Our client is a global top-tier investment company with a successful track record in China. Currently, they are looking for an Operations Associate to join the team.
Responsibilities:
- Perform daily operations functions and monitor external partners daily activities to ensure that all service level agreements and procedures are met, including but not limited to:
- Trade capture, reconciliations, settlements/confirmations/clearing, and collateral.
。 NAV, GAV, performance, and client/regulatory reports.。 Investor onboarding, subscriptions/redemptions.
。 Engaging in design and implementation of metrics and management tools.
。 Ensuring that functional work (e.g., reconciliations of accounts) is completed excellently, without
error, and according to procedure.
。 Ensuring that account events are accurately reflected and processed; validate the accuracy of vendor output.
- Partner with various departments in the build out, testing, and evolution of new designs, processes, reporting, and controls.
- Collaborate with management to identify opportunities for improvement and address issues, risks and inefficiencies.
- Organize and drive to completion anything from simple process enhancements to larger strategic initiatives.
- Liaise with internal departments and external service providers to ensure quality communication and accurate trade processing; facilitate resolution of complex issues. Ad hoc projects, and coverage as necessary.
Job Requirements
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree, demonstrating a strong academic record from a competitive school.
- 5-10 years of Operations and/or Accounting experience.
- Prior experience in financial services, i.e. investment banking, hedge fund administration, hedge fund, an investment bank setting or a consulting firm (Accounting or Operations-specific consulting).
- Strong in Microsoft applications: particularly Excel, SharePoint,PowerPoint.
- Strong communication skills; able to synthesize thoughts in an effective manner and communicate well with people at various levels of the external and internal organization. Outstanding decision-making capabilities, keen logic, and good judgment.
- Independent thinker, able to operate independently on short- and long-term goals, possesses common sense and comfort working in a high volume, fast-paced, constantly changing environment. Ability to perceive risks and make quality decisions, often with incomplete information.
- Analytical and creative problem-solving skills demonstrated under pressure with tight deadlines. Professional team-player mentality with a genuine interest in pursuing Bridgewater's common goal of excellence.
- Fluent in Mandarin and conversational English.
- Asset Management Association of China (AMAC)license certifications required.
