AddressBloomberg's evaluated pricing service, BVAL, provides increased transparency through accurate pricing of fixed income and derivatives instruments. Mutual funds, money managers, hedge funds, internal pricing groups, and auditors rely on BVAL to establish fair and independent fixed income asset valuations.
The Role:
The BVAL Evaluators are capital markets experts responsible for employing relevant, innovative, and leading-edge valuation models that use Bloomberg's in-house analytics to provide high-quality data for the front, middle office and operations. We are seeking a valuation specialist for CMBS to help advance the BVAL offering, provide accurate pricing, and excellent service to BVAL clients.
We'll trust you to:
- Design and support valuation models and systems to provide clients with evaluated prices for Agency CMBS
- Work closely with other BVAL team members, business development, and R&D to enhance and maintain BVAL pricing models
- Assist clients who use BVAL prices for NAV, P&L and/or risk analytic purposes
- Partner with sales in presenting the BVAL service to our clients
- Discuss complex valuation models and pricing questions with colleagues and clients
You’ll need to have:
- 5+ years of market experience in Agency MBS markets from a trading, portfolio management, securities valuations or research background*
- Strong technical abilities with demonstrated experience learning and navigating complex systems, including databases and analytical models
- Deep knowledge of commercial real estate loan analysis and CMBS structures
- Proven experience with loan level data analysis and default and prepayment models
- Demonstrated experience with fixed income analytics and pricing methods
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including experience in data analysis
- Knowledge of bond structures, market drivers, fixed income analytics, and pricing approaches
We’d love to see:
- Experience trading, investing or analysis of CMBS
- Knowledge of the Bloomberg terminal
- Advanced technical skills such as VBA and/or Python
- Direct or indirect experience working with engineers in a time-sensitive environment
*Please note we use years of experience as a guide, but we will certainly consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary for the role.
If this sounds like you:
Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch with you to let you know the next steps, but in the meantime feel free to browse this: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/product/event-driven-feeds/
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