Middle Office Analyst - Singapore - SANTA LUCIA ASSET MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD.

Description

**PROFILE OF SANTA LUCIA ASSET MANAGEMENT (SLAM)
We are a c. $900mn AUM pan-Asian boutique investment firm headquartered in Singapore (CMS License) with affiliate offices in Jakarta, Taipei and London. We serve institutions, family offices, and high net worths.

SLAM follows a philosophy of constructive engagement and deep management contact, responsible investing and we are grounded in a value orientation fit for the 21st century.

Signatory to the PRI Principles for Responsible Investment.

SLAM manages several funds and mandates, primarily focused on Asian public markets.

The investment style is based on fundamental bottom-up research, with a strong focus on direct engagement with target companies and management teams.

**JOB DESCRIPTION: MIDDLE OFFICE ANALYST (PERMANENT/FULL-TIME)

The Middle Office Analyst would be reporting to the Partner/Head of Trading, and working directly with all members of the team, including team members based in London.

Key responsibility supporting the front Office in Singapore, liaising with Middle/Back Office colleagues in London office to hand over the day-to-day work and in developing and maintaining robust processes and to provide information to both internal and external clients as required.

This role does offer the opportunity to grow over time, working alongside mid-level and senior colleagues in middle office, risk, corporate affairs, and compliance.

The successful applicant will play a key role in the development and continuous improvement of our processes, controls and reporting deliverables.

Key responsibilities will cover:
- managing trade bookings & confirmations
- ensuring accuracy of information supporting order management systems
- supporting fund subscription and redemption reporting and fund documentation updates
- performing portfolio reconciliation, performance analysis and client reporting
- maintaining the counterparty schedule, supporting the on-boarding of brokers and set up of new custody markets at custodians
- assist in the preparation of retrocession calculations and statements
- invoice processing, and manage basic bookkeeping entries for management accounting
- support some basic day to day office requirements alongside colleagues, such as office supplies, receive and sort incoming mail and deliveries, and manage outgoing mail

This role does offer the opportunity to learn from a supportive team and to grow over time, while working alongside mid-level and senior colleagues in middle office, risk, corporate affairs, and compliance.

Place of work will be the CBD plus some remote working from home, with an expectation of at least 4 days present in the office.

Within reason, we can cater to personal circumstances that require flexibility. SLAM offers competitive fixed salaries plus variable compensation participating in the overall success of the firm.

• REQUIREMENTS: MIDDLE OFFICE ANALYST 1 2 years' experience in Middle / Back Office, but open to all backgrounds

- a degree level academic qualification, with an authorization to work in Singapore background in fund or portfolio accounting
- knowledge of investment management operational processes and requirements
- experience using on a daily basis Bloomberg, and higher level experience with Microsoft Excel