Associate/Senior Associate (12 months contract), Public Markets (Trade Support) - Shift Hours ([...]

Vodafone; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment company in Singapore seeks a Front Office Support for its Public Markets US team. This role involves managing trade logistics, ensuring compliance, and supporting the trading desk through various operational processes. Candidates should have at least 2 years of relevant experience and a strong proficiency in Excel and data analytics. The position aligns with US business hours and offers robust exposure to the investment process.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of working experience in a front or middle office support role.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and capable of handling large datasets.
• Self-motivated with good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage pre-trade logistics and assist trading desk on workflow.
• Perform compliance checks and track corporate actions for live trades.
• Support trade booking and maintain execution reports.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

Data analytics

Attention to detail

Job description

Temasek is a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, with a net portfolio value of S$389 billion (US$288b, €267b, £228b, RMB2.08t) as at 31 March 2024. Marking our unlisted assets to market would provide S$31 billion of value uplift and bring our mark to market net portfolio value to S$420 billion.

Our Purpose So Every Generation Prospers guides us to make a difference for today's and future generations.

Operating on commercial principles, we seek to deliver sustainable returns over the long term.

We have 13 offices in 9 countries around the world: Beijing, Hanoi, Mumbai, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore in Asia; and Brussels, London, Mexico City, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Washington, DC outside Asia.

For more information on Temasek, please visit www.temasek.com.sg

For Temasek Review 2024, please visit www.temasekreview.com.sg

For Sustainability Report 2024, please visit www.temasek.com.sg/SR2024

Introduction

We are seeking to hire a Front office support to Temasek's Public Markets US team, to strengthen our global execution capabilities. The Public Markets US team is part of the Investment Group, and is responsible for advising on US investments and investment strategy. This role will sit in Singapore to help the US team with execution and operational processes and to liase with Singapore based corporate functions. This role will provide exposure to the investment process, how different equity instruments like single stocks, baskets, ETFs and Futures are traded and the operational processes behind the investment function.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter, with the strong desire to own their work product. He/she should have excellent attention to detail and have a keen sense of curiosity to drive internal process enhancements through automation. He/she should be team oriented and work well within different project teams across different functions, with proficiency using Microsoft, PowerPoint, and Excel.

This Singapore-based position supports our New York based team and requires alignment with US business Hours. The standard working schedule is Mondays to Fridays, 1.30 PM to 10.45 PM Singapore Time (SGT)

Responsibilities

Manage pre trade logistics prior to execution

• Assist trading desk on workflow and coordination of internal logistics with various teams (Ops, Legal, Risk, Compliance)
• For new investments, working through operations processes for adding new securities and ensuring internal systems & teams are properly set up to trade.
• Run simulation to generate trading orders, and work with Compliance team to investigate hard blocks
• Perform compliance checks for new counterparties and portfolio of stock holdings
• Keep track of upcoming corporate actions for live trades

Manage post trade operations and execution tracking

• Assist with trade booking, data enrichment and compiling of execution report summaries
• Support the desk with data analytics construction and refreshing regular execution related dashboards/reports for circulation
• Upkeep and maintain existing trade execution blotter and reporting systems
• Coordinate operational work around ongoing commission sharing programs
• Ensure data quality and consistency of trades across various systems

Other ad-hoc projects

• Extract data from various sources and support the preparation of internal presentations and analysis
• Refresh, upkeep and circulate internal analytics templates
• Work with other internal stakeholders to enhance internal processes through automation and document new SOPs
• Support various areas of work around business systems upgrade

Requirements

• At least 2 years of working experience in a front or middle office support role
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Capable of handling large datasets
• Proficient in generating visual analytics
• Self-motivated with good communication skills to push team agenda in cross-functional projects
• Strong attention to detail and ability to operate in time-sensitive environments