# Index Product Specialist

**Company**: HKEX
**Location**: HK-TWO ES 34/F
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Data Business department at HKEX and play a significant role in shaping the index product, a growth business within the group.

The newly formed team will be responsible for delivering differentiating index products that align with the strategy of the business and the exchange as a whole. We are looking for a high-caliber and motivated individual to join our team with responsibility spanning across strategy execution and project implementation.

**Responsibilities:**

- Conduct regular index reviews and ad hoc index adjustments in accordance with established index methodologies and index governance requirements.

- Manage and analyze datasets required for index reviews and maintenance, investigate data exceptions and discrepancies, and work with internal teams and external data vendors to resolve index-related issues.

- Monitor and analyze market developments, corporate actions, and issuer disclosures, and assess their impact on index eligibility, classification, and treatment.

- Prepare supporting documentation and presentation materials of index reviews for governance discussions and stakeholder communications.

- Collaborate with multiple teams and vendors to ensure the accurate and timely announcement and implementation of index changes.

- Identify and implement enhancements to index review processes, data controls, and workflow automation to improve efficiency, scalability, and robustness.

**Requirements:**

- Relevant university degree or equivalent.

- 7+ years of experience in financial markets, experience from Index/ETF businesses, asset management, or quantitative research is preferable.

- Demonstrate deep understanding of relevant programming languages and tools, third-party vendor products.

- Exposure to Hong Kong, China, and APAC financial markets, good understanding of investment strategies and portfolio construction.

- Index Research and/or Maintenance experience.

- A self-starter with an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset and high agility.

- Strong analytical, collaboration, interpersonal, and presentation skills.

- Proficiency in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

## Skills

### Required
- financial markets
- index review
- data analysis
- programming languages
- portfolio construction
- Cantonese
- Mandarin

### Nice to have
- Index/ETF businesses
- asset management
- quantitative research
- Index Research and/or Maintenance

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