Senior Officer, Operations, UOBAM

UOBAM Operations is seeking an exceptional candidate to join its team. The successful candidate will work in partnership with the Front Office, Portfolio Managers and Service Providers to enable the organization to competitively seize new revenue opportunities in a disciplined and controlled manner that protects and enhances the organization operation’s capability and reputation.

This role resides in the Asset Servicing team and the team is responsible for ensuring the trade processing, reconciliation and reporting for institutional mandates. The successful candidate will have to work closely with service providers and monitor the service providers’ deliverables.

Your key responsibilities are:  

• Monitor trade status and follow-up with relevant stakeholders to ensure that the trades are settled promptly
• Execute portfolio manager’s cash transfer and spot instructions on service provider’s online platform
• Process mandate’s expenses, injections and withdrawals and ensure expenses are correctly allocated
• Perform reconciliation checks on investment book of records
• Investigate cash breaks and work with relevant parties to resolve discrepancies
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports
• Provide support to front, middle office and Business Development teams in servicing the institutional mandates
• Perform administrative tasks which includes uploading of documents and financial data entry into e-platform, processing of invoices and hard-copy mailing
• Provide support to digital business and initiatives
• Reconcile and process positions related to Mandatory/ Voluntary Corporate Actions events
• Review all Voluntary Corporate Actions events received and ensure detailed understanding and processing requirements
• Liaise with internal stakeholders relating and impacting clients on Voluntary corporate Actions items
• Prepare account opening/closure instruction to Proxy Voting agent 
• Research and resolve all discrepancy within the prescribed deadlines
• Provide support as point of contact for Corporate Actions related queries
• Work with Portfolio Managers and internal stakeholders and vendors to monitor and act on class action and proxy voting events
• Perform tax processing and provides tax certificate/reports to clients
• Cover daily collateral process and reconciliation
• Work with team members to ensure that all key process and control documentation remains accurate and up to date
• Review collateral management report to monitor daily exposure and margin calls

Requirements:

• University degree in Accountancy, Banking & Finance, or Computer Science
• Knowledge and experience in process excellence projects and good digital and financial acumen/literacy
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organization skills
• Good administrative skillsets 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products
• Meticulous and highly attentive to detail