Total 18 job vacancies by Eastspring Investments (singapore) Limited

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

This is an important role in a fast-growing strategic capability with a number of key responsibilities, including:

Research and development of new index strategies and beta solutions and improvements to existing solutions, including data validation, data exploration, programming, analysis and presenting results

Day-to-day monitoring and management of selected portfolios (e.g. portfolio rebalancing, monitoring dividends, investment decisions around cash flows, corporate actions etc)

Portfolio construction, exposure management and trade order implementation

Investment and portfolio risk analysis, monitoring and management

Corporate action, index rebalancing and capital market strategies and research

Participate and contribute to team research projects and present updates and findings in regular internal forums

Contribute to the ongoing development of the portfolio implementation platform and capabilities

Collaborate with data and infrastructure team members to ensure tools and data sets used for the research and implementation of beta solutions are robust, version controlled and consistent with best practice

EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will have fixed income portfolio management experience in a leading company/organisation.

Strong fundamental and quantitative understanding of fixed income markets, instruments, derivatives and execution.

Experience in sovereign and credit markets globally (high yield experience a plus)

ATTRIBUTES:

Strong familiarity with market best practice and tools for managing well risk controlled fixed income portfolios

Good communication skills and strong ability to inform and educate peers, management and clients on fixed income markets and portfolios

Open to challenge and debate and able to work well in a small cohesive team, but also take initiative and work autonomously when required

Result-orientated and solution-focused, but also Intellectually curious and creative

Hands-on with keen attention to detail

Resourceful, flexible and able to adapt and respond in a rapidly changing environment

In or willing to relocate to Singapore

EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS:

Strong academic credentials, with a postgraduate degree (MSc/ PhD) in a quantitative subject (e.g. Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics) an advantage

Some programming ability, particularly in R, SQL, Python

Experience using financial information systems (eg. Bloomberg, Eikon) an advantage

Some familiarity with Aladdin tools (eg. PfC, PfM) an advantage

CFA an advantage

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Support function HRBPs in the employee life cycle
• Maintaining and updating employee information in Workday and e-personal files
• Conduct and support the weekly induction for new joiners where required
• Support the quarterly orientation where required
• Support the annual internship program
• Escalate any deviation from standards and SLAs as defined in contract for external vendors
• Assist in PO and invoices processing ​
• Attend to HR-related queries from employees
• Liaise with external vendor for relocation and immigration matters
• Assist in ad-hoc HR initiatives and HR Modernization

EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

• Diploma/Degree in HR, Business Administration or equivalent
• Strong communication, written, planning & organizational skills
• Self-motivated, able to think logically, critically & quickly
• Prepared to challenge the status quo and make a change
• Numerate and proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint; aptitude in HR systems & technology is an advantage
• Tactful, professional, discerning and able to maintain confidentiality on all matters handled

The individual will be a key portfolio manager responsible for managing MAPS’ multi-asset funds, namely the Investment-linked Funds of our insurance clients and our institutional mandates.

The person is expected to have 5-7 years’ experience in investment research and portfolio management. This role requires proven expertise on investment view creation, portfolio construction, risk management and analytics, including management and idea generation for total return, VAR-controlled mandates. Specifically, he/she will be part of the subject matter expert sub-team specialising in derivatives and medium-term macro investing framework.

The role requires strong quantitative and technical knowledge in conducting, as well as providing guidance to the junior analysts for, back-testing of investment strategies and portfolio stress analysis. This requires deep qualitative understanding of market fundamentals and drivers.

The person is also expected to have strong inter-personal and presentation skills, and he/she is required to have regular engagements with clients and investors, making presentations on our team’s market views and strategies and fund performance updates. The person is expected to work closely with the MAPS Solutions and CPM teams to drive external AUM growth, including proposals for new product ideas and participation in client pitches.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Fund Management:

• Manage total return funds in accordance with the funds objectives.
• Responsible for portfolio construction and risk management across different alpha streams to enable success across different clients.
• Own the responsibility on fund performance, and client reporting, and investment communication with clients.
• Collectively own team’s investment ideas and translation into total return portfolios

Research:

• Contribute to team’s global asset allocation views and investment ideas, including medium-term macro trade ideas.
• Derivatives-focused ideas for risk management and alpha generation.
• Responsible for specific tactical asset allocation scorecards, including cross asset strategies.
• Drive improvements to the investment process by developing new ideas, strategies and processes, particularly across total return funds.
• Develop frameworks, models, analysis, and processes to identify multi-asset opportunities.
• Mid-level member of the team who will mentor and guide more junior team members.

Client Support:

• Collaborate across the team in developing new multi-asset solutions and innovating to improve the outcome for existing products.
• Drive client pitches and presentations with existing and prospective clients, as needed.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and support functions across all aspects of fund management, including dealing/execution, fund administration, performance measurement, etc.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Strong passion for analytics and financial markets.
• Self-starter that is highly motivated to support and learn with the team, ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• 5-7 years’ experience in financial markets/asset management.
• Experience in derivatives and/or multi-asset funds would be advantageous
• Strong analytical skills, identifies problems and causes, collecting relevant information and delivering possible solutions.
• Superior knowledge of Microsoft Office software, especially Excel.
• Excellent quantitative analysis and programming skills.
• Familiarity with Bloomberg, Refinitiv DataStream, Microsoft Power BI and R platforms would be an advantage.
• Experience, aptitude and dexterity with statistics and computer databases and spreadsheet programs.
• Resourceful and adaptable, ability to respond to rapidly changing environment.
• Effective team player who enjoys working as a team, yet able to work independently and assume individual responsibilities.

• Provide support for the internal and external Corporate Communications function
• Provide support for the Central Marketing function spanning marketing campaigns, events and digital marketing
• Develop and execute 2-4 compelling communication campaigns for internal transformation and culture initiatives
• Drive a monthly content pipeline for employees via various channels such as email, intranet, video, podcasts, articles and other new communication methods
• Develop expertise in managing the intranet and assist with the global launch of the intranet app
• Support in developing a consistent brand message for external stakeholders, especially clients and media
• Support in planning and executing multiple client events to promote our products and generate leads
• Learn about the Eastspring business to enhance ability in connecting the dots for multi-faceted marketing communications

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Project Initiation and Planning:

• Takes full responsibility for the completion of the initial definition of the project, including defining scope, expected timelines, Business Case, Budget construction, submission, approval and identification of project sponsor.
• Ensures that the appropriate Program Management Office Project & Change Management Frameworks are integrated into the project planning.
• Completes full analysis of the project to ensure that all Eastspring Investments governance framework is embedded within the project & strictly adhered.to.
• Setting and communicating realistic project deliverables & budget with project sponsors.
• Effective project stakeholder management.
• Ensuring that appropriate resource planning is undertaken at the start of each initiative.

Project Execution:

• Ensuring that appropriate project resources are involved in the initiatives, including technology, business unit and project resources.
• Active & accurate communication as per the Communications Framework to ensure all stakeholders are kept updated, allowing for timely interventions / mitigations as required.
• Ability to “roll up the sleeves” and assist other members in the project as and when required.
• Leading the change through all stages from requirement gathering to implementation.

Project Control & Reporting:

• Effective tracking of detailed tasks in the plan via established task reporting processes and input from task owners
• Effective issue and risk management
• Management of dependencies / constraints with other releases / initiatives
• Regular Project Status Reports to key stakeholders.
• Governance adherence highlighting issues, risks and status against key milestones.
• Steering Committee meetings with key stakeholders.
• Provide regular written status updates to all stakeholders.
• Ensure all project documentation are signed-off by the business and respective stakeholders as well as institutionalized and are of auditable standards.

CANDIDATE ATTRIBUTES

• Dynamic individual who is able to navigate the organisation successfully with excellent influencing and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Able to resolve issues in a manner that build trusts, delivers successful project outcomes and drives the organisation’s strategic agenda.
• High energy, drive with strong change management experience.
• Has over 10 years of experience working as a Project Manager within either fund management or capital markets. This experience could have been gained as an employee of the financial institution or as a consultant working on assignment.
• Attention to detail, persistence to complete tasks and resolve issues & risks. Pro-active / takes initiative.
• Has experience of working across / covering multiple jurisdictions
• Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within cost against a recognized project management methodology.
• Experience in Change Management and Target Operating Model Re-engineering.
• Experience in Asset Management Solution Delivery and/or BlackRock Aladdin solution knowledge and product skills an advantage
• Strong Business knowledge of 1 or more of the following business areas: Distribution, Investments, Finance and Risk (incldg Legal & Compliance)
• Understanding of ESG and implementation of ESG within an Asset Management company

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

• Educated to a bachelor degree level.
• Project Management Certified (PMP), Prince 2 etc).

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

You will improve Eastspring’s multi-asset capabilities by working on the data and technology portions of prioritized projects across the MAPS Department.

The role will involve building and enhancing data feeds, data repositories, reports, and dynamic visualisation tools. Your data and technology skills will help the MAPS Department provide robust financial solutions for our clients.

You will be based in Singapore and will collaborate widely: with other members of MAPS; with Quant developers in other Investment teams; and with members of Eastspring's IT and Data and Operations teams.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Design, build and maintain data and software infrastructure to enable robust and efficient investment processes.
• Build high quality processes to load, access, and analyse underlying data sets.
• Design and build dashboards to allow users to visualise and interact with underlying data sets.
• Work closely with analysts and fund managers to build high quality data-driven investment solutions.
• Work closely with other Quantitative Developers to ensure tools and data sets used are robust, version controlled, and consistent with best practice.

EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone with 1 to 3 years of experience in each of the following…

• Strong academic track record in a quantitative discipline.
• Programming experience in one of R, Python, Matlab, SAS or similar.
• Knowledge of database management systems such as SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL.
• Data visualisation experience in one of R, Python, Power BI, or Excel.
• Experience using mathematical and statistical models to solve real-life problems.

…and the following attributes:

• Passion for solving real-life problems using quantitative techniques.
• Scientific mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Team player who resolves problems through a consultative, analytical approach.
• Good written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Enthusiastic about investing and the global financial markets.
• Intellectually curious.

Key Accountabilities:

• Business Partnership: Establish and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholders in the Operations and Technology function to understand their strategic goals, challenges, and talent needs. Provide expert guidance and consultation on HR policies, practices, and strategies to drive organizational effectiveness.
• Change Management: Partner with business leaders to effectively manage change initiatives, including organizational restructures, system implementations, and process improvements. Develop strategies to minimize resistance and enhance employee adoption.
• Talent Acquisition: Partner with hiring managers to develop comprehensive talent acquisition strategies, including workforce planning, sourcing, and selection processes that result in the acquisition of top talent. Utilize strong knowledge of the technology industry and market trends to identify and attract candidates with the necessary skills and experience.
• Performance Management: Collaborate with managers to effectively manage employee performance by providing guidance on goal setting, performance evaluations, coaching, and developmental opportunities. Develop and implement performance improvement plans as needed.
• Employee Relations: Serve as a trusted advisor and handle complex employee relations issues, including disciplinary actions, investigations, conflicts, and grievances. Ensure compliance with employment laws and company policies.
• Organizational Development: Assess organizational needs and drive initiatives to enhance employee engagement, improve leadership capabilities, and foster a high-performance culture. Facilitate talent review and succession planning processes to identify and develop high-potential employees.
• Employee Development and Training: Collaborate with the learning and development team to design and deliver training programs that address competency gaps and support the development of employees within the Operations and Technology function. Provide coaching and guidance to managers on employee development plans.
• HR Analytics: Utilize HR data and metrics to generate insights and drive data-driven decision-making within the Operations and Technology function. Monitor HR-related trends and provide recommendations to improve HR programs and processes.

Experience / Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 12 - 15 years of progressive HR experience, with a focus on supporting operations and technology functions, preferably in a fast-paced, multinational environment.
• In-depth knowledge of HR policies, practices, and employment laws.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand business strategies and translate them into HR initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience in talent acquisition, performance management, employee relations, and organizational development.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Proven ability to navigate complex change programs, situations and resolve conflicts effectively.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights.
• Demonstrated experience in change management and leading HR initiatives in a dynamic environment.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• The individual will be responsible for communicating investment insight for Japanese Equities and providing some back up from time to time to Asian/GEM Equities.
• The role is embedded within the Eastspring Japan Equity investment team, a leading investment franchise at the firm catering to external and internal clients.
• The individual will gain intimate knowledge of all key aspects of our value-biased investment process and work to understand key investment process drivers, in addition to portfolio holdings, fund performance, investment mandates, risk characteristics, fund strategy, performance attribution, competitor analysis, and more.
• The individual will communicate the investment messages for responsible strategies/funds and ensure the needs of internal and external clients are met.
• The individual will work closely with respective internal teams including Investment Heads, Sales and Investment Marketing teams, and other CPMs, to help prepare presentation materials, reports, request-for-proposals, and information packs for clients, consultants, distribution channels, and others.
• The individual will work closely with distribution offices to strategically position Japan Equity capabilities and engage directly with clients, including internal and external institutional clients, consultants, wholesale banks, IFAs and agency force distributors and other clients as required.

EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

• The individual must be able to fulfil client needs and provide fund manager and client support.
• They must have the ability to work closely with the Head of Japanese Equities, other fund managers and CPMs, and drive effective collaboration across these groups, and externally, to ensure consistent and correct investment messages are communicated.
• The candidate should have at least 10-20 years of experience in the investment industry, with a strong understanding of capital markets and the fund management business.
• The candidate should be a team player, possess strong communication skills and be confident communicating with internal and external audiences. This is ultimately a client facing role and engagement with sophisticated institutional clients is expected once the individual is sufficiently fluent with the investment process and portfolios.
• The individual must possess excellent writing skills and be able to produce writing samples to support this competency.

ADDITIONAL JOB DESCRIPTION

• Attend assigned investment team meetings and conduct additional markets related research to help support the investment team’s views.
• Help write and edit fund/mandate commentaries for regular reporting for Japan Equity strategies.
• Craft responses to client queries from various channels about products/strategies.
• In cooperation with sales, help lead new business development opportunities from initial stage discussions/RFP responses/pitches/follow-up information/due diligence reviews.
• For existing clients, be involved in the service process including providing ad hoc information, answer client questions, provide supporting materials, and help represent the investment team in account review sessions.
• Liaise with Sales, Marketing and Product teams to help position different strategies in the market.
• Address Sales needs on product related write up (insights / talking points / brochures).
• Produce fund insights and assist Portfolio Managers with institutional quality “Thought Pieces”.
• Work with Portfolio Specialists and Sales to create and maintain Institutional pitchbooks.
• Be aware of key strategy competitors and work with Sales teams and Product to produce competitor analysis as necessary.
• Help guide and mentor junior members of the team.
• Generate Aladdin holdings reports and ESG reporting information.
• Complete Quarterly Post Compliance Reviews.
• Attend and participate in other firm-level product related workshops, CPM meetings, Sales meetings, training sessions and product-development sessions.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

This is an important role with a number of key responsibilities, including:

• Conduct in-depth analysis of potential investment candidates. This will include gaining a detailed understanding of the drivers of returns and valuations for the business in question and financial analysis based on detailed financial modelling.
• Present company and industry analysis to the team, and clearly articulate and debate the key drivers of the business and valuation.
• Actively engage in debates and discussions of stock and portfolio ideas from other team members.
• Contribute to portfolio construction and stock position discussions.
• Working with members of other focus teams to leverage expertise and work across the equity platform.
• Support the marketing effort as necessary.

Application window closes 26 April 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for the following attributes:

• High Integrity
• Strong team player who thrives in, and values, an environment of debate and challenge
• Curiosity and adaptable to firm culture and values
• Strong communication skills
• Willingness to be a strong and consistent contributor
• Strong work ethic and seeks out additional responsibilities

We are looking for the following experience:

• Around 5-10 years’ investment experience as a stock picker covering GEM markets
• Strong and appropriate academic qualifications – preference for postgraduates
• CFA Charter holder would be an advantage.
• Valuation driven investor with ESG integral to investing process
• Strong track record relative to a valuation driven style

The junior business manager is key in defining, implementing, and managing requirements and changes within the investment teams. This includes developing business intelligence and insights and driving platform efficiency opportunities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

The candidate will work alongside the Investment Business Management Team and Heads of Investment (HoI) providing a wide range of business and project support for the teams.

The role is key in acting as a support conduit between the HoI and other teams, departments, and Local Business Units (LBUs) across the region.

Key responsibilities:

• Helps to gather, analyse and validate requirements on behalf of the investment teams using a systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Conducts business impact assessment and proposes solutions to re-design and optimise processes, governance, and improve the user experience.
• Provides support to the HoIs on management of various projects not limited to performance and attribution, process improvement and optimization, investment processes of the various teams, etc.
• Performs data analysis to cleanse & standardize data and to ensure data consistency and quality.
• Assists in developing ideas and putting plans in place to develop a best-in-class investment shared service framework to assist our investors in maximizing Alpha opportunities.
• Drives development, product usage, miantenance and oversight of Management Information systems and dashboards across
• Experienced in working on transformational projects that created substantial organisational level changes.
• Is self-motivated, self-driving and can work well independently.
• Experienced in using business analyst methods such as flow charting, requirements capturing, stakeholder analysis, use cases, brainstorming, solution prototyping, and traceability.
• Technical capabilities to build intelligence tools is an advantage.

EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Business/Finance or related disciplines, CFA is an advantage.
• At least 3 years’ working experience in the Financial Services industry, ideally with experience in asset management.
• Strong understanding of investment concepts, instruments, asset classes, financial derivatives, and end-to-end processes.
• Experience in Project management, Business Analyst and intelligence, budgeting and analytical skills, and ability to multi-task.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Experienced with Microsoft Office applications and excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills required. Coding experience using Python, Java and other programming software is an advantage.
• Fluency in both written and spoken English.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

The Transaction Operations Team is responsible for the oversight of the trade life cycle within Eastspring Investments and works closely with outsourced service provider to ensure post trade operational compliance, completion and success. This also include performing cash and stock reconciliation.

This role has several key responsibilities:

• Manage and resolve exceptions that result from trading issues/errors from external business partners i.e. Aladdin and outsourced service provider:

- Pick up errors if Aladdin Trade Information is not going into Trade Nuggets

- Coordinate with Dealer & outsourced service provider to resolve mis-matched orders

- Oversight of trade settlement failures on outsourced service provider’s platform

• Execute and amend CIS orders
• Validate and enrich trades
• Submit trades for matching
• Support trade instructions for IPO

- Provide support for Trade Instructions – IPO (Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, India)

- Populate agreed template for India IPO pre-funding requirements and send placement to outsourced service provider

• Trade reporting

- Client daily trade reporting SLA management (monitor by exceptions)

- CBRIC trade reporting (reporting done when trade is executed)

• Monitoring short settlement cycle and high value transactions and escalate to Counterparties / Custodian for prompt settlement
• Review and submit long form NDF deals
• Finalize Day T transactions
• Performing cash and stock reconciliation
• Maintaining and updating team processes, procedures, checklists etc.
• Explore continuous process improvement opportunities
• Contribute to the team in a manner that aligns to Eastspring’s culture and values

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EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 4 to 6 years of asset management industry experience preferably in a similar role
• Strong operational asset management expertise
• Reconciliation experience
• Experience in using Aladdin

CANDIDATE ATTRIBUTES

• Strong understanding of asset management operations
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong attention to detail
• High drive with a can-do attitude
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and adhere to variable deadlines
• A methodical thinker who will challenge and propose process enhancements
• A team player, assisting colleagues without being asked

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Perform daily cash and stock reconciliation on allocated portfolios, proactively investigate discrepancies and timely follow up of queries arising from internal stakeholders, outsourced middle office service provider, clients, counterparties, custodians and fund administrators
• Maintain ownership of daily cash and stock breaks and proactively follow up with respective teams for breaks resolution
• Review monthly valuation reports and perform NAV reconciliation
• Work with outsourced service provider to ensure timely processing of mandatory and voluntary corporate action events across all markets. This includes gold copy validation and creation, sending of election instruction, event processing and settlement and resolving reconciliation breaks
• Oversight of outsourced middle office service provider, proxy voting provider, security lending agent and tax reclaim partner
• Regularly update internal procedure to ensure that they remain current and relevant
• Perform on-going review of existing processes to ensure control and oversight on middle office service provider remains robust and efficient
• Collaborate with other teams, functions and entities to identify opportunities and drive changes for new and improved workflows and deliver service excellence
• Act as the main liaison point to manage change requests and ad hoc queries raised by stakeholders
• Proactively respond to queries from all stakeholders and manage expectation, develop and maintain relationship

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EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

• 4-6 years of relevant working experience in reconciliation, fund accounting or corporate action related role
• Subject matter expert for reconciliation and/or corporate action
• Familiar with SWIFT messaging
• Strong understanding of end-to-end asset management operations, particularly in fundamental of reconciliation and client reporting or corporate action and income events
• Strong understanding of operational risk and control framework
• Excellent and proven verbal and written communication skill
• Proficient using Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word
• Prior experience of Aladdin is preferred
• Meticulous, with good attention to details
• Ability to see “big picture” and challenge status quo
• Strong team player
• Able to take initiative and work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Adaptable and embrace changes

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• This is a key role in the new function, reporting to the Team Leader and working within a data governance framework. The Data Manager is responsible for the stewardship of the investment data that resides in Aladdin and/or the Eastspring Data Management Platform (DMP), ensuring the data is complete, consistent, fit for purpose and ready for consumption for all end users.
• In the Securities and Index data function, the Data Operations Analyst will be responsible for the following tasks:
• Creation and maintenance of new securities in Aladdin
• Monitor the data integrity in Aladdin Security Master
• Manage and monitor data exceptions in Aladdin
• Provide support to the ad-hoc queries related to security analytics, static data, index data to the front office teams
• Sourcing and Onboarding of new market data like market indexes and Aladdin unsupported data
• Set up and ongoing maintenance of new or custom/blended benchmarks in Aladdin and Eastspring DMP
• Daily validations to ensure data integrity of Securities and Benchmarks
• Maintaining Eastspring specific custom information such as internal ratings, customized sectors.
• Continuous updates of standard operating procedures along with the new releases
• Provide data management input for the Change requests/new initiatives raised by various business teams
• Provide input to requirement documents, use cases and other papers as required.
• Ensure all new procedures are documented and agreed.
• Assist in the creation of a new Data Management Platform as an end user

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EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Business/Finance or related disciplines
• 4-6 years of relevant working experience in data operations role
• Experience in managing Benchmarks and Securities data
• An excellent understanding of a wide range of tradable instruments
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Prior experience using Aladdin is desirable
• Knowledge of R & Python programming skills is a plus
• Good understanding of Front Office, Trade Lifecycle and Operations processes and Understanding of the data management governance frameworks
• Working knowledge of data vendor systems such as Bloomberg, Reuters, RIMES, etc.
• Excellent customer focus and high level of accuracy, and attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as part of the small team.

GENERAL CANDIDATE ATTRIBUTES

• Understanding of asset management enterprise data, its associated processes, systems, controls and deliverables.
• An Independent and performance driven individual
• Proactive and Strong initiative in managing day to day activities
• Self-starter and keen to learn

A. EastSpring Investments (Singapore) Limited is developing user centric and finance focused data platforms (ERP, EPM and Data Lake) to support the firm’s strategic initiatives and global growth opportunities.

B. These platforms will assist the Finance function in the execution of its business-critical control responsibilities as well as supporting business decision making with modern finance analytics and insights.

C. This project will deliver end to end data capabilities for the Finance function and other relevant stakeholders covering data modelling, reporting, dashboarding and the development of any tooling requirements to support business growth.

· Financial Reporting Quality Control:

Be responsible for exploring and implementing improvements to ensure top-notch quality in Financial Reporting. Leverage innovative systems, streamline workflows, and provide comprehensive training to maintain the integrity and accuracy of Financial Reports and Management Information.

· Advisory and Decision Support:

Rapidly respond to the financial requirements of our Business Units (BU) by analyzing complex accounting matters and providing astute professional judgments. Collaborate with the international finance team to oversee and manage group-wide accounting reporting issues, demonstrating a holistic approach to financial governance.

· Information Integration and Analysis:

Drive the establishment and maintenance of effective information-sharing mechanisms between BU finance and the broader Group finance function. Conduct thorough analysis on Business Group fFnancial Reports and present findings to senior management. Contribute significantly to the group's Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), working closely with the international finance team to ensure accurate financial disclosures, forecasting, and budgeting, thereby providing robust financial insights for strategic decision-making.

· Process Optimization and Risk Management:

Spearhead the design and implementation of process improvements across the entire finance organization, identifying potential risk areas and ensuring effective control measures are in place. Your efforts will result in enhanced operational efficiency while mitigating risks within the financial reporting structure.

· Finance Data Analytics:

Become a data subject matter expert (SME) across platforms, finance and business topics, helping to build data pipelines, delivering financial insights to drive forward our businesses and embedding these as self-serve capabilities within our platforms, where appropriate.

Responsible for driving forward the development of data models for new products, business lines and platforms capabilities to support data flows from Finance operations to FP&A Functions.

Collaborate closely and partner with data scientists, engineers, analysts and Business Intelligence analysts across the region and platforms, at the business group, enterprise and global level to deliver moderately complex analytical solutions to address business needs.

Job Responsibilities:

· Develop data pipelines to deliver commercially focused financial insights and analysis, both at Project Delivery level and subsequent enhancements

· Own the design of finance data schemas, partnering closely with finance stakeholders and data engineers

· Identifies requirements for onboarding of additional data sources into our data lake and various data requirements underpinning the platforms (including but not limited to ERP and EPM)

· Supports finance in ad-hoc data analytics or deep dive analysis, working alongside data engineers and BI analysts to develop long term solutions as appropriate

· Partner with product developers on the more complex data aspects of their feature delivery

· Ensures appropriate documentation, controls and testing are in place to support your features at all times, working alongside our controls manager on these aspects (including but not limited to End-to-End Data handshakes and integrations)

· Collaborate and work with EastSpring’s parent company Prudential on all Master Data Management related matters, including Enterprise-wide applications. Enable the broader organizations focus on insights by maximizing the value of our data and digital core investment

· Be the GO-TO person for all Finance Data related matters and Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Key Accountabilities

· Gather functional requirements and develop user stories working directly with business stakeholders to enable business insights.

· Filter, clean and prepare data to support data reporting and analysis.

· Gather requirements, create user stories, resolve solution gaps, architect and model dashboards and build standardized data visualization models to deliver sustainable, effective and efficient reporting and analytical solutions.

· Partner with leadership and the team to identify and manage the core set of metrics needed to measure performance.

· Evaluate the performance of processes, services and outcomes and drive performance improvement.

· Partner with teams to develop a detailed understanding of the business and offer collaborative and technical solutions to solve business problems.

· Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

· Other duties as assigned

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in accounting, finance, data analytics, computer science or related fields. Numerical with good understanding of accounting and finance domain requirements, basic finance concepts and business insights is a MUST;

· Prior relevant Finance experience in asset management companies, FP&A, Data Analytics and demonstrated knowledge on fund related matters preferred;

· Demonstrated knowledge on business and regulatory matters relating to fund management Industry;

· Minimally 3 years’ experience in data analysis, business intelligence or data modelling. Ability to master massive amounts of data through various integrated platforms, preferably with data lakes, is a MUST;

· Excellent and good practical experience in Advance Excel and / or SQL coding capabilities. Preferably, with experience in RPA and Power Query; PBF tool Knowledge eg. Hyperion Finance Management / OneStream systems and Oracle ERP will be an added advantage;

· Ability to work in collaborative, cross-functional, agile teams as well as independently, including experience in managing stakeholders in different regions and across functions

· Self-starter and highly self-motivated, ability to lead discussions with clarity of thoughts and able to handle ambiguities, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to meet tight deadlines, hands-on approach, independent and resourceful in solution delivery;

· Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, ability to write business requirements and drive execution of solutions

· Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to accuracy and quality

· Ability to understand project complexities and lifecycle to break it down into smaller, attainable tasks, including collaboration with stakeholders to investigate, triage, and solution data

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

Responsible for building and maintaining the MAPS Department's data and technology platform to support Eastspring’s multi-asset capabilities.

The role will involve managing sophisticated data feeds, systems, algorithms, and databases. Your data and technology skills will help the MAPS Department provide robust financial solutions for our clients.

The role will collaborate with other members of MAPS; with Quant developers in other Investment teams; and with members of Eastspring's IT and Data and Operations teams.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Design, build and maintain data and software infrastructure to enable robust and efficient investment processes.
• Build high quality processes to load, access, and analyse underlying data sets.
• Design and build dashboards to allow users to visualise and interact with underlying data sets.
• Work closely with analysts and fund managers to build high quality data-driven investment solutions.
• Work closely with other Quantitative Developers to ensure tools and data sets used are robust, version controlled, and consistent with best practice

EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

• We are looking for someone with the following experience…
• Exceptional academic track record in a quantitative discipline.
• Programming experience in one of R, Python, Matlab, SAS, VBA or similar.
• Knowledge of database management systems SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL.
• Data visualisation experience in one of R, Python, Power BI, or Excel.
• Experience using mathematical and statistical models to solve real-life problems.
• Financial certifications such as CFA or FRM will be viewed favourably.

…and the following attributes:

• Passion for solving real-life problems using quantitative techniques.
• Scientific mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Team player who resolves problems through a consultative, analytical approach.
• Good written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Enthusiastic about investing and the global financial markets.
• Intellectually curious.