Operations Project Analyst

Eastspring is a global asset manager with Asia at its core. We create a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our colleagues, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and in exchange, we support our people's career ambitions. We pledge to make Eastspring a place where you can Connect, Grow and Succeed.

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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Requirements Gathering:

• Elicits requirements from SMEs/ stakeholders, applying effective elicitation methods/ standards/tools.
• Analyses and validates requirements using a systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders including the service providers to conduct impact assessment to identify the "as-is" processes, systems, and the "future" processes, systems and structures.
• Performs analysis on reporting and migration data, representing Operations to review impacts to ensure data quality
• Maintains relationships with stakeholders and obtains formal signoff of all requirement documentation.
• Liaises with service providers to ensure understanding of requirements and limitations of solutions.
• Redesign current processes to ensure future business scalability and operating model
• Identify Business risks and ability to implement processes for risk mitigation
• Work with SMEs to support provision of UAT test scripts
• Support UAT testing and review
• Provide Training to Service Provider where required
• Ensure all new procedures are documented and agreed

Solution Assessment and Validation:

• Works closely with the Architecture team to ensure solutions are optimal.
• Facilitates workshops sessions with internal and external stakeholders to drive out solution options and works closely with them to complete solution design documents.
• Supports functional and integration testing.

Change Management and Implementation Support:

• Supports Change Management activities by providing information as required to facilitate effective communications.
• Provides project support to the impacted teams during implementation phases, including testing, test preparation, answering queries, trouble shooting, liaison with service provider, providing regular reporting.
• Contributes to project management processes, including status reporting, risk, issue, change, compliance management.
• For smaller projects acts as the project manager as well as BA to deliver the project.

GENERAL CANDIDATE ATTRIBUTES:

• Has strong interpersonal skills, able to communicate effectively and proactively with external and internal stakeholders.
• Understands defined Project Management methodologies and frameworks.
• Experience in working as a business analyst within the banking, insurance and asset management industry would be an advantage.
• Familiar with Asian local market and regulatory practice.
• Is self-motivated, self-driving and independent.
• Attentive to detail and able to handle ambiguity.
• Experienced in using business analyst tools and techniques for requirements capturing, stakeholder analysis, use cases, brainstorming, solution prototyping, and traceability.

DOMAIN SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES:

• Working knowledge in data management , post-trade middle office processes, collateral management, reporting and performance & attribution, and other buy side trade life cycle and monitoring processes.
• Working experience in major asset classes and associated analytics.
• Strong foundation in buy side enterprise data model including portfolio structure, security reference data, market data, pricing, transactions & position, finance and product data.
• Experience in working with BlackRock Aladdin as a front office system or FactSet platform would be an advantage.
• Good understanding of Middle Office and Back Office outsourcing arrangements
• Experienced in dealing directly with portfolio managers, dealers and operations staff.
• Working knowledge of regulatory trade reporting requirements and solutions (For jurisdictions such as ASIC, HKMA, MAS, EMIR etc)
• Positive attitude and collaborative mindset.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

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QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE:

• Degree level or higher
• 5-10 yrs Financial Services BA experience (asset management desirable)
• Positive attitude and collaborative mindset Fluency in both written and spoken English.

Eastspring is an equal opportunity employer.  We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.