Location: UAE (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Level: Senior

Work Arrangement: Fully Remote

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Senior Bond Pricing Specialist to support the accurate pricing, independent valuation, and market analysis of fixed-income securities. This role focuses on evaluating bond prices, validating market data, reviewing valuation methodologies, and ensuring reliable pricing information for trading, portfolio management, financial reporting, and risk management.

The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of fixed-income markets, bond valuation techniques, yield curve analysis, and pricing controls, with the ability to investigate pricing discrepancies and collaborate effectively with trading, risk, finance, and investment teams.

• Perform and review pricing and valuation of government bonds, corporate bonds, sovereign debt, municipal securities, sukuk, and other fixed-income instruments.
• Analyze bond characteristics, including coupon structures, maturity dates, redemption terms, credit ratings, embedded options, and repayment schedules.
• Apply appropriate pricing methodologies using market quotations, yield curves, discounted cash flow models, comparable securities, and other valuation techniques.
• Validate bond prices against independent market data sources, broker quotations, exchange information, and internal pricing systems.
• Monitor yield movements, credit spreads, benchmark rates, liquidity conditions, and market developments affecting bond valuations.
• Investigate pricing discrepancies, stale prices, unusual price movements, and differences between internal and external valuation sources.
• Support independent price verification (IPV) and fair value assessments in accordance with internal policies and applicable accounting standards.
• Analyze bond yield-to-maturity, yield-to-call, duration, convexity, accrued interest, and other relevant fixed-income metrics.
• Assess pricing challenges associated with illiquid securities, distressed debt, complex bond structures, and instruments with limited observable market quotations.
• Collaborate with trading desks, portfolio managers, product control, market risk, treasury, finance, and external pricing providers to resolve valuation issues.
• Review pricing inputs, yield curves, credit spreads, valuation assumptions, and model parameters to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Support month-end and quarter-end valuation processes, portfolio reporting, financial close activities, and regulatory reporting.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of pricing decisions, valuation methodologies, market data sources, and exception resolutions.
• Assist with pricing model validation, back-testing, sensitivity analysis, and periodic reviews of valuation methodologies.
• Monitor corporate actions and bond lifecycle events, including coupon payments, redemptions, calls, tenders, and maturity processing, where relevant to pricing.
• Identify opportunities to improve pricing controls, automate valuation workflows, and enhance market data quality.
• Support internal audits, external audits, and regulatory reviews relating to fixed-income valuation.
• Provide technical guidance to junior analysts and contribute to pricing methodology development and process improvement initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Typically 5+ years of relevant experience in bond pricing, fixed-income valuation, product control, investment operations, or financial market analytics.
• Strong understanding of bond valuation methodologies, fixed-income instruments, yield curves, credit spreads, and market conventions.
• Experience pricing government and corporate bonds, with exposure to sovereign debt, sukuk, or emerging-market securities considered an advantage.
• Knowledge of discounted cash flow valuation, yield calculations, duration, convexity, and fixed-income risk measures.
• Familiarity with independent price verification, fair value measurement, and valuation control frameworks.
• Understanding of IFRS 13 fair value measurement and relevant IFRS 9 requirements where applicable.
• Experience working with financial market data providers, bond pricing platforms, and portfolio or valuation management systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with Python, SQL, VBA, or financial data analytics tools is an advantage.
• Knowledge of UAE fixed-income markets, regional debt instruments, and relevant regulatory requirements is desirable.
• Professional qualifications such as CFA, FRM, or equivalent financial markets credentials are advantageous.
• Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to investigate complex pricing issues and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• High standards of integrity, accuracy, and professional judgment.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet reporting deadlines in a remote working environment.

• Accuracy and consistency of bond pricing and valuation outputs.
• Timeliness of daily pricing updates and periodic valuation reviews.
• Completion of independent price verification within established deadlines.
• Resolution of pricing discrepancies and valuation exceptions within agreed service-level targets.
• Quality of market data validation and identification of unreliable pricing inputs.
• Compliance with internal valuation policies, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Accuracy and completeness of pricing documentation and audit evidence.
• Reduction in recurring pricing errors and manual processing issues.
• Effectiveness of pricing methodology enhancements and workflow automation.
• Quality of support provided to trading, portfolio management, risk, and finance teams.

• Competitive compensation aligned with experience and technical expertise.
• Fully remote working arrangements.
• Opportunities to work with diverse fixed-income instruments and advanced valuation methodologies.
• Professional development and support for relevant financial qualifications.
• A collaborative environment focused on pricing accuracy, analytical excellence, and strong valuation governance.
• Opportunities to contribute to fixed-income analytics, pricing infrastructure, and process optimization initiatives.

Interested candidates are invited to submit an updated CV highlighting their experience in bond pricing, fixed-income valuation, market data analysis, and pricing control systems.

Please include examples of complex securities priced, valuation discrepancies resolved, or improvements made to pricing methodologies and valuation processes where appropriate.

• Email Subject Line: Application – Senior Bond Pricing Specialist (UAE Remote)