Equity Index Operations - Nice, France - Scientific Beta

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About Scientific Beta
An EDHEC and Singapore Exchange (SGX) venture, Scientific Beta is a Nice-based spin-off of the EDHEC-Risk Institute acquired by SGX in 2020.
We are an independent index provider specializing in smart beta strategies, with expertise in factor-based, ESG/Climate and macroeconomics (e.g. Inflation) risk-managed solutions. With our close research collaboration with EDHEC Business School, we are one of the most trusted sources of scientific investment insights and robust institutional index solutions for the ultimate benefit of asset owners. We offer both core index solutions – single factor and multi-factor indices, low carbon and ESG indices, and macroeconomic factor equity indices – for asset owners and satellite index solutions for asset owners via asset management partnerships.

In 2022, Scientific Beta was recognized as the world's "Best Specialist ESG Index Provider" at the ESG Investing Awards by an independent jury of ESG professionals. As of July 2022, there were over USD 52bn of global assets replicating Scientific Beta indices.
We have a dedicated team of people in who cover research, development, production, operation, client services and promotion of our index offerings. We now have an exciting opportunity for highly motivated professional to join our team in Nice.
Indeed, to strengthen its operations team in Nice, Scientific Beta is recruiting a Corporate Actions Specialist. Preferred location is Nice (France) but Singapore based applications will be considered as well.

The successful candidate will take of the following responsibilities:

• Prepare implementation of the corporate actions within the equity indices, in compliance with existing in-house processing, maintenance and index construction methodologies.
o Validate all data and information relating to corporate actions (this includes, but is not restricted to: collection of event announcements, analysis of their qualitative and quantitative contents, cross-check of underlying data between all possible alternative electronic sources).
o Follow-up and maintain the preview of upcoming corporate actions on a daily basis, communicate the operations of the day for execution of the corporate events by the whole operations team.
o Set up and manage all announcements to index clients.

• Participate to the referential management (financial and extra-financial data checks) to ensure data quality.

• Participate to client support advanced questions / data requests.

Applications are welcome from candidates who meet the following essential requirements:

• At least 6 months of proven experience in a corporate action-oriented role in a middle office environment, either within an asset management company involved in the international index replication business, or an index provider.

• Knowledge on how corporate actions impact the index (or portfolio) performance would be appreciable.

• Experience in equity portfolio valuation is required: this includes data referential maintenance, data quality treatment, evaluation and reconciliation of different data sources for pricing issues and performance spread assessment between a fund and its reference benchmark.

• Proficiency in financial data electronic services (e.g. Bloomberg, Datascope and Datastream).

• Familiarity with spreadsheet product and proficiency in financial data management.

• Attention to detail, strong work ethic.

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team while respecting an established methodology.

• Written and spoken English is essential; spoken French would be an asset.

• Degree in Finance is a must.

• Application of recent graduates will be considered.

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