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Director Index Governance APAC
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- 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
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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.
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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.