Investment Operations & Settlements Analyst

Manulife; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife in Kuala Lumpur seeks an Investment Operations Specialist to oversee the accurate execution, settlement, reconciliation, and reporting of investment transactions. You will ensure record integrity and compliance with policies and regulations.

The role involves coordinating with trustees, custodians, brokers, and service providers, while driving process improvements and supporting onboarding and governance activities to maintain high-quality service delivery.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in investment operations or related financial services.
• Knowledge of equity, fixed income, FX, unit trusts and private retirement schemes.
• Familiar with regulatory requirements by the Securities Commission Malaysia, Bursa Malaysia and AML/CFT guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Investment operations and trade settlement management.
• Ensure accurate and timely execution, monitoring, and settlement of investment transactions, including money market, equity, fixed income, FX, hedging, and other investment activities.
• Reporting - Prepare client reports and ensure their accuracy and timely submission.
• Reconciliation - Monitor, investigate, and resolve reconciliation breaks, discrepancies, and operational issues.
• Cash management - Ensure all transactions are correctly captured, cash monitoring, cash projections, income distributions, and related operational activities.
• Fund onboarding - Manage fund and account onboarding activities, including account opening, KYC processes, fund setup and other related processes.
• Stakeholder management - Liaise with trustees, custodians, brokers, counterparties, and service providers to ensure effective operational support and high-quality service delivery.
• Process improvement, governance & compliance - Drive process improvements, support system implementations and user accepting testing (UAT), while maintaining and updating policies, procedures, and business continuity documentation to ensure regulatory compliance and operational efficiency.

Skills

Investment operations

Regulatory awareness

Financial instruments knowledge

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

Manulife in Kuala Lumpur seeks an Investment Operations Specialist to oversee the accurate execution, settlement, reconciliation, and reporting of investment transactions. You will ensure record integrity and compliance with policies and regulations.

The role involves coordinating with trustees, custodians, brokers, and service providers, while driving process improvements and supporting onboarding and governance activities to maintain high-quality service delivery.