Investments Operations Specialist

Job Description

Appealing Points:

• Regional Investment Operations Leadership Across Securities & Derivatives Support front-to-back lifecycle operations including securities, derivatives, and collateral management while enabling regional business growth.
• Governance, Regulatory & Third-Party Oversight Expertise Drive regulatory tracking, outsourced function oversight, and vendor management to ensure strong operational control and compliance.
• Global Collaboration & Transformation Enablement Partner with front office, risk, IT, and portfolio teams to enhance platforms, improve service quality, and support expanding international operations in a bilingual environment.

Annual Salary: 7 million yen and above

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for both Security & Derivative and Collateral management Operations across the region, demonstrating a knowledge of the front to back lifecycle. 
• Contribute to expanding capabilities to support growing international business and regional projects.
• Monitor and track regulatory items across both security operations and derivative workstreams.
• Assist regional head in managing 3rd party client and vendor relationships across the region.
• Perform oversight on all activities on outsourced functions and key third parties.
• Be capable of building business cases for change and submitting ideas and being able to work with Regional Manager to obtain global stakeholder buy in and implement suggestions.
• Create and update documentation that is to be used as part of Regional Operations Support.
• Support regional implementation efforts of processing- and data-management platforms and associated governance programs. 
• Work with team members across the organization to understand, identify and address issues or opportunities that lead to effective support processes and improvements in quality of services.
• Liaise with front office teams, back-office teams, portfolio management, risk management and IT across all products for the region.

Job Qualification:

• Bachelors Degree 
• 3-5 years of investments operations experience supporting derivatives & security operations
• Intermediate-Advanced Excel Skills – (Pivots, Macros, V lookup, Graphs)
• Good quantitative, organizational, and planning skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.
• Dedicated, self-motivated, highly eager and interested in developing others.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.  
• Knowledge of Calypso, Murex, Aladdin preferred. Markit EDM, TLM/Smartstream, Tri-Resolve, Bloomberg, FX Connect, DRMS, GTSS, DTCC, MarkIt Wire, and Acadia Soft is a plus
• Fluency in Japanese and English, spoken and written required

Language Requirements:

• Japanese: Fluent level or higher
• English: Business Level

Company Description

Our Client has operations in more than 40 countries and holds leading market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. We are ranked #43 on the Fortune 500 list for 2018. With over 150 years of experience, the companies offer life, accident and health insurance, retirement, and savings products through agents, third-party distributors such as banks and brokers, and direct marketing channels. Our name is recognized and trusted by approximately 100 million customers worldwide, and we serve more than 90 of the top 100 FORTUNE 500 companies in the United States.