Reference Data Analyst
IT, Data Science
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Make your mark by leading global asset pricing controls that help protect clients and the firm, while growing your career in a collaborative team.
As a Reference Data Analyst within Instrument, Pricing & Common Reference Data, you deliver daily global asset pricing services and ensure data integrity across multiple business lines. You capture and validate bond prices, analyze market movements, and partner with vendors and technology teams to resolve issues and minimize risk. You lead through detail, sound judgment, and clear communication in a fast-paced environment.
Job Responsibilities:
- Capture and validate daily third-party bond prices against multiple market sources, analyzing price movements in relation to market news and expectations.
- Liaise with pricing vendors to resolve issues, minimize risk, and ensure accurate pricing data.
- Monitor systems for job success, promptly resolve issues with technology teams, and escalate concerns to supervisors as needed.
- Prepare and distribute daily pricing and market impact summaries, including supporting market news, and generate month-end index rebalance and composition reports by tracking new bond issuance and auction and buyback activities.
- Produce and analyze valuation movements within client portfolios on a daily and monthly basis, completing all required tasks and reporting accurately and on time.
- Respond to client (Global Index Research Group) queries professionally, participate in monthly client meetings, and present relevant findings and updates.
- Contribute to ongoing improvements in the pricing control process and support ad hoc project work as directed.
Required qualifications, skills, and capabilities:
- Bring 12+ years of experience in fixed income roles, including team management experience and an understanding of stocks, bonds, options, and financial markets.
- Demonstrate knowledge of industry activities, including corporate actions, index benchmarking, stock markets, and fixed income products, along with familiarity with pricing vendors such as Bloomberg and Reuters.
- Apply advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables and VLOOKUP, alongside strong numerical and analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Communicate effectively within teams and across departments while working accurately under pressure, balancing multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred qualifications, skills, and capabilities:
- Use additional pricing and analytics platforms beyond Bloomberg and Reuters, such as FactSet and ICE Data.
- Hold an advanced degree or professional certification in finance, mathematics, or a related field.
- Leverage automation tools or programming languages, such as Python or Visual Basic for Applications, to support process improvement.
- Lead process optimization or technology integration projects in a financial services environment.
JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.
Lead global bond pricing controls, safeguard data integrity, and deliver market insights in a fast-paced, inclusive team.