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Director Index Governance APAC

  • Banking, Finance, Insurance, Accounting and Trade jobs
  • Administrative office management jobs
  • Management (incl. project, product management & human resources)

Description

  • Manage and chair index committees responsible for equity, fixed income and commodity indices in Asia-Pacific markets.
  • Promote an environment of healthy debate among index committee members, and provide training on index policy and governance to S&P DJI staff.
  • Work closely with index managers and analysts to continually improve the effectiveness of index committees.
  • Manage the annual methodology review process for all indices covered by these committees.
  • Participate in development, review, implementation and training on global policies covering index methodology, announcements, and committee operations.
  • Collaborate with other groups to manage exchange partnerships and associated index committees, including periodic in-person meetings with external committees.

Responsibilities

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Understanding of global financial markets
  • 10+ years of professional experience in a financial services or analytics role.
  • Multilingual.
  • Well-rounded knowledge of the steps in index construction including security selection, constituent weighting, calculation, and maintenance.
  • Excellent understanding of financial market operations and familiarity with local financial markets throughout Asia-Pacific.
  • Ability to meet with and explain index procedures and calculations to a wide range of people including exchange partners, clients, and regulators.
  • Willingness to travel
  • Advanced degree in business, math, economics, or finance
  • CFA Charterholder
  • Ability to assume responsibility, work with others and manage projects
  • Experience with corporate action research, stock-screening, index rebalancing
  • Strong understanding of how indices are used, the impact of different methodologies, corporate event events on both indices and financial portfolios.

Hard Skills

  • Financial Modeling
  • Team management
  • Team building
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Process improvement
  • Partnership agreements
  • Change management
  • Product roadmapping
  • Risk assessments
  • Best practice development
  • Business analysis

We offer

  • You will chair, direct, and manage the Index Committees responsible for equity, fixed income and commodity indices covering securities in Asia-Pacific markets, including Australia, China, Japan, Korea, India, and New Zealand.
  • In addition, you will work with others in index governance in preparing and implementing policy to ensure compliance with various regulatory authorities and proper calculation and maintenance of S&P DJI Indices.