Highlights
The team currently consists of three junior associates, creating an opportunity for an experienced professional to provide informal leadership, mentorship, and day-to-day guidance without direct management responsibilities. This role is responsible for maintaining the integrity of security and account reference data that supports the firm's fixed income trading platform.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Charlotte, NC |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1990 |
Description
Senior Analyst - Fixed Income Operations
Employment Type: Full-Time Direct Hire
Division: Fixed Income Operations
Location: Hybrid (3 days onsite) - Charlotte, NC
Target Start Date: ASAP (Targeting Mid-August)
Overview
We are seeking an Associate to join the Fixed Income Reference Data team. This role is responsible for maintaining the integrity of security and account reference data that supports the firm's fixed income trading platform.
The team currently consists of three junior associates, creating an opportunity for an experienced professional to provide informal leadership, mentorship, and day-to-day guidance without direct management responsibilities.
For the right candidate, this position has the potential to evolve into a de facto team lead role.
Responsibilities
- Maintain fixed income reference data within Impact and Bloomberg.
- Perform security setup and ongoing security maintenance.
- Manage account setup and reference data validation.
- Update floating-rate securities, security factors, and other security master attributes.
- Investigate discrepancies between Bloomberg, Impact, and internal trade calculations.
- Troubleshoot pricing, accrued interest, factor, and security reference data breaks.
- Partner with the Middle Office team to resolve trade exceptions caused by inaccurate reference data.
- Oversee work performed by the Broadridge outsourcing team and ensure operational quality.
- Participate in enhancing the firm's account onboarding and intake processes.
- Support automation efforts and process improvement initiatives involving the Impact platform.
- Escalate issues when necessary while independently driving problem resolution.
Preferred Experience
5+ years of Fixed Income Operations experience.
Strong Reference Data or Security Master experience.
Experience supporting floating-rate securities.
Experience supporting fixed income products.
Strong understanding of:
Security setup
Account setup
Trade economics
Accrued interest calculations
Security factors
Experience investigating pricing and reference data discrepancies.
Required Systems
- Impact (strongly preferred and nearly required).
- Bloomberg.
- Broadridge Impact preferred.
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About Company
For over two decades, Sharp Decisions has provided superior, award-winning service in strategic business and technology consulting services to government agencies at all levels, as well as domestic and global corporations. With subject matter expertise in Investment Banking, Finance, Healthcare, Media & Telecommunications, and Manufacturing, Sharp Decisions is well equipped to serve your needs.
Established in 1990 with headquarters in New York City, and locations in Princeton, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Europe and Canada, Sharp Decisions has been the technology backbone for a client portfolio that includes an array of well-known companies. As a Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise and approved vendor, Sharp Decisions offers a powerful, cost-effective advantage. We actively partner with other MBEs to add value and meet diversity program requirements.
Sharp Decisions is also committed to hiring and training post-9/11, tech-savvy U.S. armed forces veterans through our V.E.T.S.â„¢ (Vocation, Education and Training for Service members) Program, but we cannot do it alone. Companies like EmblemHealth, Freddie Mac and Experian have stepped up to bring aboard our highly qualified and skilled veterans. We need more companies like them to take a stand and bring our veterans aboard. Our clients have told us that our veterans are more effective than their college hires because two weeks on the job for them equates to 2-3 years of experience! Learn more at www.sharpdecisions.com/vetsprogram.