Associate, Index Data Research

ISS Corporate Solutions, Inc.; Gurugram District; Sur place; INR 1 200 000 - 1 800 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

ISS Stoxx in Gurugram seeks an Index Data Research Associate to source, validate, and maintain high-quality financial data for index calculation and methodology. You will oversee ownership research, tax assessments, and market data integrity across equity assets, while coordinating with IT for automation and tooling improvements.

The role requires strong analytical skills, English fluency, and experience in financial markets, with the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in finance, economics or equivalent.
• 2–3 years of professional experience in a financial environment (index/business/asset management).
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills in financial information and markets.
• Knowledge of corporate actions, index operations and data processing rules is a plus.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks with tight deadlines.

Responsabilités

• Sourcing, validating, and maintaining high-quality financial data for index calculation and methodology.
• Overseeing ownership research and related data points.
• Assessing withholding tax, corporate actions impacts, and market data issues.
• Monitor equity trading suspension and provide accurate information to clients.
• Coordinate with IT for automation, tooling, and end-to-end testing of new applications.
• Support new data points definitions based on market requirements.

Connaissances

Analytical skills

English fluency

Communication

Attention to detail

Team player

Formation

Master's degree in finance or economics

Outils

Python

SQL

VBA

Excel

Refinitiv

Bloomberg

FactSet

SIX/ICE/EDI

Description du poste

Job Summary

ISS Stoxx is seeking a Index Data Research for the Index Data Research unit, with a strong background on equity data collection analytical skills for Gurugram location.

As Index Data Research Associate, you will focus on sourcing, validating, and maintaining high-quality financial data that underpins index calculation and methodology. This role ensures data integrity across equity asset class and supports the timely and accurate configuration, calculation and dissemination of all indices, under ISS STOXX responsibility. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: overseeing ownership research; assessing withholding tax; monitoring equity trading suspension and providing accurate information to clients via publications and notifications. The role encompass as well large number of routine and non-routine activities across Index Operations.

In this role, as a subject matter expert, you will use your industry expertise to participate in new, interesting and challenging projects such as new rules definition based on market requirements or anticipation of markets impacts, and analyze market expectations with the definition of new data points. The role requires close coordination with the IT department in order to provide automation processes solution, enhance or suggest new tools, specify requirements for technical development and test new applications/tools from end to end.

You will represent a key growth area for the company and are expected to be a significant contributor and team player.

Responsibilities

• Hold a masters degree in finance, economics or equivalent
• At least 2 to 3 years of professional experience in financial environment (preferable Index Business, Portfolio Business, Asset Managers, Primary and Secondary research) and a good understanding of Financial Markets environment, its working constraints and philosophy,
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills and know-how in financial information and financial markets, including understandings of corporate actions impacts on an Index, data points like Shares and FF research, Dividend research, Foreign Ownership Limit research, Withholding Tax research and Suspension research
• Experience and track record in Corporate Actions management, Index Operations, Securities and listed companies Operations (Middle and back office), data analysis / cleansing, data processing rules and techniques is a plus
• Be able to work under pressure and to handle multiple tasks time-efficient and autonomously in parallels and work on tight deadlines
• Be able to work and learn autonomously without minimum supervision and training (self-starter/self-learner)

Soft Skills

• Strong oral and written communication skills: Fluency in English both oral and written (mandatory), a second European or Asian language would be a plus
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, Python and VBA programming skills would be a plus, ideally combined with database knowledge and SQL
• Good knowledge of reference and market data applications such as Refinitiv, Bloomberg, FactSet, SIX, ICE and EDI
• Ability to work independently with tight deadlines, quickly identify and report issues and problems
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in data interpretation
• Be a team-player, orientated attitude and ability to act as a proactive, independent team player with hands-on mentality
• Excellent communication skills

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