Accountant
BC Forward

Job Title: AccountantDuration: 6+ MonthsLocation: Newark, DE

Key Responsibilities and Skills:

• Daily validation of bond prices
• Work with pricing vendor and technology team to resolve issues and ensure production is successful.
• Generate and maintain month-end Index rebalance and composition reports by garnering information on new bond issuance and auction/buy-back activities.
• Complete all daily and monthly tasks within deadline.
• Resolve client queries promptly and professionally.
• Participate and present in internal monthly team meetings
• Escalate all issues promptly and effectively to supervisor

Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of experience in Fixed Income, Fund Valuation, Pricing or other related roles
• Demonstrate an understanding and interest in bonds/financial markets and products
• Knowledge of industry activities - particularly corporate actions, index benchmarking, stock markets and fixed income products
• Intermediate to Advanced MS Excel skills, including pivot tables and v-look ups
• Analytical/problem solving skills and attention to detail
• Self-motivated and proactive with the proven ability to work accurately and under pressure to meet deadlines
• Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate within a team environment and interact across departments
• Ability to work independently and multi-task in a fast paced environment
• Pricing vendor knowledge, i.e. Bloomberg, Reuters a plus
• Strong database/SQL knowledge a plus
• Demonstrate customer focus and follow-up skills
• Ability to work until 7PM EST and US holidays for global market close operations
• Bachelor degree with preference in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or related field.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 188273 when responding to this ad.

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