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.
Our investment professionals are responsible for delivering investment outcomes to our clients. They are enabled by many teams including Front Office Services (FOS), which is responsible for operations and support functions.
Key Accountabilities
This role is part of the FOS team, focusing on the liquidity management for the portfolios. This includes:
- Liquidity / Active Cash management
- FX / Short Term Money Market Instrument (STMMI) management and execution
- Derivatives Overlay Support
- Treasury market Data Insights and Analytics
- New fund launch and strategies support
Responsibilities
This role will be working closely across various functions within the company specifically the Investment teams, Dealing, Middle Office and the Transitions team. Key responsibilities of the role include:
Liquidity / Active Cash management
- Review and monitor cash balances and the cash settlement ladder (on post trade basis)
- Proactively manage funding requirements, invest excess cash, manage LRAP exposure risk and avoid overdrafts
- Manage cash levels across counterparties within permitted limits
FX and STMMI Order Generation & Execution
- Generate FX and STMMI orders
- Work with Investment Monitoring team to resolve any breaches flagged
- Support effective execution with an awareness of the constant need to achieve best execution and ensuring a professional and courteous relationship with counterparties for cash instruments like Time Deposit and MMF
- Review of counterparties in terms of level, capacity, willingness to trade and rates competitiveness
- Adhere to regulatory and compliance requirements and to meet the aims of the Fund Management teams
Derivatives Overlay Support
- Support cash collaterals and margins, ensure reasonable movements on day on day
- Support Investment Teams on cash requirement for OTC products
Data, infrastructure, research and Projects
- Support the team with Aladdin and other technology and data vendor requirements
- Maintain relevant dashboards and tools to support decision making, across different toolsets
- Support the team with research, analysis and reporting
- Involve in projects leading to automation, control improvement, risk reduction and process optimization
New fund launch and strategies support
- Involve in internal meetings to support fund launches or changes to mandates, working in close collaboration with the Transitions team and other functions
Experience And Qualifications
- Degree in Business or Banking and Finance
- Conversant with investment concepts, instruments, investment portfolios asset classes and financial derivatives.
- Knowledge of a wide range of treasury products and related operations
- Knowledge of investment regulation and funding/repatriation restrictions of various markets
- Preferably CMAS licensed
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Collaborative and shows enthusiasm in a service culture and continual learning
- Strong communication skills
- Strong technical, data and tech-savviness
- Problem solving, creativity and results oriented
- Meticulous and excellent attention to details
- Able to be both a strong team player as well as working independently
- Acute in time management and prioritization
- High standards of professional and ethical conduct
- Must be able to work effectively under market pressure whilst maintaining risk control and limit compliance
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.
