Manager - Data Operations, Hsbc Amg, Gsc’s

Business: HSBC Global Asset Management, RBWM

Open positions: 1

Role Title: Manager - Data Operations, HSBC AMG, GSC’s

Global Career Band: 6

Location: Bangalore

Recruiter Name:Amanpreet Kaur

Why join us?

• AMG Data Operations Team address all the required data support to consumer such as Dealing, Reporting, Analytics etc to ensure business is as usual, and support effective several key responsibilities.
• The team support a data management suite of services and applications to provide high quality information to AMG functional platforms on a global basis.
• The team provides business as usual data quality measurement and remediation.
• The team provides oversight for the local AMG data management functions and AMG Data Operations staff based in Bangalore.

Opportunity

• The purpose of the role is to provide effective data management to AMG’s various teams. Data management, in this context, refers to ensuring that data required for and utilized by AMG’s office is of a suitable quality and available when required for systems or processes.
• The candidate will have to interact with regional teams and must understand the key areas of an investment management business, including data management specific areas but not limited to the instrument / security data used by the order management system (OMS), flows to the OMS (e.g. subscriptions, redemptions) and the effects of corporate action events on holdings and instruments (e.g. dividend payments, stock-splits, mergers, etc.).
• To demonstrate and support the AMG business globally, requires the candidate to provide the information basis for strategic planning by the senior management for businesses and enable effective decision making to satisfy business needs and requirements along with addressing unforeseen challenges.
• The role is based in Bangalore and reports to the Head – AMG Data Management. Ability and experience with working in multiple geographies directly in the regions will be more suitable considering the specific requirements and versatility of the role.

What you’ll do:

• The role demands a highly motivated, pro-active approach to data management with excellent communication skills and a keen attention to detail. Candidates should have experience of the investment management industry, significant data management experience, be highly numerate and able to come up with solutions to unanticipated problems where required (ideally drawing on industry expertise and prior experience).
• The primary purpose of the role will be to ensure that the Front Office(FO) data requirements are met with high quality and deliverables are achieved within the framework. The FO should have a seamless experience and should face minimum issues with Data in Trading.
• Data management knowledge should include a thorough understanding of investment management data-sets including transactions, holdings and instrument data-sets.
• Sees the 'bigger picture' and assesses relationships between solutions / projects and business performance.
• The candidate should have a functional understanding of the investment management end-to-end trade life cycle, specifically from a front-office perspective. Knowledge of corporate actions processing, stock lending, investment restrictions (including sanctions) and experience with order management systems (specifically, Bloomberg AIM and Charles River (CRD) would be advantageous.
• The role demands building lasting and trusted relationships with front office stakeholders (including fund managers, analysts, desk assistants and production support staff and demonstrating to said stakeholders that the data management support offered by the role understands their needs from a data perspective.
• Adherence to the global policies and standards within all projects, processes and outputs.
• Ability to manage multiple work-streams simultaneously, effectively prioritizing personal and team workload and actively seek guidance for wider priority decisions. Should be flexible to work as an Individual contributor or/and team manager.
• Maintain accuracy and completeness in all outputs, processes, systems and communications as an integral part of delivery
• The candidate will also be expected to achieve results through influence and persuasion as well as exercise direct authority.
• The candidate will also adhere to and be able to demonstrate adherence to internal controls. This will be achieved by adherence to all relevant procedures, keeping appropriate records and, where appropriate, by the timely implementation of internal and external audit points, including issues raised by external regulators.
• The candidate will implement the Group compliance policy by containing compliance risk in liaison with Global Head of Compliance, Global Compliance Officer, Area Compliance Officer or Local Compliance Officer. The term ‘compliance’ embraces all relevant financial services laws, rules and codes with which the business has to comply.
• This will be achieved by adhering to all relevant processes/procedures and by liaising with Compliance department about new business initiatives at the earliest opportunity. Also and when applicable, by ensuring adequate resources are in place and training is provided, fostering a compliance culture and optimizing relations with regulators.
• To maintain HSBC internal control standards, including the timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators.
• The candidate will be required to work within the overall framework of the Asset Management Group Operations