Portfolio Support - Pricing Analyst

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated professional to join their team in London. This role involves ensuring the integrity of pricing elements, executing price verification, and maintaining high-quality data for internal and external clients. You will work collaboratively across departments, enhancing control frameworks while fostering effective relationships with various stakeholders. The firm offers a hybrid working environment, excellent health benefits, and opportunities for professional development. If you're passionate about finance and eager to contribute to a mission-driven organization, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Health and Wellbeing Benefits

Paid Volunteer Time

Professional Development Support

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Maternal/Paternal Leave Benefits

Complimentary Mindfulness App Subscription

Employee Networking Events

Lunch Allowance

Qualifications

• 2+ years in asset valuations and fair value pricing.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure integrity of pricing elements and oversight of external vendors.
• Prepare and present valuation matters to pricing committees.

Skills

Asset Level Valuations

Fair Value Pricing

Problem Solving

Collaboration Skills

Communication Skills

Multi-tasking

Attention to Detail

Education

Degree in Finance or Related Field

Industry Relevant Professional Qualifications

Tools

Excel

Charles River

Bloomberg

PowerBI

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Janus Henderson

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London, United Kingdom

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Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

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Why work for us?

A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investingin a brighter future together.

Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.

Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do:

Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust

If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you!

Your opportunity

• Ensure integrity of pricing elements provided by the respective Janus Henderson Third Party Administrators (TPA), including oversight of external vendors.
• Execute price verification including the calculation of fair value adjustments, and where necessary develop and review valuation models based on market data and security comparable information to provide valuation recommendations
• Prepare and present valuation matters to the regional pricing committees
• Maintain accuracy and integrity of Investment Book of Records (IBOR) including asset prices, ensuring that all positions and market value data used by Fund Managers and other internal / external clients & functions is of high quality
• Oversee custodian cash and stock reconciliations performed by TPA with ability to clearly identify and resolve high risk items
• Enhance existing control framework including oversight of TPA pricing & reconciliation processes, Service level Agreements, Key Performance Indicators and associated reporting.
• Ownership for the resolution of exceptions and involvement in the production of MI, Data Quality, third party relationship management, escalation of issues, ensuring timely and accurate compliance
• Work with internal departments and market vendors to maximise efficiencies and improve service to clients
• Periodically review team processes and tasks to ensure they are optimal and fit for purpose
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external functions e.g., TPAs, Data Operations, Trade Operations, IT Market Data Manager, Fund Management, Operations Strategy, Business Change, Client and Product Implementation etc.
• Carry out other duties as assigned

What to expect when you join our firm

• Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
• Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to ClassPass
• Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
• Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
• All-inclusive approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
• Complimentary subscription to Headspace – the mindfulness app
• All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
• Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen

Must have skills

• At least 2 years prior experience in asset level valuations and fair value pricing, including interactions with Pricing Committees, ideally having worked at an Asset Management firm.
• Dedication to continuous learning and growing of technical knowledge and understanding.
• Problem solving capability for complex client and/or process issues.
• Strong collaboration skills, being able to work well together with others in a team, across teams and departments.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written. Communicating well with colleagues, clients and stakeholders across Operations, Front Office and Technology departments and considering the specific needs of different audiences.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize work, and work well under pressure to respond to client inquiries quickly.
• Highly organized, attention to detail and excellent follow through skills.

Nice to have skills

• Prior experience in IBOR Reconciliations as our team covers both Pricing and Reconciliations.
• Advanced user of Excel (Macros / VBA would be beneficial)
• Use of Charles River, Imagine, Bloomberg, PowerBI.
• Degree and industry relevant professional qualifications.

Potential for growth

• Regular training
• Continuing education courses

You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.

At Janus Henderson Investors we’re committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. Don’t worry if you don’t think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you! We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request we’re happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment. If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know at [emailprotected]

Janus Henderson (including its subsidiaries) will not maintain existing or sponsor new industry registrations or licenses where not supported by an employee’s job functions (as determined by Janus Henderson at its sole discretion).