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**About the Role**:**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 09S&P Dow Jones Indices**The Role**: Associate Index Calculation and Distribution Specialist (Associate ICAD Specialist)**The Team**: The Index Calculation and Distribution Team within the Global Index Management & Production Group (IMPG).
**The Impact**:The team is looking for an Associate ICAD Specialist to support the Index Management & Production Group (IMPG) in the Americas region.
The ICAD Team performs a crucial operational function within IMPG and is ultimately responsible for supporting the day-to-day maintenance of a wide range of S&P Dow Jones (S&P DJI) branded equity indices, with a particular focus on daily operational processes and validations.What is in it for you?As an Associate ICAD Specialist, your work will focus on supporting the day-to-day calculation and production of a vast range of equity indices tracked by numerous listed products.
The Associate ICAD Specialist must be able to solve non-routine problems on an on-going basis in a timely manner.
They will be responsible for running various Quality Assurance (QA) validations for Global indices, monitoring real-time index calculation and distribution channels, as well as the timely production of end-of-day index values for both spreadsheet based and system-calculated indices, and their dissemination to clients.
**Responsibilities**:Calculate S&P DJI branded indices on a daily basis, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of real-time and end-of-day index data to clients and end userRun QA validations to the ensure accuracy and integrity of the index values distributed to clientsMonitor real-time calculation and distribution of global indices, investigating system alerts, price movements and index value changes where appropriate and resolving in a timely mannerMonitor various underlying component indices used in multi-asset methodologies for any updated values and recalculate where necessary, escalating to the respective Index Committee where dictated by S&P DJI policyWork in close coordination with the technology and production support groups in order to further automate, enhance our system capabilities and troubleshoot production issuesManage and maintain key relationships with other groups within the department and across other departments, particularly Client Coverage, Index Services and IT Support**What we are looking for**:Bachelors degree or equivalent in Business, Mathematics, Economics, IT, or Finance preferred2 years of professional experience in a financial services or analytics role would be beneficialStrong understanding of financial markets, asset classes and company fundamentalsMust be able to demonstrate excellent analytical and quantitative capabilities to solve original, non-routine problems in a timely and insightful mannerMust be able to understand complex spreadsheet models and calculation algorithms