You will become familiar with the fund strategies and an expert in the portfolio implementation system. Your role requires following trade ideas through from the point a portfolio manager selects a stock to the conclusion of the trade and dealing with subsequent cash and operational requirements. Additionally, you could be expected to play an important role in the operational set-up and launch of any new products on the desk.
Job responsibilities:
- Manage multi-portfolios/accounts.
- Implement overseas funds advisory model/instruction to onshore portfolios.
- Develop and communicate within the Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific (EMAP) team.
- Prepare documentation related to portfolio investment decisions.
- Handle cash management, including FX hedging policies.
- Monitor portfolios for compliance with guidelines and restrictions.
- Conduct pre-trade compliance checks and input trades onto Spectrum PI.
- Produce ad hoc/daily/weekly/monthly reports for TW local PM.
- Provide input/suggestions for projects to improve desk operations efficiency, and manage ad-hoc projects to streamline and improve the accuracy and efficiency of the implementation process.
- Build relationships with departments to resolve problems/queries efficiently.
- Assist in setting up new accounts/funds with dummy cash injection, new securities/IPOs/Placings in Spectrum PI for trading.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Holder of a relevant University bachelor’s degree and at least one of Senior broker/SITICA license.
- Minimum of 2 years of overseas fund portfolio management working experience.
- High level of numeracy, attention to detail, and risk awareness with a control-oriented mind-set.
- Assertive with strong communication skills and a flexible attitude in supporting people based in different time zones.
- Highly focused, maintaining a consistently high level of concentration and attention to detail, able to work accurately under pressure, within tight deadlines, and effectively prioritize workflow.
- Pro-active approach to work to prevent problems occurring, with a questioning nature that challenges anomalous figures or procedures.
- Native Mandarin fluency and written and verbal fluency in English.
- Willing to accept high responsibility and driven to achieve excellence.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Knowledge of ETF products and related AP order process
- Knowledge of the Back-Office functions and the life cycle of an equity trade
- Preferably to advanced Excel level, VBA understanding