Location:Singapore, SG

Job Function: Investment Services Public Markets

Job Type: Permanent

Req ID: 16025

• Conduct and manage the operational due diligence for fund investments across liquid and illiquid strategies; working closely with investment due diligence teams in Singapore and New York.
• Use a data driven approach to establish market practices and benchmarks.
• Review and document qualitative and quantitative assessments of fund managers’ operations, controls, risks, ongoing news and developments. Responsibilities include project management, scoping, on-site visits, service provider reviews, documentation, and reporting. The role involves managing external ODD resources or consultants.
• Monitor market and regulatory trends and developments. Identify and analyse impact and provide prompt, relevant advice to the business. Resolve issues in a professional, tactful and timely manner.

• Assist or lead reviews, adaptations or improvements of processes and workflows across the team, including identifying new business requirements and capabilities.
• Initiate and manage ad-hoc projects (e.g., technology adoption, framework reviews).

• Excellent academics, preferably with a CPA designation.
• 3 to 6 years of related experience in operational due diligence (audit, accounting and back-office operations will be considered) over a broad range of strategies and jurisdictions. Proficiency in business intelligence and technology adoption preferred.
• Good understanding of both public and private market investment operations life cycle, processes/policies/controls/risks/best practices, valuation, global regulatory and compliance rules, investment structures.

• Excellent team player. Respect and work well with all levels and across different cultures.
• Strong interest working with data and applying analytical thinking, have good sense of numbers and attention to details. Excellent communications and critical report writing skills are essential.
• Strong sense of professional scepticism and risk awareness. Excellent commercial acumen with experience in legal negotiations for fund investments.
• Self-starter, committed, dependable, positive and driven. Deliver high standards under extended time pressure with minimal supervision. Able to multitask and manage high volume of deals and projects.
• Provide constructive, pragmatic solutions, while demonstrating maturity and openness to feedback. Consider management angles in decision making.
• Be a strong advocate for and personally contribute to ISPM and GIC initiatives.
• Be a strong support for both local and global team members to accomplish overall team targets.
• Willingness to participate in periodic night calls between the Singapore headquarters team and New York local team; or with fund managers in different global locations.