Assistant Manager - Operations, Investment

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What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Produce, analyze, and present Investment and Performance Reports for Internal Teams (Investment and Risk) and external parties (like Regulators and Portfolio Managers).

• Derive investment classifications based on other related information and conduct report testing.

• Create Board report for AXA XL entities which includes Positions reporting viz-a-viz benchmark & compliance limits, Performance, Market and Credit Risk.

• Produce Fixed Income, alternatives and Derivatives reports based on the production calendar.

• Troubleshoot complex Excel-based reports and re-engineer reports when required.

• Provide support to the investment operations team by being an effective backup and performing tasks subject to the requirements.

• Transition dashboards in MS Excel to QlikView or Power-BI as per the business requirements.
• Risk Reporting includes Risk frameworks like classification-based Risk Appetite, Credit ratings, and Sensitivity analysis.
• Perform monthly and Quarterly compliance checks for Fixed Income mainly Corporate, Government & Supranational and ESG inclined Bonds.
• Monthly/quarterly monitoring and compliance exceptions reporting to authorized parties. Liaising with portfolio managers for trade preapproval requests.
• Regulatory and Legal compliance monitoring. Scenario-based compliance testing and Collateral Asset monitoring.
• Validation of 2nd Opinion requirements for all AXA CoEs (Centre of Expertise) and quarterly compliance checks for all AXA CoEs.
• Perform other duties as and when assigned by the manager and help the manager achieve the desired goal for a period.
• Liaise with other internal and external teams/vendors/auditors to understand, create a solution and fulfil the requirements.

You will report to the Delivery Leader, Investment Reporting and Compliance, Operations (India).

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Were looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelors/masters degree in finance/economics or Degree Diploma in Computer with a fair amount of experience in automation and report reengineering.
• CFA / FRM at any level or completed would be preferable.
• Deep knowledge of Fixed Income and Derivatives instruments with respect to reporting.
• Effective experience with MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Hands-on experience with QlikView Power BI (reporting tool) and VBA (basic or advanced) will be preferable. Skills are required for troubleshooting queries and report building for internal and external users.
• Ability to switch priorities and flexibility to work with reporting and Compliance is required.
• Ability to troubleshoot a complex query and deliver the desired solution.

Desired Skills and Abilities:

• Relevant years of working experience with Banking, Investment Banking, Portfolio, and asset Management or from any financial services company.
• Excellent communication skills required to interact with internal colleagues and external vendors to resolve queries or complete a task in hand like creating new reporting schema, implementing reporting changes, and transitioning/migrating reporting from the onshore team.
• Must have effective analytical skills to quickly understand, absorb, and implement business intelligence tools in day-to-day work.

• Ability and Skills to efficient time/task management skills.

• Ability to work resiliently and responsibly in a flexible environment without compromising the deliverables.