Lion Global Investors Limited – Assistant Manager / Manager, Operations (Contract – 1 Year)

The selected individual will join the Trade and Database team within the Operations Division.

Job Responsibilities

• Process and/or review daily trades executed by the front office, such as matching trade confirmations and preparing and/or approving of manual settlement instructions.
• Perform day end completeness check to ensure all trades for the day have been processed and recorded correctly in the back office system.
• Prepare day end transaction reports.
• Investigate and follow up on settlement issues and reconciliation break by liaising with internal stakeholders, custodians and counterparties.
• Follow up on system issues and perform UAT on new functionality, updates and fixes.
• Update and maintain account statics and standard settlement instructions in the systems.
• Perform ad-hoc duties or projects assigned by the manager.
• Process monthly soft-commission and GST report.

Job Requirements

• Diploma or Degree (preferably with banking & finance or economics background)
• At least 3-5 years of working experience and preferably experience in the back office of a financial institution.
• Strong in derivatives product knowledge such as CCS, TRS, IRS, NDIRS is a must.
• Proficient in InvestOne, Omgeo CTM, ALERT, Bloomberg and SWIFT will be an added advantage
• Ability to multi-task and priorities issues.
• Strong written and oral communication skills to effectively escalate issues and relay request to internal stakeholders and external parties.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications especially advanced level in excel is a must.
• Good organizational skills, able to plan and manage time effectively to achieve and meet deliverables.
• Good team player.
• Extremely diligent and good attention to detail

Please be informed that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.