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S&P Dow Jones Indices

The Role: Analyst, Index Pricing Governance

The Firm

S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) is the world’s leading resource for benchmarks and investable indices. Our solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance, evaluating portfolios, and developing investment strategies.

The Team

Tasked with determining the fees S&P DJI charges their clients, the Index Pricing Governance team works closely with stakeholders and senior leaders across the business to build pricing strategy and pricing structures, support client-facing teams in deal creation and negotiations, and delivering pricing-based insights to teams across the business.

The Role

The team seeks an Analyst to support the achievement of S&P DJI’s significant pricing-based targets. The Analyst will play a critical role in supporting the team as they implement new pricing structures and strategies. The analyst will be exposed to a wide range of business functions through various projects including negotiation support for new product / use case pricing, commercial term review, and discount analysis.

The analyst will join a small team in a big spotlight, meaning they will be working on projects that have immediate and significant impact. The role will have a focus on building strong relationships with both client-facing and other internal teams, which will help Pricing Governance to ensure they are plugged in to business and market changes, allowing them to quickly adapt pricing and price strategy in response.

What’s in it for you

This role is a unique opportunity for an analyst-level candidate, as it offers an unusually wide range of skill development opportunities as well as high visibility to senior leaders in the business. The business has a heavy focus on pricing, meaning our small team can make a significant and visible impact. The analyst will be supporting everything from deal creation to large data analytics to pricing strategy development and implementation. A few things to look forward to:

• Developing a very well-rounded set of skills, from project management, stakeholder and senior leadership interactions, client negotiation support, and large data analysis.

• Becoming a subject matter expert in a niche industry, due to the optimal positioning of the team as a central touchpoint with an influential voice.

• Regular interaction with senior internal stakeholders through leading projects from inception to implementation

• Working on and independently leading high-impact projects

• Having a manager who is excited to spend time helping to build your knowledge and become confident and independent in the workplace.

• A small team, meaning high-impact projects and personalized learning and growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Build understanding of pricing levers, deal structures, and negotiation levers to confidently review and provide feedback on quotes or negotiation proposals.

• Build strong relationships with client-facing teams and internal stakeholders to support negotiations and independently drive pricing projects forward.

• Leverage knowledge gathered from quotes, negotiations, and deal outcomes to inform price changes or overall pricing strategy recommendations.

• Analyze price achievement data and leverage relationships across the business to identify existing and emerging pricing trends.

• Support development, proposal, and implementation of price changes based on business and market requirements.

• Support overall maintenance of pricing tools and datasets.

• Create tools to support client-facing teams in preparing for negotiations, including relationship overview or price comparison tools.

• Report on success of pricing initiatives.

What we’re looking for

• 1-2 years of experience in similar environments (finance not required).

• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change.

• Strong relationship building skills.

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent.

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to draw conclusions from large datasets.

• Strong communication skills – written, verbal and presentation.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Entrepreneurial mindset.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Data analysis skills (Excel, Tableau)

• Programming skills a plus (Python, R)

• Microsoft tools (Powerpoint)

• Google / ChatGPT

Compensation/Benefits Information (US Applicants Only):

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $75,000 to $80,000. Base salary ranges may vary by geographic location. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for additional compensation such as an annual incentive bonus.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, visit https://www.spgbenefitessentials.com/newhires .

Right to Work Requirements:

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

Return to Work:

Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative, Restart, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

About S&P Global Dow Jones Indic e s

At S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provide iconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset-class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to make decisions with conviction. We’re the largest global resource for index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other index provider in the world. With over USD 7.4 trillion in passively managed assets linked to our indices and over USD 11.3 trillion benchmarked to our indices, our solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance, evaluating portfolios and developing investment strategies.

S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/spdji .

What’s In It For You?

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation – Powering Global Markets. Our commitment centers on our global workforce, ensuring that our people are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. It doesn’t stop there, we strive to better reflect and serve the communities in which we live and work, and advocate for greater opportunity for all.

Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to:  EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com  and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person. 

US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf   describes discrimination protections under federal law.

20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), SLSGRP203 - Entry Professional (EEO Job Group)

Job ID: 305760

Posted On: 2024-09-10

Location: New York, New York, United States