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 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. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

executing on relevant research topics in global financial markets
helping produce and maintain a range of performance dashboards
answering one-off requests from clients and management
contribute to 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.
Activities span the development and delivery actionable insights across a range of formats. You will:
contribute new ideas and conduct original research
create and maintain important analytic and reporting tools
support regular financial market commentary and analysis
in time, learn how to publish and present your own work in public forums
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 $63,233 to $89,000. 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 .

OUR PURPOSE:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.
Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.