Nomura Asset Management Malaysia

As part of a team, the candidate is responsible for performing portfolio valuation and fund accounting functions and ensure timely reporting and processing of trades and updates into system. Candidate currently or previously working in a fund operations services would be highly desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the preparation and reconciliation of the NAV and financial report and/or statement
• Preparation of the necessary reports as required by the clients, management and others on daily, weekly, monthly and/or ad-hoc basis.
• Ensuring fund valuation and reporting are completed within stated deadlines.
• Ensure that all processing records are filed/ saved in an organized manner to facilitate easy retrieval when necessary.
• Work with the compliance department on audits and regulatory reporting.
• Coordinate income distribution for all unit trust and wholesale funds.
• Assist in registrar function (when necessary), such as to ensure timely operational handling, execution and processing of customer transactional activities (subscription/redemption/switching) and update register records; review subscription/redemption/switching documentation for completeness and accuracy; monitor fund receipts and arrange redemption payments; responsible for a series of mutual fund processing, dealer commission and trailer fees, front and back end load and fee structures and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Plan, manage and control all aspects of team operations.
• Be willing to actively participate in every level of service required by the clients.
• To participate in ad hoc project assigned by superiors.

Requirements:

1. Degree holder with minimum of 5 or more years of experiences in unit trust and wholesale funds operations preferred.
2. Direct experience with registrar and transfer agency services and exposure to different financial markets, instruments, settlement and reporting processes would be added advantage.
3. Possess excellent PC skills (especially Microsoft Excel and VBA), Swift and/or project management would be highly desirable.
4. Must be meticulous and accurate with good attention to detail.
5. Able to work independently, under tight deadline with minimum supervision as well as in a team environment.
6. Excellent time management, organizational and prioritization skills and good communication skills, both verbal and written.

This role will report directly to the Head of Fund Administration, responsible for the day-to-day investment operations matters and ensuring timely processing and settlement of trades, income and corporate actions.

Responsibilities:

1. Monitor and ensure timely processing of trade matching and settlement instructions for both local and global markets in Equities, Fixed Income and other financial products and follow up on unmatched or failed trades.
2. Ensure income collections and corporate actions events are performing timely and accurately and ensure all corporate action events response to custodian within timeline.
3. Reconcile daily cash and investment holdings.
4. Monitor daily cash movements as well as ensuring that all movements are captured in the system; and work closely with custodians and fund administrators to resolve reconciliation breaks.
5. Ensure that all processing records are filed or saved in an organized manner to facilitate easy retrieval when necessary.
6. Plan, manage and control all aspects of team operations.
7. Willing to actively participate in every level of service required by the clients.
8. To participate in ad hoc task or project assigned by superior i.e. preparation of the reports on daily, weekly, monthly and/or ad-hoc basis as required by the clients, management and others.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor degree in a relevant discipline with minimum of five (5) or more years of experiences in back-office operations in the asset management or financial institution industry is required.
2. Exposure and knowledge to different financial markets, instruments and settlement processes would be highly desirable
3. Must be meticulous and accurate with good attention to detail.
4. Able to work independently under the tight deadline with minimum supervision as well as in a team environment.
5. A team player with good interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
6. Possess excellent technical skills i.e. Excel and/or VBA, knowledge of DTCC – Central Trade Manager, Swift and/or project management and direct experience with fund accounting and reporting would be an added advantage.

The successful candidate will be supporting the Fixed Income investment team, whose primary responsibility includes research and investment management to institutional and corporate clients. The incumbent will be physically positioned in the Malaysian office with a direct reporting line to the Portfolio Manager.

The candidate will be given the opportunity to build a career in investment management through exposure across different departments within the company over a period of time. At the same time, the candidate will also be supporting portfolio managers in the following tasks:

• maintaining information database relating to investment/research
• preparing presentation and reporting materials for internal and external use
• monitoring market developments
• research on investment ideas
• undertaking required responsibilities and providing the necessary support

Requirements:

1. Degree in Economics/Finance/Banking/Commerce or equivalent; Other degrees may be considered
2. Proficient in Microsoft Powerpoint, Excel, Word etc.
3. Mathematically inclined
4. Strong interpersonal skills, friendly and trustworthy, with a high level of integrity and work ethics
5. Ability to learn, retain and apply considerable amounts of information
6. Ability to complete simultaneous tasks while under significant time pressure
7. Well-organized, disciplined, impeccable attention to detail
8. A team player