Pricing Support Analyst

We are seeking a Pricing Support Analyst to become part of our Singapore-based team, dedicated to assisting investment and risk professionals with pricing, valuation, PnL, and market data analysis. This position merges practical analytical examination with stakeholder engagement, necessitating robust market insight, sound decision-making skills, and the capability to navigate issues from initial inputs to final deliverables accurately.

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct daily pricing analytics and validation, ensuring thorough review of market inputs leading to final analytical outputs.
• Calculate and provide risk metrics utilized for internal dashboards and reporting.
• Assist in periodic valuation exercises and the compilation of associated reports.
• Address inquiries from investment, risk, and valuation stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and prompt follow-through.
• Assess incoming issues to ascertain if they pertain to analytics, market data, platform access, or other areas, and direct them to the appropriate owner when necessary.
• Examine valuation, risk, and PnL discrepancies within the team's scope, identifying the root causes.
• Support pre-trade screening, scenario analysis, and other pricing-related analytical requests.
• Own issues until resolution, maintaining communication with relevant stakeholders throughout the process.
• For more experienced candidates, serve as an escalation point for complex or unclear cases and exercise sound judgment when standard procedures may not apply.
• Review and mentor junior team members, enhancing the quality of investigation, communication, and decision-making.
• Contribute to the improvement of runbooks, documentation, operational controls, and handover processes across regional coverage.
• Monitor defects and enhancement requests with relevant platform or technology teams, ensuring follow-through until resolution.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive checks and enhance investigation efficiency using Python and contemporary analytical tools.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of financial markets with a comprehensive understanding of pricing, valuation, risk, and PnL concepts.
• Relevant experience in pricing support, valuation, model validation, risk, quantitative development, or a closely related field.
• A proven track record of approximately 3-8 years in relevant roles.
• Familiarity with financial instruments across diverse areas such as equities, rates, FX, credit, and macro products.
• Exposure to structured or more complex financial products is a plus.
• Ability to critically analyze market data and identify when pricing, valuation, or risk results appear incorrect or warrant further investigation.
• Proficiency in Python is advantageous, particularly for automating recurring checks and creating simple analytical or investigative tools.
• Experience with SQL, Bloomberg, or a trading-floor environment would be beneficial.
• A quantitative academic background is favored, though equivalent professional experience or credentials such as the CFA may also be acceptable.
• Excellent communication abilities, a sense of ownership, and good judgment, with the capacity to manage multiple urgent requests while remaining composed when supporting demanding stakeholders.