Asian Dividend and Index Manager

The successful candidate will lead a Dividend Research and Index Analyst team who are responsible for the research, production and calculation of Equity indices and performing financial analysis on company fundamentals to provide content, news and client support for our dividend products. The position will be based in Singapore with an initial training given in London.

Duties and Accountabilities:

Oversee the following tasks:

Research and calculate index compositions making adjustments for relevant corporate actions or events
Perform financial analysis on company fundamentals to provide news and commentary on Asian equities and dividend forecasts
Liaise with Asian companies to establish dividend policy and dividend payment schedules
Understand and apply corporate action adjustments on stock and company level data
Carry out QA checks on index and dividend data
Respond to client queries and provided detailed analysis and feedback to their questions
Ensuring that all the production processes are frequently reviewed to ensure that they are as efficient and practical as possible
Ensuring that quality and production standards remain as high as possible
Specifying, testing and implementing new system enhancements, working through the head of production

Skills and Experience:

Graduate, preferably with a minimum of a 2:1 in a Finance related degree
Strong IT skills, preferably VBA and SQL experience
At least 5 years of managing people
The candidate will occasionally be required to go out with sales team to visit customers and new prospects, therefore the ability to engage with customers and to understand the environment in which they work will be important
Strong problem solving skills
Flexibility and attitude to achieve tight deadlines
The candidate will be required to take full responsibility for producing and further enhancing a service which is recognized as the global benchmark but which needs to be constantly enhanced to ensure that it continues to be unique, authoritative and ahead of any potential competition
Excellent communication skills
Fluency in English and Chinese and ideally Korean or Japanese
The candidate will also train, enhance and motivate the internal analysts to improve their product knowledge and provide a widely based skills set
Strong team player who is comfortable working at all levels of the business
The candidate must be able to work very closely with the other team managers within the equities production team and other parts of Markit

Please apply with CV and covering letter to careers@markit.com citing "Asian Dividend and Index Manager" in your email.