Transaction Operations Assistant Director

Eastspring is a global asset manager with Asia at its core. We create a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our colleagues, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and in exchange, we support our people's career ambitions. We pledge to make Eastspring a place where you can Connect, Grow and Succeed.

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 Role Has Several Key Responsibilities

• Support Head of Transaction operations to provide oversight on Transaction Operations team including trade operations, corporate actions, reconciliation and Client and regulatory reporting and be the point of escalation for issues.
• Provide oversight on middle office service provider and monitor KPIs/SLAs and delivery commitments
• Challenge, escalate, and resolve issues impacting delivery quality or timeliness.
• Conduct regular service reviews and performance scorecards.
• Support global markets investment activities across multiple asset classes.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, custodians, brokers and outsourced service provider to ensure prompt resolution of trade related issues and queries
• Partake in new markets and new instruments working group and perform necessary analysis.
• Partake and support transition activities
• Kept abreast of market updates and drive process changes.
• Maintain, update and review team processes, procedures, checklists etc.
• Explore continuous process improvement opportunities.
• Perform oversight checks on trade regulatory reporting for EMIR and MAS
• Represent Transaction Operations to support Change Management activities and initiatives to grow the business
• Support and drive regulatory and market/ industry projects with project team and transaction ops SMEs
• Work with middle office service provider on prompt Incident reporting and management
• Track root causes and implement preventive measures.
• Communicate material issues to senior management and regulators if required.
• Performance and Talent Management/ Development for the team
  
  

Experience / Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• More than 10 years of asset management industry experience preferably in a similar role
• Strong operational asset management expertise
• Good knowledge of multiple asset classes including Equities, Fixed Income Rates, FX Forwards, Money Market
• 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 good team player who collaborates and act as strategic partners to our internal and external counterparts
  
  

Eastspring is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.