Middle Office Sr. Associate (APAC) - Bank Loan

hs financial technologies; Philippines; On-site; PHP 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

HS Financial Technologies is expanding its Middle Office team in Manila. The Middle Office Associate will handle trade capture, affirmations, pricing, and client reporting while engaging in technology development.

You will work with bank loans, credit agreements, and a broad range of financial markets and products, gaining hands-on experience across the trading cycle.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of hedge fund, private credit, or financial services experience.
• Knowledge of syndicated bank loans and credit markets.
• Experience with loan administration, loan closing, or loan servicing.
• Understanding of LSTA/LMA standard documentation and terms.

Responsibilities

• Set up new loan facilities in HS Financial Technologies proprietary system.
• Monitor involuntary maintenance events such as paydowns, drawdowns, rate changes.
• Obtain facility and contract details through direct interaction with the Agent Bank or servicing agents.
• Identify missing or inaccurate pay down/drawdowns, interest and restructure receipts/payments.
• Resolve broker and agent bank issues related to processing and accurate booking of Fund loan positions with Investment Manager support.
• Review trade confirmations, assignment agreements, and pricing for accuracy.
• Compare Funding Memo against HS Financial Technologies calculations.

Skills

Hedge fund / private credit experience

Financial services experience

Knowledge of syndicated bank loans

Understanding of loan documentation (L

Credit agreements analysis

Tools

Loan administration systems

Loan research tools

Job description

Job Description

As we continue through a period of explosive growth, HS Financial Technologies is searching for driven professional who can make an immediate impact in our newly created Middle Office team, based in Manila.

The Middle Office Team at HS Financial Technologies perform all trading desk support responsibilities required of large Multi-Strategy Hedge and Private Equity Funds. The Middle Office Associate will work across functions such as trade capture, affirmations, and pricing. Other responsibilities will be, but not limited to, issue resolution, client reporting deliverables, and technology development.

The position will expose the successful candidate to all financial markets and products traded globally, including highly complex derivative instruments. You will develop invaluable inexperience around how each product trades in the market. The position boasts a very wide range of tasks across all facets of the trading cycle.

Responsibilities

• Utilize credit agreements and information obtained from the Funds or third parties to set up new loan facilities in HS Financial Technologies proprietary system
• Monitor and process all involuntary maintenance events such as but not limited to, paydowns, drawdowns, commitment reductions and interest rate changes as provided by Agent Bank or private servicing agent
• Obtain facility and contract details through direct interaction with the Agent Bank or other private servicing agents
• Identify any missing or inaccurate pay down/drawdowns, interest and restructure receipts/payments
• Resolve all executing broker and agent bank issues related to processing and accurate booking of the Fund's bank loan positions with the assistance of the Investment Manager if necessary
• Review trade confirmations, assignment agreements, and pricing for accuracy
• Compare Funding Memo against independent HS Financial Technologies calculations

Pre-requisite Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• 1-3 years of hedge fund, private credit, or financial services experience
• Knowledge of syndicated bank loans and credit markets
• Work experience with loan administration, loan closing, or loan servicing
• Interest rate changes
• Advances
• Rollovers
• Repayments
• Interest and fee payments
• Other loan related activity
• Trade closing
• Understanding of LSTA/LMA standard documentation and knowledge of the LSTA/LMA standard terms and conditions
• Proficiency with reading and analyzing Credit Agreements
• Experience with bank loan administration systems and loan research tools a plus