Transaction Operations Manager

at  EASTSPRING INVESTMENTS SINGAPORE LIMITED

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

• 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 value