Middle Office Trade Support& Data Analyst recruitment
Company
Our Firm is a diversified funds management business focused on delivering exceptional long term returns to our investors. We specialise in listed equities, managing in excess of $1 billion with six active strategies focused on the Asia Pacific region.
We are headquartered in Sydney, with additional offices in Melbourne and Singapore. We have approximately 40 staff members including approximately 25 investment professionals.
We have a stable of Funds that have won numerous industry awards over the last few years and including most recently being recognised within the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund category for an award.
The Role
You will be supporting one of our Alternative products, based in Singapore. The Fund employs an event-driven strategy which seeks to exploit the mis-pricing of securities of companies involved in corporate transactions within the Asian (including Japan and Australia) region.
You will be working closely with the three Fund managers in providing a high level support for the middle office trade support functions, data analytics, monitoring positions, looking at NAV's and liaising with the Administrators and Prime Brokers. The exact nature of the brief will depend on the skill set of the successful individual.
Accuracy and having a excellent eye for detail and confidence in liaising with the Fund managers, operations and relevant counterparties are of paramount importance.
The position requires working both normal office hours and on shifts outside normal working hours due to the various Asian markets close times.
This role also will involve being part of a key system implementation (Bloomberg AIM) and working with IT developers and internally with the Fund managers to transition from existing systems to this new system solution.
New processes will need to be redesigned and the candidate will be also working closely with the Senior Business Manager to implement the various new middle office controls and to ensure operational risk is mitigated against.
Key Responsibilities
- Daily you will be responsible for the trade capture, real time trade matching, PL and ad-hoc requests from the Fund managers; monitoring of failed trades and production of reporting; assisting with Settlement problems
- Daily reconciliation of portfolios/funds, positions and trades between various internal systems and to ensure the fund manager trade blotters and position sheets are correct for trading
- Ensuring that trades are matched within the required time frame with executing brokers
- There will be a high level of communication with the Prime Brokers, Fund Administrators, and Portfolio Managers
- Review all MTM changes and pricing variances; understand hedging issues on PL
- Reviewing weekly and monthly NAV figures
- Taking an active and leading role in process automation
Qualifications Preferred Skill Requirements
In order to be successful in applying for this role, you will have:
- Sound experience in a Trade Support capacity working across domestic and international equities, FX, exchange traded derivatives, swaps, CFDs and middle office.
- Proven track record working in the funds management of investment banking industry.
- Demonstrated all round knowledge of the investment lifecycle including detailed knowledge of settlement process, failed trade resolution.
- Experience with Bloomberg AIM/POMS is preferred and will be highly regarded
- Intermediate to advanced levels of Excel skills required, so Pivot Tables, V-Look- Ups, Macros/ an aptitude with VBA would also help.
- Strong knowledge of operational procedures and risk controls
- Strong communication skills with the ability to maintain strong working relationships.
- Excellent organisational skills and a proactive approach required
- Must have an excellent eye for detail
How to Apply:
To apply for this role click on the "Apply now" button and include in the subject heading of your email – “Application for Middle Office Trade Support”. Please note we will only contact you via email should you be considered for this role.
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