The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

Senior Associate - Middle Office

The candidate will join Middle Office team and will be closely working with Client Service Managers based in Middle East/Europe/Singapore/US regions in connection with the performance of duties related to the Middle Office Trade confirmation and Settlement process. Candidate should possess a good understanding about Capital Market, Derivatives, Corporate Actions, and Hedge/Mutual Funds. Good knowledge in Financial Products is required.

Reporting

The position reports to AVP – Middle Office

Post trade Compliance

• Perform daily review of portfolio transactions and monitor compliance investment restrictions as they apply to holdings and transactions, identifying breaches and following up with respective teams (i.e. regional compliance, portfolio manager, etc.) to ensure rectification.
• Should be familiar with Compliance Guidelines to name few - Leverage , Short-Sale, Credit ratings, Issuer Concentrations, Duration, Permitted/Prohibited assets.
• Familiar with Issuer/Issue concentration , Leverage calculations, cash exposure calculations, Share Ownership calculations
• To have good understanding on various asset categories and its characteristics.
• Should be able to understand Compliance Guidelines from client agreements and interpret the guideline statements. Investment Policy Statement (IPS)/Investment Management Agreements (IMA).
• Having good hands on experience on compliance rules set-ups is preferable.
• Onboarding of new clients for investment compliance by understanding client requirements, interpreting prospectuses / investment mandate and extracting compliance restrictions to create a compliance rule matrix.

Additional Skills/Expectation

Performance Reporting

• Preparing/reviewing client reporting for performance measurement.
• Preparing attribution reports to understand different attributes of attribution like allocation effect, selection effect & interaction effect.
• Familiar with GIPS standards, ensuring all GIPS composites are calculated, and the GICS manual is reviewed.
• Familiar with GICS.

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.