Senior Business Analyst - Fixed Income

at  T Rowe Price

There is a place for you at T. Rowe Price to grow, contribute, learn, and make a difference. We are a premier asset manager focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on today and in the future. The work we do matters. We invite you to explore the opportunity to join us and grow your career with us.
Overview
The T Rowe Price Fixed Income Front Office technology team is looking for an experienced analyst to partner with our business and engineering teams to build out the next generation of cloud-first portfolio management tooling. This role is part of our new ‘Solutions’ team, designed to act as a partner to engineering and business stakeholders. The Solutions team provides overall product ownership across the Fixed Income organization, with Portfolio Management and related workflows being a significant focus for this role.

Members of the team partner with front office engineering teams to deliver high quality software products to investment staff. As part of the team, you will:

• Build relationships with business stakeholders and representatives across all fixed income asset types.
• Collaborate with Engineering Managers to build a product roadmap, ensure product features align to the long-term strategic needs of stakeholders.
• Work alongside Engineers to develop prototype code that defines complex business logic and domain specific calculation methodologies.
• Understand the holistic needs of stakeholders and propose innovative technology solutions to drive business outcomes.

Our company has made a big investment in the future of our technology and data. We have a vision of what we can achieve and ambitious plans to get there. We hold collaboration as a core tenet of how we accomplish our goals. You should be interested in a team-oriented approach; curious and enthusiastic learners will be amongst their tribe here. We are a group of diverse thinkers, working together with different perspectives to create optimal solutions to continue to propel T Rowe Price to great heights.
This role is an evolution of the traditional BA role, with emphasis placed on mixing subject matter expertise with an engineering mindset.

Core Competencies and Responsibilities:

• Develop and sustain relationships with Fixed Income Portfolio Managers, Risk Managers, Quants and Investment Analysts across the globe
• Collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams to understand, develop, and deliver a product roadmap for Fixed Income portfolio management
• Work closely with agile technology teams to implement business requirements and automation.
• Identify data quality and integrity issues and provide resolution recommendations after performing in-depth analysis
• Must be able to independently “troubleshoot” functional and/or quantitative problems in portfolio analytics.

Required Qualifications/Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience with Fixed Income products, derivatives, and analytics within an Asset Management firm
• 5+ years’ experience working with Fixed Income Portfolio Managers and Trading teams
• 5+ years’ experience working with portfolio management and trading platforms
• Systems analysis or experience working with and analyzing data for Front Office functions
• General knowledge and awareness of macro financial markets and more specifically, the Asset Management industry
• Solid data analysis skills - SQL database queries, Excel/Access file manipulation, Jupyter notebooks
• Experience collaborating with engineering teams using tools like Jira and Confluence

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
We strive for equity, equality, and opportunity for all associates. When we embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work, our firm is stronger, and we create greater value for our clients. Our commitment and inclusive programming aim to lift the experience for each associate and builds allies for our global associate community. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at the firm, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.
T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, colour, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law

• Develop and sustain relationships with Fixed Income Portfolio Managers, Risk Managers, Quants and Investment Analysts across the globe
• Collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams to understand, develop, and deliver a product roadmap for Fixed Income portfolio management
• Work closely with agile technology teams to implement business requirements and automation.
• Identify data quality and integrity issues and provide resolution recommendations after performing in-depth analysis
• Must be able to independently “troubleshoot” functional and/or quantitative problems in portfolio analytics