Senior Manager, Alternatives Operation Design and Delivery Company
Gravitas, one of the fastest growing specialist recruitment consultancies, known for winning multiple industry awards. Established in 2010, we've grown from 3 to 9 offices, and over 250 employees. Our Financial Service team operates across Singapore, assisting talented professionals with contract, permanent, and temporary roles.
Job Requirements
* Designing and setting up new operating model related to portfolio/fund's structure across Alternatives investment capabilities in close collaboration with Product, Investment functions as well as Investment Operations capabilities leads across alternatives investment products until full portfolio on-boarding. It would include processes, resources, any 3rd party relationship and infrastructure built
* Supporting any change to existing operating models to reflect any new services, processes and controls
* Developing a global effective operation framework, including complexity ad risk assessment, and comprehensive documentation according to HSBC standards, for all operating models as a member of the Design and Delivery Operations team. The capabilities will be allocated according to capacity, expertise, and background
* Contributing actively and on a continuous basis to end-to end process mapping in close engagement with functional architecture team, 1st line of Defence risk and controls and 2nd Line of Defence to get guidance, support and assurance in the review of the output
* Engaging with global fund services to take part of 3rd party providers relationship and the assessment of their product and technology services related to Alternatives capabilities (fund administrator, loan services, TA, Custodian, cash management solutions…) at the initial set-up as well as on an ongoing basis
* Directly supporting Alternatives Operations Director in any inorganic initiative and potential transaction across countries and capability to participate to due diligence of a new counterparty from an operation perspective, build and assess the integration plan (impact and cost assessment, risk and issues management)
* Leadership and teamwork: The role will require autonomy, initiatives, collaboration and coordination with various stakeholders within Asset Management and Alternatives business across countries including Asia, UK and offshore service teams.
Qualifications
* Degree qualification, preferably in Finance
* Professional certifications (i.e. CAIA, CFA, ACA, FRM…) and Experience in alternatives investments products are distinct advantages i.e Venture capital, Real Estate, Real Assets
* Working experience exposed to products (funds and mandates) from any European or any other local regulations like Hong Kong or Singapore, cross borders taxations and capital structure
* Strong experience managing operational risk in a changing environment
* Must show ability to communicate clearly on complex and diverse subjects and to maintain a high level of professionalism when dealing with clients, investors and colleagues
* Must possess effective project management, organisational and interpersonal skills with proven ability to work to deadlines in an efficient and accurate manner
* Experience dealing with outsourced service providers * Commercially focus and client-centric
* Ability to understand and consolidate diverse and complex business information to translate into actions and propose operational and pragmatic solutions
* Demonstrate collaborative and supportive working relationship with the other business departments and functions
* Fluency in English; other languages are an advantage