Senior Evaluator, Securitized Products

LSEG•Village of Westhampton Beach, NY

About The Position

LSEG Evaluated Pricing Service is an independent, global evaluated pricing source covering over 3.0 million fixed income securities and derivatives. Coverage spans all major financial markets and prices are available at multiple times daily. Our evaluated prices, which provide detailed clarity and market insight, are designed to support asset managers, custodian banks, mutual funds, investment banks, accounting firms, and financial research providers. The Pricing Service staff consists of over 130 fixed income professionals and support staff in 10 locations: New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Bangalore, Mumbai, Gdynia, and Costa Rica. Our experienced evaluators apply consistent and transparent pricing methodologies, incorporating observable market data and standard market convention practices. Securitized Products Evaluator at Refinitiv Evaluated Pricing Service is responsible for providing timely and accurate end-of-day evaluations on fixed-income securities and derivatives. Evaluations are used by banks, brokerage houses, insurance companies, and asset managers for client statements, research, risk analysis, and portfolio value.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Knowledge of CMBS and ABS among other Private Label Securitized Products, including CRE/CLOs
Understanding of technical and structural aspects of CMBS and ABS markets
Excellent communication and customer service skills
Quantitative and analytical skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced pressured environment with daily deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Programming skills with Python, VBA and/or SQL

Responsibilities

Daily evaluation of CMBS and ABS securities
Creating and maintaining market contacts
Perform client service for existing and prospective customers.
Enhancing the pricing methodologies and improving quality control processes to ensure accuracy and coverage relative to competitors.
The assessment of fair market value for CMBS and ABS securities by observing contributed yield curves, trade prices, broker quotes, and market news.
Evaluators must also analyze various quality controls reports to ensure evaluation accuracy.
The evaluator is also responsible for creating and maintaining market contacts at investment banks, issuers, asset managers, and brokers. These contacts are used as sources for market data which includes indicative bid ask levels, new issue talk, trade prices, and dealer sentiment.
The evaluator must also assess the quality of all market data before it is used as a model input
Evaluators have daily communication with customers through the price challenge process. Periodically, the Evaluator will also meet with customers to explain pricing methodologies.
The evaluator must be able to clearly communicate the inputs and techniques used in the evaluation process.