Investment Operations, Analyst - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - AIA

Description

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About the Role

To be engaged in the operations of the Investment Back Office responsible for trade processing, independent verification, confirmation of all investment transactions and corporate actions, custodial controls and income monitoring. Ensuring that these are performed in a timely, complete and accurate manner facilitating optimum operational efficiency and effective operational risk management of the investment portfolio. Involve actively in other investment ad-hoc related projects.
Ensure all informations are in order and any discrepancies noted shall be reported, investigated and resolved timely.

Roles & Responsibilities:

1) Trade related

Update all investment transactions including independent verification against confirmations from brokers and settlement of trades, prices/valuation every day into investment system and process daily placements or fund transfers in a timely, complete and accurate manner.

To understand and update all corporate announcements received from Custodians to ensure the complete, timely and accurate handling into investment system and follow-up of all such corporate actions and announcements to ensure our interest as investor is consistently protected.

Update, process and supervise the subscription, settlement and redemption of offshore investments, including tracking and checking of all related matters, i.e., rebates receivable, capital calls, distribution, etc.

To work closely with AIA Group Investment Operations team for effective operational support in relation to foreign investments.

Creation of New security for Bonds and Equity for FAM and Bloomberg AIM

2) Cash Management and settlement

To supervise and to ensure the timely and accurate daily cash flow report for all investment bank current accounts to ensure adequate funding and settlement of all investment transactions.

Supervise the upload of NAV for T+1 funds.

Supervise the upload of Cash blotters for Life, ILP, APTB, MAPF, PRS and Others into Bloomberg AIM

3) Fair Valuation and price checking

To be responsible to check and ensure the daily update and documentation of fair valuation for all investments, sourced from Bloomberg, BPAM, etc., supporting daily NAV calculations and daily/month end IFRS fair valuation.

4) Reconciliation and reports

Verifying Custody Charges for AIA, APTB and Others before payment.

Verifying Rebate Income receipt reconciliation against external supporting documents and report on any discrepancies timely.

Perform daily and/or monthly investment holdings reconciliation against external Custodial statement/third party records and to ensure all holdings are accurate and follow up on all discrepancies timely.

5) Accounts administrations

Assist in accounts openings and completion of application forms, Board Resolutions, submission of relevant Know-Your- Customer (KYC) documents, FATCA on boarding and specimen signatures.

To co-ordinate all matters relating to opening of new accounts with brokers, financial institutions and those related to offshore investments

6) Investment system access/maintenance/setting

Ensuring all static data are maintained according to policies and standards Perform UAT for all system related enhancements/issues

7) Others

Active involvement on projects related to Investment Ops.

Actively update and document operational policies & procedures for related processes specifically related to Investment Back Office Operations.

Continually improve Investment Back Office processes and workflows

Job Requirements:

Education - Tertiary education in Finance/Accounting/Business Management/Statistic/Mathematics

Experience - 1 to 2 years in investment back office operations with insurance industry or asset management companies.

Skills - Excel, Word, Power Point and Bloomberg AIM.