Performance Lead Analyst 2

Job Summary:

Based in Singapore and part of a Global team, the APAC performance team provides reporting and analysis for all pooled and segregated accounts managed across the APAC region. The team uses B-One, Factset, Statpro and Morningstar for performance and attribution reporting.

This role will be responsible for supporting the performance team to deliver accurate, reliable, and timely reporting to stakeholders; including Investment managers, product and distribution teams. The position will also include actively contributing to BAU, queries and new business initiatives to improve the delivery, controls, automation and scalability of the performance and attribution platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that performance and attribution is calculated and reported in accordance with procedures and controls and delivered within agreed service levels.
• Trouble shoot on more complex performance and attribution issues.
• Supervise team members and assigned processes to ensure timely and accurate performance and attribution deliverables.
• Provide support, training and development for performance team members where required.
• Quality assurance of output from performance systems; resolution of issues including escalation to the manager.
• Collate data for the maintenance of GIPS composites and annual GIPS verification, including helping to resolve queries.
• Keep up to date with current industry standards (GIPS), implementing change when required.
• Assist in the development of performance/reporting solutions for new mandates instruments and products.
• Liaise with the Global performance team, internal clients and peers in the team to deliver service to acceptable quality.
• Proactively communicate with other business areas (including training presentations) to improve accuracy and reliability of performance and attribution reporting.
• Reconciliation of performance data with internal systems and third party custodians and administrators where necessary.
• Provide ex-post risk statistics reporting when required
• Produce reporting and possible solutions where it cannot/has not been automated in B-One.
• Support and contribute to the manager with planning and implementation of new initiatives including; global and regional projects, automation/streamlining of manual processes, controls, procedures and data validation.
• Provide short term cover in the absence of the Manager.

Required skills & experience:

• Graduate with an Economics, Finance or numerate discipline, plus CIPM charter holder.
• At least 10 years of technical performance and attribution reporting and analysis experience, including the supervision of staff and key processes within the function, and liaison with Investment Managers.
• Experience in key performance, Equity and Multi Asset Attribution methodologies and reporting, including the treatment of all key class types; Equites, Bonds, Multi Asset, Alternative and Derivatives.
• Experience in GIPS composite maintenance and dealing with queries related to external verification.
• Able to assist the team; troubleshooting and resolve issues impacting BAU performance and attribution processes through liaison with Operations IT and other business teams.
• Strong change mindset, helping to initiate and facilitate change and projects; improving the scalability and efficiency of performance and attribution reporting platforms.
• Experience of dealing with key stakeholders including Investment Managers, product and distribution teams.
• Experience with supervising staff and contributing to their training and development, including mentoring junior staff.
• Risk, controls and procedures mindset, including liaising with operational risk teams.
• Strong communication skills, able to present and provide training sessions on the performance teams functions and change initiative to business areas.

Desirable systems & experience:

• B-One, Factset PA, Aladdin, Aladdin Accounting, Aladdin Explore, Statpro and Morningstar.
• Private asset/Equity, ESG performance and attribution reporting experience.

We recognise potential, whoever you are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics.

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