Description

We are looking for resourceful candidates to join our Financial Operations (FinOps) group based in Hyderabad or Gurugram, India. The Pricing Team is a unit of DESCO’s Finance and Operations Department and is responsible for the valuation of private investments and oversight of valuation of non-private investments performed by Arcesium LLC, an affiliate of the firm. The role also involves working closely with the various Front Office teams.

In this role, you will play a key part in supporting the accurate valuation of a wide range of financial instruments, including equity, bonds, asset-backed securities, interest rate swaps, swaptions, and both exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivatives. You will be primarily responsible for overseeing the daily mark-to-market processes, reconciling internal prices with external market data, and identifying and analyzing pricing discrepancies. You will also help develop pricing controls, implement logic to flag anomalies, and support the creation of tools and processes to ensure data integrity and fair valuation practices.

Additionally, you will be responsible for building, updating, and maintaining the valuation models to value private equity and credit investments, which entails knowledge of investments, industry research and analysis of the company’s portfolio fundamentals, and performing in-depth competitor analysis. Furthermore, you will facilitate valuation reviews by third parties (like CITCO and Kroll) and auditors (like EY) of the positions held by DESCO; creating summaries highlighting significant changes/events and industry analyses to be presented to the valuations committees for their review.

Requirements

Basic qualifications:

A master’s degree in finance or equivalent, with 1-2 years of experience

Knowledge of various equity/fixed income and derivatives (OTC and Exchange Traded) products

Comfort with financial databases such as Bloomberg, Markit, or Morgan Markets

Experience with Excel (VBA, macros, Power Query) for data analysis and automation

Exceptional valuation, research and financial modeling skills including excellent analytical and quantitative skills, as well as the ability to perform in-depth, innovative, critical analysis

Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills (both oral and written), with proven ability to articulate sophisticated ideas, issues and recommendations effectively