Onboarding Analyst - 6 month contract

Role Overview

We are seeking a 6-month contractor with a positive, adaptable, and detail-oriented approach to join the APAC Operations Onboarding Team in Singapore. The ideal candidate is an effective communicator, collaborates well with various teams, values data integrity, and is comfortable working with automation tools. You will support key regional transition events—including client onboarding, fund launches and restructures—while working alongside a close-knit team and liaising with both internal stakeholders (across APAC and EMEA) and external partners such as clients, custodians, and fund administrators.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate client take-on, fund launches and portfolio setup activities for the region
• Support data change and setup requirements arising from BAU activities, portfolio restructures, mergers, closures, custody changes
• Support external and internal stakeholder queries and ensure that they are investigated and responded to within agreed timelines
• Handle incremental market access requests from the Investment Desks
• Support the team in constructing strategic Product Strategies data in master database
• Escalate potential problems before they become a risk
• Contribute to Company and Department initiatives and projects

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need

• Educational requirement: Bachelor degree in Finance preferred
• Experience working with data – data entry, checks and extracts
• Proficient with manipulating and analysing data via Excel (e.g. vlookup, concatenation, if-else)
• Comfortable working with automation and workflow tools
• Must possess good interpersonal skills and written skills
• Ability to articulate messages in a clear and concise manner to others within the organisation
• The ability to promote a positive and professional image and being helpful and polite is essential

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help

• Basic understanding of financial instruments (e.g. equity, bond, derivatives, FX etc.)
• General understanding of the Asset Management business and operations as a function
• Experience in client servicing or coordination type roles would be helpful

What you’ll be like

• Self-organized, motivated with a good level of energy and open to feedback
• Good prioritisation skills and adaptable to changes
• Team oriented and enjoys collaborating with others
• Detail-oriented and able to thrive in a fast paced environment
• Flexible and willing to learn
• Possess a positive and can-do attitude, as well as a curious mind
• Open to new ways of working, particularly with automation tools and other technologies
• Able to work under pressure, on several priorities at once, and with tight deadlines

We recognise potential, whoever you are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics.

We're a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we've been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn't change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.