Associate Director, Valuations Control

Associate Director, Valuations

Locations: New York City | Union, NJ | Hybrid

Why You Will Love It Here!  

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans 

• Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement  

• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays 

• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave  

• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity 

• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University  

• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more! 

What You Will Get To Do: 

• Performing valuations control functions, including but not limited to: 

  • Provide oversight for pricing procedures relating to client’s daily/monthly net asset value calculation and internal reporting 

  • Conduct analytical review across a broad range of products, including Options, FX, Equity, Fixed income, Swaps, Credit Derivatives, Derivatives Options and/or Hard to Value Securities 

  • Analysis of pricing discrepancies including valuation tolerance exceptions, stale prices, inadequate pricing support 

  • Managing price challenge process with third-party pricing suppliers  

  • Working with clients to resolve potentially mis-priced assets and/or unsubstantiated prices 

  • Presentation of material discrepancies and findings to clients’ valuations committee or equivalent authority 

  • Ad hoc analysis to respond to clients’ valuations committee queries 

  • Conducting periodic due diligence assessment of  market data providers 

  • Conducting periodic statistical analysis to assess changes to price tolerance thresholds by product type 

  • Responsible for conducting portfolio testing using multiple price sources to help clients make vendor selections  

  • Build excellent client relationships by proactively giving periodic valuations update and provide supporting to adopt valuation governance and procedures that reflect industry best practices  

  • Developing business requirements for technology solutions to automating production processes 

  • Contributing to management information analysis and reporting  

  • Supervise and mentor staff on and off shore 

  What You Will Bring: 

  • Undergraduate degree in finance, mathematics, accounting or related discipline. 
  • Graduate degree and/or professional certification, e.g., CFA, FRM preferred. 
  • Commensurate experience will be considered 
  • 7+ years relevant experience in  a broad range of financial instruments, including equity, fixed income and OTC derivatives products 
  • 5+ years of supervisory experience 
  • Experience with pricing analytics tools, e.g., Bloomberg analytics, Thomson Reuters EIKON, IDC Vantage, QuoteVision 
  • Experience with interacting with market data providers, e.g.Thomson Reuters, IDC, Bloomberg BVAL, Markit, SuperDerivatives and others 
  • Strong analytical, organizational, verbal and written communications skills   
  • Ability to cogently explain and discuss financial information/calculations to different audiences 
  • Proactive team player, flexible, dependable, professional attitude, ability to deal with senior management  
  • Ability to initiate and drive multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment 

  Thank you for your interest in SS&C! To further explore this opportunity, please apply through our careers page on the corporate website at www.ssctech.com/careers.