Job Title: Assistant Manager - Reference Data and Securities
Location: Malaysia
Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled Manager - Reference Data to join our team in Malaysia. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working on the Eagle system and a strong understanding of reference data management in financial services. This role involves managing reference data operations, ensuring data integrity, and optimizing processes within the Eagle system to support business functions effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the management, maintenance, and governance of reference data within the Eagle system.
- Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and integrity across financial applications.
- Lead and coordinate data migrations, integration projects, and system enhancements related to reference data.
This role entails transition support to BAU Data Operation and new TOM Data Operation on Aladdin and BNYM applications in the run up to go live e.g. data requirement gathering, testing, parallel activities etc.
Responsible for handling all BAU activities on Eagle PACE in the following operational areas:
Data Operational
Performance Data Operational
Document Analyst
Roles and responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
Data Operational In the event of exception, investigate/ triage to clear all the exception for all relevant data stream. Setup/ Maintenance/ Termination on Entity List Composite Entity XRefType based on user request or Mandate Control List Setup/ Maintenance on Accounting Period in Eagle Setup/ Maintenance Global Tax Rates in Eagle STAR Object (BLOB) Global Processes Cash Earnings Expenses Expiration & Maturities Eagle Ad-hoc S2P Direct Processing Roll Position & Open Lots Eagle TBOR CBOR ABOR trades/ records load/ flow Eagle Clean up activities - cancel & rebook trade due to corporate action/ incorrect accounting period Ad-hoc request/ query Setup/ Maintenance manual Corporate Action Event/ process Data Quality Management (DQM) - Investigate/ Triage all data related exception (accrual dividend corporate action Price Movement/ Missing Clean Up (cancel/ rebook) security master) Security Master - Setup/ maintenance - SMF attributes e.g. variable rate, cross reference mapping All Pricing processes - Daily Monthly Pricing activities Pricing Hierarchy - Pricing Center Rules Pricing Center Validation Rules Monitor and highlight daily pricing issues for significant price movements and stale pricing. Perform daily pricing and validation for unsupported price sources such as local price. Understand how LBU uses the Aladdin Green Package for their daily process, to be able to efficiently handle expectations for data quality and align the support needed for the investment Page 1 processes. Responsible for monitoring real time data and notifications via Aladdin Dashboard to be able to analyse and resolve urgent data issues.
Performance Data Operational Performance Data Activities Market Benchmark Onboarding - Creation of benchmark entity ID Testing & data verification System configuration to calculate benchmark data to address performance and attribution requirements Query from users and vendors. Manual configure custom index / Manual maintenance custom weight GIPS SAA/ DSAA Maintenance - Setup/ Maintenance based on Mandate Control List Creation/ Maintenance of GIPS Fund Reference Index Maintenance of Portfolio Strategy & Indicator Performance Entity Creation/ Maintenance - CARV COMP LIST PORT ACOM Benchmark Mapping - Setup/ Maintenance Entity-Benchmark link. Historical Performance Data Load - Data load for Legacy Dummy Benchmark Carveout & Total Level/ Security Level check Security Classification - Setup/ Maintenance of Asset & Security Classification Daily Checks on Vendor Fed File - New security refresh Detach/ Dummy security maintenance New security for constrained benchmark. Index files feed by vendors - In the event of exception, investigate/ triage to clear all the exception. Fund Administrator/ Client Directed NAV feed - Setup/ Maintenance of schedule Manual historical NAV load.
Document Analyst Document requirements in the form of business requirements, functional specification, standard operation procedure, policies etc Interact and collaborate with business users, relevant stakeholders and vendors/ consultants to come out with requirement, build and maintain well-refined documentation for transition period.
Preferred skills Tertiary degree with 5 to 10 years' experience with relevant experience in performance/ investment data.
Experience & familiarity with aspects of the investment's performance calculation of a large asset management company in particular the knowledge of strategic asset allocation and attribution calculation.
Experience & familiarity with different asset classes e.g., equities, fixed income, time deposits, bank loan, FX, listed and OTC derivatives, funds, private assets, real estates.
Experience working with variety of stakeholders to manage documentation of business process / workflows / business requirements.
Strong preference given to those with prior experience in using of Eagle. Strong delivery drive & self-starter. Pragmatism and ability to operate in an ambiguous or complex environment. Strong in time management and prioritization. Strong ability to elicit information, documentation & presentation skill set