Job Description

Eastspring is a global asset manager with Asia at its core. We create a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our colleagues, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and in exchange, we support our people's career ambitions. We pledge to make Eastspring a place where you can Connect, Grow and Succeed.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Requirements Gathering:

• Elicits requirements from Investments, Operations, Finance, Data and Technology stakeholders.
• Analyses requirements with focus on data flows, lineage, quality, controls and AI opportunities.
• Conducts impact assessments across processes, systems, data models and operating models.
• Performs data analysis to support data quality, standardisation, lineage, reconciliation and business readiness.
• Maintains stakeholder relationships and obtains sign-off on requirements, data mappings and testing artefacts.
• Liaises with service providers and technology teams to align requirements and manage solution constraints.

Solution Assessment and Validation:

• Works with Architecture, Data and Technology teams to ensure fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Facilitates workshops to shape solution options, workflows and design documents.
• Supports functional, integration, data, regression and UAT, including business readiness planning.

Change Management and Implementation Support:

• Supports change management by providing content for stakeholder communications and adoption planning.
• Provides implementation support including query resolution, troubleshooting, vendor liaison and issue triage.

Project Management (small projects):

• Manage data, technology and AI-enabled transformation initiatives, coordinating teams to keep delivery on track
• Provide stakeholder reporting covering progress, risks, dependencies and decisions required
• Administer governance forums to support decisions, prioritisation and risk / issue resolution
• Contributes to project management processes, including status reporting, RAID, change control, compliance and benefits tracking

GENERAL CANDIDATE ATTRIBUTES:

• Has strong interpersonal skills and communicates effectively with business, technology, data and vendor stakeholders.
• Understands defined project management, business analysis and change delivery methodologies and frameworks
• Experience as a BA within asset management or equivalent financial services, preferably across data or technology transformation.
• Familiar with Asian markets, regional operating practices and Singapore-based investment stakeholders.
• Is self-motivated, self-driving and able to operate independently in ambiguous, cross-functional environments.
• Attentive to detail and able to turn complex data, technology and process challenges into actionable requirements.
• Experienced in process mapping, data mapping, requirements capture, stakeholder analysis, traceability and AI use-case framing.

DOMAIN SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES:

• Working knowledge of portfolio management, risk, compliance and buy-side investment lifecycle processes.
• Working experience across major asset classes and related data, trade and processing lifecycles.
• Strong foundation in buy-side data models, including portfolio, security, market, pricing, transaction, position, finance, product and data quality.
• Experience with Aladdin will be advantageous
• Experienced in dealing directly with portfolio managers, dealers, operations, finance, technology and data stakeholders

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE:

• Degree level or higher
• 5-8 yrs Financial Services BA experience, preferably in asset management, data or technology transformation
• Fluency in both written and spoken English

Eastspring is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.