We are looking for Director Pricing & Security Master based with a Global alternate Fund in Mumbai.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

- The candidate would provide operational leadership, lead employee development. This position will be focused on managing day-to-day operations and core functions of operations in order to achieve operational excellence. We are looking for a subject matter expert on a range of Securities Master/Referance Data and Pricing/Valuations who understand process workflow as well as downstream impact.

- The candidate would also have opportunities to work on various ad-hoc special projects that may arise from time to time.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- The ideal candidate needs to understand the trade workflow, SME in both/either Securities master and Pricing and Valuations functions. Along with being a strong Functional expert also possesses good people and stakeholder management skills. Displays a change mindset that can influence and induce a culture of continuous Improvement. Willing to work in the night shift would be an added advantage.

- Taking ownership and accountability of the Securities Master function; Securities Master entails and is not limited to;

- Maintain Security Master T&C and UDF's across all Sec Master Platforms (includes but are not limited to following security types; Bank Loans (Term, Revolving, Delayed Draw), Bonds (Corp, Govt, convertible), Credit Default Swaps, Equities, Forward Currency Contract, Options, Interest Rate Swap, ABS/MBS.

- Create and maintain all Sec Master Data like Country, Funds, Region, Fund Groups, Currency, Security Types, Holiday Calendar, Strategies, Executing Brokers, Issuers, Clearing Brokers, Exchange, Factor & Coupon in (Everest, VPM, Aexeo)

- Taking Ownership and responsibility of ensuring Accuracy, controls, efficiency and timeliness of the Pricing function. 

The Pricing functions entails and is not limited to;

- Pricing a wide range of securities including equities, bonds, fixed income, money market, bank debt, Asset Backed and derivatives using Bloomberg, Markit, Interactive Data & broker quotes.

- Perform price validation and ensure price challenges are sent to Vendor. Perform price reconciliation with fund admins. Help team on month end/quarter-end activities.

- Operational knowledge of Bloomberg, MarkIT etc.

- Work alongside our Front Office, Trade Support, Risk and Control, Controllers and IT teams to enhance the further the partnership. Would also have to build relations with all the relevant external touchpoints including vendors, brokers, custodians etc.

- Taking quick decisions, handling escalations, providing guidance on both functional and career aspects to the team. Partnering with the US counterparts on all functional aspects including Idea generation and Implementations.

- Responsible for handling moderately intricate to extremely complex corporate actions events across multiple counterparts.

- Will work on multiple internal systems, as well as other custodian proprietary online systems, to perform the above functions.

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