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Job Description
Senior Securitized Products Evaluator Note:- LOCAL Only
- A Senior Securitized Products Evaluator at Client's Evaluated Pricing Service is responsible for providing timely and accurate valuations on multiple classes of Securitized Products.
- Valuations are used by asset managers, investment banks, mutual fund administrators, custodians, and retail brokerage for client reporting, research, risk analysis, and portfolio valuation.
- Daily evaluation of fixed income securities
- Creating and maintaining market contacts
- Client service for existing and prospective customers
- System design and research
- Training of junior staff
- The Senior Securitized Products Evaluator applies specialized expertise in the assessment of fair market value for Securitized instruments.
- Asset types may include MBS, Agency CMO, RMBS, ABS, CMBS, CLO, and/or CDO.
- Evaluators assess the inherent risk of these securities through the observation of yield curve movement, prepayment forecasts, collateral performance, trade prices, broker quotes, and market news.
- Senior Securitized Products Evaluator must also analyze various quality control reports to ensure valuation accuracy.
- The Senior Securitized Products Evaluator will have direct communication with Pricing Service customers.
- This involves client presentations, deep-dive bond analysis, and price challenge responses.
- The Senior Evaluator must be able to represent the Pricing Service organization by clearly communicating valuation models and asset class methodologies.
- Senior Evaluators in the Pricing Service will work directly with the research and analytics team to identify system, process, methodology, and model enhancements.
- Regulatory requirements
- Coverage and accuracy
- Automation and transparency
- Customer service
- Senior Evaluators are responsible for training and mentoring junior staff in all aspects of the valuation process, especially entry-level staff in all Refinitiv locations.
- Training topics cover day-to-day operations, market practices, and valuation techniques.
- They will also assist in the documentation of training manuals.
- Perform fair value analysis on Securitized Products resulting in consistent, accurate, and defensible evaluated prices
- Aggregate, assess, and apply market color and trade data that directly impact our valuations
- Maintain appropriate spread relationships among the waterfall of rated securities
- Perform quality control checks to ensure pricing accuracy
- Contribute to the initiatives to improve the efficiency of production processes
- Support sales and account management teams with pre-and post-sales client calls
- Communicate to clients our methodology, models, and inputs for pricing a particular security
- Adhere to QA procedures, data operations standards, and current policies and procedures
- Respond to inquiries from our clients while providing a top-level customer experience
- Cultivate and maintain close contacts with the dealer community to obtain market insights and gain transparency
- Bachelor's degree in a related field such as Finance, Economics, or Quantitative Finance
- 5 years working experience in the Securitized Products valuations;
- Deep domain expertise in asset-type specific methodology/analytics
- Ability to communicate professionally and effectively both face to face and via telephone
- Excellent data analytics skills and highly proficient in Excel
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills with an emphasis on fixed income mathematics
- Creative and innovative thinker
- VBA, SQL, and/or Python programming experience a plus
Vacancy expired!