Associate – Reference Data

Sharp Decisions; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp Decisions is seeking a Senior Analyst to join the Fixed Income Operations team in Charlotte. The role focuses on maintaining accurate security and account reference data to support trading operations, with an opportunity to mentor junior staff and lead without direct management duties.

You will work within a small team to ensure data quality across Impact, Bloomberg, and internal systems, driving process improvements and supporting onboarding enhancements.

Qualifications

• For 5+ years in Fixed Income Operations.
• Strong experience with Reference Data or Security Master.
• Experience supporting floating-rate securities.
• Experience supporting fixed income products.
• Understanding of security setup, account setup, trade economics, accrued interest calculations and security factors.
• Experience investigating pricing and reference data discrepancies.

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 attributes.
• Investigate discrepancies between Bloomberg, Impact and internal calculations.
• Troubleshoot pricing, accrued interest, factors and reference data breaks.
• Partner with Middle Office to resolve trade exceptions due to data issues.
• Oversee work by Broadridge outsourcing and ensure quality.
• Participate in improving onboarding and intake processes.
• Support automation efforts on the Impact platform.
• Escalate issues and drive resolution independently.

Skills

Fixed Income Ops

Reference Data

Security Master

Floating-rate

Pricing discrepancies

Problem solving

Tools

Impact

Bloomberg

Broadridge

Job 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.