Senior Associate - Pricing & Valuation Operations

Connect Search, LLC; California; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Search, LLC in California seeks an Associate or Senior Associate focused on securities pricing, valuation and investment data. You will gain broad exposure across financial products and investment operations, collaborating with teams across technology and analytics.

You’ll support daily pricing cycles, analyze data quality and work with external market-data providers. This role offers hands-on experience in a fast-paced, data-driven environment with growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 1–4 years of financial services experience.
• Pricing or valuation operations experience.
• Experience with Bloomberg, SQL or Python is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support daily securities pricing and valuation processes.
• Research pricing, valuation and market-data exceptions.
• Analyze security-level data for accuracy and consistency.
• Collaborate with external pricing and market-data providers.
• Partner with investment operations and technology teams.
• Help drive process improvements and automation initiatives.
• Build exposure across fixed income, equities, derivatives and other asset classes.

Skills

Pricing & valuation

SQL

Python

Financial analysis

Tools

Bloomberg

Excel

Job description

A leading global investment firm is seeking an Associate or Senior Associate to join a team focused on securities pricing, valuation and investment data.

This is a strong opportunity for someone early in their career who wants broad exposure across financial products, markets, investment operations and technology.

What You’ll Do

• Support daily securities pricing and valuation processes
• Research pricing, valuation and market-data exceptions
• Analyze security-level data for accuracy and consistency
• Work with external pricing and market-data providers
• Partner with investment, operations and technology teams
• Support process improvements, system enhancements and automation initiatives
• Build exposure across fixed income, equities, derivatives and other asset classes

What We’re Looking For

Candidates should have approximately 1–4 years of financial services experience. Relevant backgrounds may include:

• Pricing or valuation operations
• Investment or middle-office operations
• Derivatives operations
• Market or reference data
• Fund accounting with securities exposure
• Financial-services business analysis

Experience with Bloomberg, SQL, Python or similar analytical tools is a plus, but advanced programming experience is not required.

Why Consider It?

• Interaction with investment professionals
• Strong exposure to data and technology
• Opportunity to develop beyond a narrowly defined operations role
• Collaborative, fast-paced investment environment