Data Associate, Data Stewardship

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 09

**The Impact**: Index Reference Data Analyst will research company information including but not limited to reference data management (i.e., Identifier and name changes, listing change etc.), validate prices used for index calculations and research shares and free float information. Index Reference Data Analyst must therefore understand global equity markets.

**What’s in it for you**: This is a global role, with the opportunity to fully support the Global Data Management Group within IMPG. Index Reference Data Analyst is responsible for managing, validating, and resolving outliers or exceptions for assigned data sets.

**Responsibilities**:
Research and Analysis on Market Driven Events

Ensure that the data universe is maintained in accordance with internal procedures and industry best practices.

Manage reference data (stock, company, and exchange information) and price-related data sets, review and resolve exceptions in QA processes in a timely manner following operational procedures and S&P Dow Jones Indices’ Policies & Practices - Methodology

Ensure that share and free float information are researched, validated, and entered in our database and that supporting evidence is retained.

Prioritize data related projects to improve workflows, data quality and systems for supported data set

Investigate and respond to all data related client requests (internal or external) within SLAs

Work with direct manager and leadership team to maintain proactive management of client escalations, issues and other items that require special handling
Price Validation and Quality Control

Validate system-captured prices. Must review captured prices against multiple sources and research and resolve any discrepancies under restrictive timelines
Customer Focus and Communication Responsibilities

Proactively communicate any issues to the rest of the team and Team Lead, as appropriate

Clear communication and coordination with other team members and global teams on over-lapping tasks to ensure seamless handover from region to region

Maintain customer focus by considering the client impact of changes to indices, communicate changes to other impacted teams in a clear and timely manner.

Provide timely, complete and accurate responses to client enquiries, work with our client experience team as appropriate

**What We’re Looking For**:Qualifications & Experience**:
Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in the finance, data management, computer science, or economics disciplines

0-2 years of experience in relevant field, possess an open mind, be flexible and able to adapt to changing priorities

Fluency in English, both written and spoken, is required. Additional language skills would be considered an advantage

Good understanding of financial markets

Must be able to work independently as well as in a global team environment

Must be able to demonstrate strong analytical and quantitative capabilities

**Desired Skills**:
Familiarity with corporate filings and related documents, understanding of shares, free float, shareholding structure and potential impact on indices would be an advantage

Excellent skills in Microsoft Excel and other standard office software’s

Programming skills and experience preferably in Python, VBA or SQL would be a plus.

About S&P Global Dow Jones Indic e s
At S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provide iconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset-class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to make decisions with conviction. We’re the largest global resource for index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500 ® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ®. More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other index provider in the world. With over USD 7.4 trillion in passively managed assets linked to our indices and over USD 11.3 trillion benchmarked to our indices, our solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance, evaluating portfolios and developing investment strategies.

What’s In It For You?

**Our Purpose**:
Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

**Our People**:
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essent