Index Manager

**Index Manager - Multi Asset Indices**:- Mexico City, Mexico- Operations Group- **Job Description**:**About The Role**:**Grade Level (for internal use)**:09** About the Role**:**The Team**:The Multi-Asset Index Management team manages a diverse range of high-profile indices across various asset classes, including equities, fixed income, commodities, and derivatives.**Responsibilities and Impact**:The Index Manager is responsible for overseeing a wide array of indices. The Index Manager is tasked with preparing and delivering presentations to Index Committees. This requires an understanding of index performance, methodologies, and prevailing market trends. In addition to their primary responsibilities, the Index Manager serves as a backup for other managers within the department. This role necessitates a thorough knowledge of the entire product line to ensure seamless support and continuity of operations.In addition, the Index Manager will be required to:- Prepare and calculate S&P and Dow Jones branded indices, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of real-time and end-of-day index data to clients and end users.- Perform analytical research to determine the composition of assigned indices, interpreting complex index methodologies and adjusting data in our calculation systems, and adjusting the data to conform to the rules of the index.- Perform index rebalances by interpreting index methodology, running models and research for adds/drops, implementing changes and communicating these appropriately to clients, all with a focus on quality and accuracy.- Serve on the index committees and make presentations of original, non-routine analysis to committee in support of the indices for which the index manager is responsible.- Take responsibility for the management of high-profile indices, acting as an industry expert and displaying in-depth knowledge of our product lines.- Manage and maintain key relationships with other groups within the department and across other departments, particularly Product Management, Client Coverage, Index Services and IT Support.- Work in close coordination with the technology group and production support group to further enhance our system capabilities- Must be able to manage multiple projects and deadlines. The projects involve; requirements gathering, analytical thinking, compilation of data, and documentation.- Must demonstrate an ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and platforms.- Must have the ability to train new and current employees on best-practices for index management.**What We’re Looking For**:**Basic Qualifications**:- Bachelor’s Degree- 1-3 Years of relevant experience- Understanding of global financial markets- Strong programming skills and experience preferably in Python or a similar language such as VBA or R- Must be able to work independently on multiple projects with mínimal direction or supervision.- Must have experience working with fairly large date sets using Excel or SQL- Must be able to demonstrate excellent analytical and quantitative capabilities to solve original, non-routine problems in a timely and insightful manner**Preferred Qualifications**:- Advanced degree in business, math, economics, or finance strongly preferred- Ability to assume responsibility, work with others and manage projects- Requires excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to coordinate work done by multiple people and / or groups.- Experience with futures and/or options- Strong understanding of how indices are used, the impact of different methodologies, and the construction of non-equity indices- Ability to learn S&P’s proprietary index calculation engines- Knowledge of vendor terminals and vendors data and analytical platforms**About S&P Global** Dow Jones Indic**e**s**At S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provide iconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset-class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to make decisions with conviction. We’re the largest global resource for index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other index provider in the world. With over USD 7.4 trillion in passively managed assets linked to our indices and over USD 11.3 trillion benchmarked to our indices, our solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance, evaluating portfolios and developing investment strategies.**What’s In It For**You?****Our Purpose**:Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past exp