Senior Securitized Products Evaluator

Job Description

• LOCAL Only

• A Senior Securitized Products Evaluator at Client's Evaluated Pricing Service is responsible for providing timely and accurate valuations on multiple classes of Securitized Products.
• Valuations are used by asset managers, investment banks, mutual fund administrators, custodians, and retail brokerage for client reporting, research, risk analysis, and portfolio valuation.

• Daily evaluation of fixed income securities
• Creating and maintaining market contacts
• Client service for existing and prospective customers
• System design and research
• Training of junior staff

• The Senior Securitized Products Evaluator applies specialized expertise in the assessment of fair market value for Securitized instruments.
• Asset types may include MBS, Agency CMO, RMBS, ABS, CMBS, CLO, and/or CDO.
• Evaluators assess the inherent risk of these securities through the observation of yield curve movement, prepayment forecasts, collateral performance, trade prices, broker quotes, and market news.
• Senior Securitized Products Evaluator must also analyze various quality control reports to ensure valuation accuracy.
• The Senior Securitized Products Evaluator will have direct communication with Pricing Service customers.
• This involves client presentations, deep-dive bond analysis, and price challenge responses.
• The Senior Evaluator must be able to represent the Pricing Service organization by clearly communicating valuation models and asset class methodologies.
• Senior Evaluators in the Pricing Service will work directly with the research and analytics team to identify system, process, methodology, and model enhancements.

• Regulatory requirements
• Coverage and accuracy
• Automation and transparency
• Customer service
• Senior Evaluators are responsible for training and mentoring junior staff in all aspects of the valuation process, especially entry-level staff in all Refinitiv locations.
• Training topics cover day-to-day operations, market practices, and valuation techniques.
• They will also assist in the documentation of training manuals.

• Perform fair value analysis on Securitized Products resulting in consistent, accurate, and defensible evaluated prices
• Aggregate, assess, and apply market color and trade data that directly impact our valuations
• Maintain appropriate spread relationships among the waterfall of rated securities
• Perform quality control checks to ensure pricing accuracy
• Contribute to the initiatives to improve the efficiency of production processes
• Support sales and account management teams with pre-and post-sales client calls
• Communicate to clients our methodology, models, and inputs for pricing a particular security
• Adhere to QA procedures, data operations standards, and current policies and procedures
• Respond to inquiries from our clients while providing a top-level customer experience
• Cultivate and maintain close contacts with the dealer community to obtain market insights and gain transparency

• Bachelor's degree in a related field such as Finance, Economics, or Quantitative Finance
• 5 years working experience in the Securitized Products valuations;
• Deep domain expertise in asset-type specific methodology/analytics
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively both face to face and via telephone
• Excellent data analytics skills and highly proficient in Excel
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with an emphasis on fixed income mathematics
• Creative and innovative thinker
• VBA, SQL, and/or Python programming experience a plus