Index Associate

Overview: Does working for a company that embodies innovation, transparency and creativity excite you? Then, we have the place for you.

Bringing together Axioma, DAX and STOXX to form **Qontigo** represents a partnership beyond standard, creating an investment intelligence advantage with our clients, from risk to return. Qontigo combines the most sophisticated risk analytics and portfolio-construction tools in the market with globally recognized leadership in creating market-defining indices.

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We Innovate. We Create. We Collaborate.*

The STOXX Index Operations is currently organized in 3 units Index Surveillance and Monitoring, Index Review, Corporate Actions) across 4 locations (Frankfurt, Zug, Prague and Hong-Kong) and is responsible for any day to day activities related to the maintenance of indices under STOXX mandates. STOXX Index Operations activities covers indices such as EURO STOXX 50, STOXX Europe 50, STOXX Europe 600, as well as DAX indices, the Bulgarian Exchange Indices, and Customized Indices. The STOXX Index Operations teams are also involved in any Strategic Projects where expertise on Index implementation maintenance, regulations and customer interface are required. The STOXX Index Operations is organized in shifts across multiple locations and covers a time zone from 02:00 to 22:00 CET.

**Responsibilities**:

- Oversee holdings and ownership research and audit free float calculations
- Evaluate business concepts as well as new index concepts in order to provide requirements for IT related departments.
- Coordinate development with IT related departments for further technical development and improvement of index review processes.
- Risk management and planning in order to ensure accurate periodic index reviews.
- Adequate communication of review related information via publications and notifications to clients and other stakeholder.
- Flexibility to work extended hours in line with workload and deadlines on exceptional basis.
Qualifications:

- Hold a masters degree in finance, economics or mathematics or equivalent
- At least 1 to 2 years of professional experience in financial environment (preferable Index Business, Portfolio Business, Asset managers, Product Development or Structuring) and have the understandings 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
- Experience and track record in corporate actions research, 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 of supervision and training (self-starter/self-learner
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Compensation: *
- Competitive salary
- Full benefits package
- Performance-based annual bonus
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Qontigo is an equal opportunity employer that offers challenging work in a supportive environment.*

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Direct hires only - no agencies or recruiters*