Middle Office Sr. Associate (APAC)

HedgeServ Corporation; Manila, Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote and hybrid working arrangements

Health and well-being benefits

Career development framework

Job summary

HedgeServ Corporation in Manila is seeking a driven Middle Office professional to join a newly formed APAC team. The role focuses on booking trades, pricing portfolios, and delivering accurate client reporting across regional boundaries.

You will work with across-region teams, leverage HedgeServ applications, and ensure precise trade settlements while maintaining stringent controls and risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting or finance.
• 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Exposure to equities, options, futures, fixed income and derivatives is a plus.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Experience in client service and cross-regional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Establish processes and standards for the Middle Office team.
• Book client trades, price portfolios, deliver reporting.
• Manage lifecycle events for client portfolios.
• Communicate with loan agents on life-cycle events.
• Perform PnL checks against market activity.
• Review pricing with vendors such as Bloomberg/Reuters.
• Collaborate with APAC day and global teams.
• Resolve trade breaks and ensure settlements.

Skills

Excel skills

Client service

Communication

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting or finance

Job description

At HedgeServ, we’re redefining what’s possible in fund administration. With more than $700 billion in assets under administration, we partner with the world’s most forward-thinking investment managers – across private equity, private credit, endowments, hedge funds and more – to deliver seamless, tech-enabled solutions that drive performance. Our proprietary platform, enhanced by machine learning and robotic process automation, gives clients real-time insights and unmatched control over their operations. Alongside our technology, we offer award-winning service through our team-based approach -- led by a deeply experienced team of industry experts. Our solutions span the full investment lifecycle, including fund accounting, middle office, risk, compliance, tax, and investor services. We’re a future-focused company, empowering our people through a robust career development framework, clear career trajectories with structured learning paths, training, and progression plans. We invest in leadership development and in our collaborative culture, creating space for talent to grow. Our corporate values – Relationships, Support, Innovation, and Expertise – create a sense of shared purpose and belonging, and we recognize our employees sit at the core of our success. We continue to innovate and evolve through our employees, working together to achieve our shared vision and mission. HedgeServ supports employees through a variety of offerings, including remote and hybrid working arrangements, and fully paid comprehensive health and well-being benefits. We’ve been recognized as an employer of choice, earning a top 100 workplaces designation. Founded in 2008, HedgeServ has grown into a global organization with over 2,000 experts across the globe, with offices in the United States, Grand Cayman, Ireland, Poland, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, the Philippines, and Australia. We’ve earned numerous accolades, including Top Overall Administrator, along with #1 rankings for providing alternative asset services in Accounting, Technology, Client Service, Investor Services, Alternative Fund Expertise, Reporting, and Regulatory Expertise. As we continue through a period of explosive growth, HedgeServ is searching for driven professional who can make an immediate impact in our newly created Middle Office team, based in Manila.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the establishment of processes, standards and culture in a newly formed Middle Office team Daily, ensure all Client trades are booked, portfolios are priced, and critical Client reporting is delivered.
• Management of lifecycle events on our Clients’ Portfolio positions – Examples being: Corporate Actions, Option Expiries, and CFD resets APAC coverage of Bank Debt Instruments - Bank loan instrument setup, management of contract cash flows, trade settlement, and processing of loan conversions.
• This can require communication with various external parties, including loan agents who provide documentation on various loan life-cycle events.
• PnL checks ensuring client EOD reports are in line with daily market activity and price movements.
• Reviewing Portfolio pricing against vendors such as Bloomberg and Reuters, to ensure accuracy Work collaboratively with the Sydney based Middle Office team during the APAC day, while engaging with the wider Middle Office teams as part of an effective Global ‘Follow the Sun’ model.
• Communicate effectively with clients, external vendors, and internal stakeholders, in both written and verbal forms, to ensure correct settlement of trades and resolution of breaks.
• Quickly build a deep understanding of the propriety HedgeServ applications and platforms, which support functions such as Trade Capture, Security Master Setups, the creation and delivery of sensitive client Reporting, Price Portfolios, and display real-time PnL and Risk to Trading teams and Portfolio Managers.
• Effectively hand over outstanding items to internal teams, and elevate issues clearly to management Troubleshooting Trade Booking and Pricing queries received from both internal teams and external parties, on a wide range of Products

Requirements

• Completed bachelor’s degree in business, accounting or finance
• At least 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role
• Exposure to various key financial products, (i.e. Equities, Options, Futures, Fixed Income and various derivatives) would be an asset
• Strong Excel skills
• Have been in a Client Service focused role, communicating effectively with clients & vendors, and working with teams across regions
• Experience using multiple applications to perform daily tasks, while maintaining appropriate risk and control measures, with high accuracy rates

Personal skills

• IT Literate with an emphasis on Excel
• Ability to be flexible, self-motivated and work under pressure to tight deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate with people in a positive and effective manner.
• Ability to multi-task and succeed in a results oriented, high pressure environment with an understanding of the need for 100% accuracy

At HedgeServ, our people are at the core of everything we do. We aspire to grow and challenge the status quo and it is our high calibre talent that drives our progress. We deliver success with the biggest clients because we have the best people working for us. We're committed to rewarding performance with competitive salary & benefits packages and ongoing learning and development opportunities. If you’d like a challenging and rewarding career, we’d love to hear from you. HedgeServ has a culture of innovation, excellence, and continuous improvement which has continued to evolve through our employees. Our corporate values create a sense of shared purpose and belonging as we work together to achieve the vision and mission of HedgeServ. We experience successful results through demonstrating the below values and behaviors which are at the core of how we communicate with employees and clients. We work in partnership with each other and our clients; collaboration is at the core of what we do. We work collaboratively, focusing on end-to-end ownership and autonomy in our processes. We share knowledge across our teams and offices to gain expert and diverse views. We develop long-term relationships through investment and commitment to our employees and clients. We communicate in personal, inviting, and authentic ways whether face-to-face or virtually. We empower and trust employees so they can realize their full potential on an individual and organizational level. We leverage our global reach for positive local impacts. We focus on employee health and well-being. We are empathetic and committed to diversity and inclusion. We listen to each other and think about what we want to say and then respond. We embrace corporate social responsibility and our ability to impact and enrichen the lives of our team, their families, our clients, and the world around us. We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and growth mindset where change is a positive dynamic. We confidently challenge the status quo with respect and positive intent. We offer a leading-edge suite of proprietary technology applications. We rapidly adapt to current information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles. We act with vision, agility, and resilience. We listen to each other’s ideas and value diverse perspectives. We are the most experienced team of industry experts. We share our knowledge with each other to make us stronger; we share our knowledge with our clients to make them stronger. There is no question we can’t answer, nor any problem we can’t solve. We cultivate a productive and agile environment which allows us to anticipate our clients’ needs and consistently deliver solutions in real time. We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit while leveraging the resources of a global organization. We scale our resources to meet the requirements of our clients. We foster continuous training and professional development.