About the Team:

Operations is responsible for supporting the various trading, investment and reporting activities of the firm.

The core mission of the Operations group is to establish scalable investment workflows, ensure a controlled operating environment and deliver high-quality client service to both internal and external business relationships. In addition to supporting primary investment related activities, the groups assist in the design and implementation of firm-wide projects, operational due diligence, counterparty management and client-related activities.

RFP Team is part of the Shared Services department. RFP is responsible for interacting and coordinating within areas of the firm to actively address RFP, DDQ and RFI requests and complete all corresponding documentation.

The Shared Services department acts as an intermediary across all teams within the firm, fielding a myriad of questions and inquiries. In addition to being the liaison between internal groups, the shared services team delivers high-quality client service to external business relationships.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Associate is to prepare and complete client questionnaires and other deliverables on a Quarterly, Semi-Annual and Annual Basis with highest level of accuracy and within a predetermined time set forth in the
work allocation.
Prepare reports for Clients and / or validate accuracy of data for the Clients.
Associate is expected to properly communicate with information suppliers to gather requirements for reporting and deliverables.
Ensure that assigned questionnaires are prepared and completed in conjunction to its reviewer schedule.
Plan for, monitor, and ensure completion of processes and deliverables in each process workflow including emails.
All members should be aware of the standard procedure of a proper hand off, both offshore and onshore.
Participate in the team initiatives including but not limited to process reviews whenever needed, maintenance of process documentations, and relevant process improvement projects.
Any related process as required by the team

Qualifications:

Strong understanding of financial markets, investment strategies and operations, and asset management structures
Ability to differentiate among product offerings and tailor messaging accordingly
Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills
Able to operate within a collaborative and team-oriented culture, as well as operate independently
Well organized, detail oriented; able to multi-task and keep track of various deadlines
Excellent command of the English language – decoding, fluency, vocabulary, sentence construction and cohesion, reasoning, working memory and attention.
Effective stakeholder management and SME coordination
Committed to intellectual curiosity and integrity, with a high degree of ethics
Good grasps of basic to intermediate functions in MS Office applications

Education and Experience

Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in Financial Management, Economics, Accounting, Communications, Legal or other related business course.
Writing and Industry related experience is an advantage.
The ideal candidate has a working knowledge of how an investment management firm operates.
Experience working with primary asset classes and financial products (equities, fixed-income and derivatives such as futures, forwards, etc.) is preferred.

Shift: 6 PM to 3 AM, Mondays-Fridays

Request-for-Proposal (RFP) Senior Associate (Active Pooling)