Senior Reference Data Associate - Korean Language Required (Fixed Term Contract) - #1109213

Job Purpose

The primary purpose of this position is to research, analyze, interpret, transform and present reference data for fixed income securities as well as reference data pertaining to those issuers themselves that bring fixed income debt to market. The focus of this position is to perform this work with documents in either Korean or English.

The incumbent must successfully complete a three-month training program that centers on building enough subject matter expertise and the utilization of the database(s) of record such that the incumbent can independently analyze legal and financial documents associated with securities containing less complex fixed income structures. During training, the incumbent must master all of the subject matter and will be required to pass a series of quizzes and tests as well achieve the accuracy and timeliness metrics that were established for trainees.

The training curriculum for the associate contains high level overviews of the complex structures worked on by more senior personnel as well as reference data client use cases so that the incumbent can differentiate between legal and financial language that is relevant to and required by our client base versus jargon describing information that is not required and, so that the incumbent can identify new financing techniques that come to market. The incumbent must then apply this foundation of knowledge via a logical sequence of decision-making events to determine relevancy of said information to our clients for any of their use cases and if deemed relevant, determine the next appropriate steps to ensure high client satisfaction levels. 

Responsibilities

• Analyze, interpret, collate and transform reference data provided in a variety legal and financial document, third party reports and vendor information while ensuring that the reference data provided in ICE’s products and services accurate, comprehensive and in a timely manner, namely best in class

• Make sound, subjective decisions when interpreting legal and financial information by utilizing subject matter expertise to infer, deduce and ultimately draw the right conclusions

• Provide customer support for users of ICE products by resolving inquiries in a timely manner

• Craft external facing responses for those clients that submitted customer inquiries containing a meaningful, well-thought out, well-constructed answer that includes a restatement of the challenge or question, the analysis completed to satisfy the request and where appropriate, the methodology used to determine the solution

• Procure required documents and/or trusted content utilizing creative internet searches and by conducting direct outreach to issuers, underwriters, fiduciary agents and bond counsel

• Create charts, graphs and presentations for leadership teams

• Use excel functions to organize, analyze and create reference data

Knowledge and Experience

• Fluent in English and Korean. Knowledge of any other language is an advantage.

• BA/BS in Finance, Economics or equivalent practical experience

• Demonstrated, relevant work experience directly working in fixed income reference data operations or customer service

• Strong excel skills required