Associate, Research (Noida)

About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 07 The Team: The Bond Reference Data team is responsible for maintaining the smooth running of the day-to-day operations of S&P;s bonds product and services as well as supporting the questions and requests of our internal and external clients. Working closely with other functions within the wider global team - product management, business analysis, technology, and testing. The team also works towards enhancing reference data product offerings. The Impact: S&P; offers reference data cutting across assets classes such as bonds, loans, equity, CDS. The Reference Data product services internal clients as well as external clients and is focused on developing a suite of Reference Data offerings for the broader marketplace. Bond Reference Data is a growing product within its Reference Data offering. We help deliver highly researched data points to our clients which in turn aid them in strengthening risk management for valuation analysis, aggregation of content, tagging research and benchmarking. Whats in it for you: Working in a global team environment across functions Gaining deep knowledge from industry experts around reference data Helping to drive production, process, and content improvements across the group Responsibilities: Researching and updating issued deals into the database Coverage of international bond markets and expansion of the same Operational maintenance of Reference data product Delivery of set targets with desired quality parameters Manage workflow of team in the absence of team leader Identify data quality improvement projects Identification of opportunities to enhance operational efficiency and database coverage Manage client (internal and external) queries Handle client escalations for the team Data analysis Liaise with counterparts/stakeholders globally and work as ambassador for the team Work on root Cause analysis for data inconsistencies User acceptance testing for current or enhanced product function .