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Career Opportunities
At KWAP, we aspire to become a High-Performance Organisation. We believe that high-performing talent will help us achieve this goal.
As an organisation that is in constant pursuit of high performance and excellence, we offer the following Employee Value Proposition:
WE PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE GROWTH OF THE NATION'S PENSION FUND INDUSTRY
WE PROVIDE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
WE OFFER COMPETITIVE REWARDS AND A CONDUCIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT
Job Vacancies
Assistant Vice President, Finance and Accounts - KWEST
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting
- Coordinate the preparation of financial statements and management accounts to ensure the accuracy of financial data and that all stakeholders adhere to the accounts’ closing timeline.
- Prepare and maintain the financial projection of the company for submission to KWAP and ensure KWAP is aware of KWEST’s capital requirements.
- Establish and maintain the Financial Policies and Guidelines to ensure the achievement of KWEST’s financial objectives and ensure that they are aligned with KWAP’s Financial Policies and relevant reporting standards (e.g., International Financial Reporting Standards and Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards).
Management Reporting
- Coordinate and manage the preparation of management reports including the analysis of the financial position and performance of KWEST and its investee companies (e.g., subsidiaries, joint ventures, and associates) to ensure the management is aware of the performance of KWEST and investee companies.
- Manage, plan, and coordinate the accounts at the group level to ensure investee companies adhere to the timeline and requirements for accounts closing timeline.
Statutory (financial) and Internal Audit
- Coordinate statutory (financial) audit by ensuring the audit report is clean and free from any audit queries (i.e., qualified opinion).
- Manage and coordinate the group financial audit of investee companies wholly owned by KWEST.
- Assist the relevant stakeholders on the internal audit exercise relating to finance, accounts, and procurement for KWEST to ensure compliance with the relevant internal and external requirements and processes.
Finance and Payment Management
- Manage and coordinate the centralised payment function at KWEST by ensuring all payments (i.e., investment and operations) are submitted to KWAP for payment processing and adhere to internal and external policies and processes.
- Establish and maintain the relevant intellectual documents (e.g., Standard Operating Procedures) to ensure KWEST operates within proper internal control and complies with internal and external compliance requirements.
Accounts and Budget Management
- Prepare and manage the expenditure budget (i.e., operating expenditure and capital expenditure) of KWEST to ensure it is in line with KWEST’s business plan and blueprint.
- Establish and maintain the relevant intellectual documents (e.g., policies, guidelines, standard operating, procedures, etc.) in relation to budget monitoring, controls, and virement.
Procurement Management
- Coordinate the centralised procurement function at KWEST and support the team in procuring goods and/or services by coordinating with KWAP’s Procurement Function to ensure a smooth procurement process.
- Coordinate and monitor contract management (e.g., vendors, subscriptions, etc.) to ensure a smooth renewal process.
Financial and Tax Knowledge
- Be aware of financial and tax requirements to meet and comply with the relevant internal and external compliance requirements (e.g., Inland Revenue Board, Customs, Companies Commission Malaysia, etc.).
Investment Team Support
- Assist the investment team on pre-investment and post-investment activities (e.g., due diligence drawdown, distribution, etc.) and develop an understanding of the private market especially real estate in order to analyse the financial and tax structure of existing and new investments.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or any related field.
- Professional certification (e.g., ACCA, ICAEW, CFA, CPA) will be an added advantage.
- Minimum 8 years of relevant working experience.
- Able to work independently.
- Able to work under tight deadlines and in a fast-paced environment.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Associate, Market Intelligence and Sustainability - KWEST
Key Responsibilities
Market Intelligence and Research
- Assist in conducting research initiatives that support the company’s development and investment strategies.
- Support the collection and preliminary analysis of market data, including industry trends, macroeconomic factors, competitor activities, and other relevant market dynamics.
- Conduct market studies to support and enhance investment proposals.
- Assist in providing insights and recommendations to management based on market research findings.
- Contribute to the preparation and publication of investment-related or ad-hoc research papers.
- Assist in preparing and presenting research findings to key stakeholders, including senior management.
Sustainability
- Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of sustainability strategies that align with KWAP’s and KWEST’s business objectives.
- Assist in integrating sustainable practices across KWEST’s operations and investment activities.
- Monitor and track sustainability metrics, contributing to the evaluation and reporting of the company’s sustainability performance.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including KWAP, relevant authorities, and industry partners, to stay informed on best practices and regulatory requirements in sustainability.
Stakeholder Management
- Liaise with partners, government departments, property consultants, and researchers to gather necessary information, data, and reports that support investment proposals.
- Participate in internal stakeholder engagement and communication efforts to ensure that KWEST’s interests are represented and protected.
- Support the building and maintenance of strong relationships with stakeholders to facilitate collaboration and achieve mutual goals.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Real Estate, Property Management, Urban Planning, Real Estate Sustainability, or any related field.
- Minimum 4 years of relevant working experience in real estate research, consultancy, or valuation.
- Possess experience in sustainability or ESG research and implementation is an added advantage.
Associate, Fund Level Strategy and Advisory - Portfolio Strategy and Research
Key Responsibilities
- Provide recommendations to stakeholders on the Fund’s Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) while aligning with the approved risk appetite as well as taking into consideration of macroeconomic factors, funding of future pension liabilities and other investment parameters.
- Work with public market asset classes to enable short-term asset allocation adjustments to capitalise on opportunities arising from market dislocations and to enhance investment returns.
- Collaborate with asset classes in coordinating the capital deployment, and SAA transition and to plan for the annual investment strategy and return targets.
- Work with stakeholders to produce actionable recommendations to enhance the Fund Level Investment Strategy, identification of new trends and asset classes, asset and liability modelling, performance benchmarking, and risk budgeting.
- Support the department in the management of the unit’s team dynamics, workflow and processes, resources and preparation of relevant budget.
- Provide support to the team in the preparation of the unit’s business plan and preparation of the relevant budget as well as the selection or utilisation of relevant tools or investment platforms.
- Support the department in managing counterparty relationships as well as effectively monitor corresponding documentation and/or changes thereof.
- Perform all other relevant duties as assigned by the Head of Department (HOD) from time to time, including ad-hoc matters.
Key Requirements
- Degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Accounting and Finance, Engineering, or any related quantitative disciplines.
- Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in a similar field.
- Possess working knowledge in a multi-asset investing discipline.
Associate, Transaction Services - Investment Services Function
Key Responsibilities
- Assist the Private Equity unit’s Assistant Vice President (AVP) in managing the day-to-day private market operation and ensuring the efficient execution of all investment settlements of Private Equity transactions.
- Ensure all transactions for the private market are processed, cleared, and settled accurately within the prescribed timeline and in accordance with the statutory, regulatory, and KWAP Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Guidelines.
- Comprehensive and efficient process of verifying and authorising journals, payment vouchers, and confirmation letters for Private Equity and Treasury.
- To support all investment department initiatives and be highly involved in all discussion, planning, user acceptance testing, execution, etc.
- Perform ad hoc tasks as assigned by the AVP, Vice President (VP), Head of Department (HOD) and the Management.
- Possess comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while doing projects or guiding and training others on managing projects.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business, Computer Science, Accountancy, Economics or any related field.
- Minimum 4 years of relevant working experience.
- Experience in the middle office or back office for treasury and investment activities.
- Good knowledge of domestic and global market regulations and understanding of the investment instruments in the market.
Associate, Equity Research and Strategy - Portfolio Strategy and Research Department
Key Responsibilities
- Proactive sourcing of relevant internal and external data on macro and micro levels, including through direct and indirect sources.
- Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of micro indicators and data to ascertain the health, risk, and opportunities for investment.
- Produce timely research analysis and reports in supporting business decisions on:
✓ Investment Strategy
✓ Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation
✓ ESG and Thought Leader
✓ Asset Class Investments - Analyse data, produce research reports, and present to relevant stakeholders (e.g. Investment Committee, Investment Panel, Board members, etc.), highlighting key issues for the business’s attention.
- Propose the next course of action for consideration on any issues related to investee companies.
- Promote interactive knowledge sharing and intellectual discourse on current issues and pertinent research topics to build knowledge in investment teams to support investment decisions.
- Database management as the main point of reference for any investment-related data produced by the Portfolio Strategy and Research Department (PSRD).
- Perform understanding, development, application and maintenance of various research and data analysis models and methodologies.
- Engagement with investee companies, regulators, industry players, and others for knowledge building.
- Active Relationship Building within the Investment Ecosystem and Market-Facing Presence, locally and internationally.
- Plan and lead the production of thought leadership pieces pertaining to market, strategy, regulatory, and other developments of note related to investment research.
- To regularly attend, participate, or represent KWAP in conferences, forums, discussions, and briefings, including speaking engagements and deliberations around market outlook and investment themes regularly within or outside of the department.
- To effectively manage and assist with the organisation and management of in-house talks, workshops, and other forums as and when required.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Investment, Finance, Accounting, other related professional qualifications, or any related field.
- Minimum 4 years of relevant working experience.
Assistant Vice President, Equity Research and Strategy - Portfolio Strategy and Research Department
Key Responsibilities
- Proactive sourcing of relevant internal and external data on macro and micro levels, including through direct and indirect sources. The data is used for investment analysis which is intended for investment recommendation.
- Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of micro indicators and data to ascertain the health, risk, and opportunities for investment as well as supporting investment decision-making.
- Develop financial model for key investible companies under coverage to analyse company performances. These financial models are utilised to supplement the analysis which is used to form investment recommendations.
Produce Research Recommendation
- Produce timely research analysis and review subordinates’ reports for business decisions on:
✓Research reports
✓Fair value
✓Ad-hoc assignments
✓Investment strategy - The recommendation is formed so an investment decision can be made.
- Review and decide on final recommendations on investment calls for all regions.
- Form an investment strategy for global equity research and provide guidance and support to asset allocation strategy
Research reporting and presentation
- Monitor and alert internal stakeholders on any fundamental change of the existing corporates in the event of any industry or corporate development.
- Prepare, present, review, and disseminate reports or assessments, including management papers for the relevant committees for deliberation and consideration for the next course of action.
Knowledge management
- Plan, establish, enhance, and promote relevant department database as a main point of reference for any investment-related data produced by the Portfolio Strategy and Research Department (PSRD) to foster interactive knowledge sharing and intellectual discourse on current issues.
- Plan and lead the production of thought leadership pieces pertaining to market, strategy, regulatory, and other developments of note related to equity research.
Investment Relationship Management
- Conduct due diligence via engagement with investee companies, regulators, industry players, and others to keep abreast of the latest developments that might have an impact on KWAP’s investments.
- Establish and maintain relationships with industry, trade, and professional organisations to enhance the visibility of the organisation and portfolio companies in the marketplace.
People or Talent Management
- Mentor and guide direct reports and peers. Accountable for the performance of the unit and ensure the quality of reports meet the required standard.
- Review and approve subordinates’ reports for dissemination and is responsible for the unit’s investment recommendation.
- Plan, organise, and propose training and development for subordinates within equity research.
Planning and Organising
- Initiate, plan, and provide solutions on any improvement of research or analysis functions as well as actively take part in KWAP and investment division-wide projects or events. Ensure that the unit is in full compliance without compromising investment decision-making processes.
- Plan, set up, refine, manage timelines, and coordinate work required to ensure timely updates for equity research.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business, Computer Science, Accountancy, Economics, or any related field.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant working experience.
- Experience in strategic management and leadership across company functions.
Associate, Investment - Private Equity Department
Key Responsibilities
- Develop Private Equity (PE) investment portfolio strategy based on the future outlook of PE market.
- Research, evaluate, and select the best fit asset manager and company in managing organisation’s investment assets, including discretionary and non-discretionary funds.
- Assessment of qualitative and quantitative factors in the selection of investment in various markets as per overall organisation investment strategy.
- The development, assessment, and negotiation of appropriate investment structure and instruments in managing the risk and return of investment.
- Perform commercial, legal, financial, tax, and other relevant due diligence for investment purposes.
- Execution of investment including Limited Partnership Agreement (LPA) for funds and Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for direct/co-investments.
- Management, monitoring, and providing decision on corporate action events. Obtaining approval from Head of Department (HOD) or relevant committees to subscribe to rights issue, stock split, bonus issues, warrants, and others. Liaise with relevant department to undertake necessary action in relation to investee companies’ corporate action exercises that may or may not have significant impact on shareholdings in the portfolio.
- Perform strategic analysis, market intelligence, networking, and capability to source for investment opportunities.
- Perform execution of exit strategy for specific investment.
- Active Relationship Building within Investment Ecosystem and Market-Facing Presence, locally and internationally. Building reputation in Investment Capability, including Thought Leadership.
- Liaise with relevant regulators and stakeholders as and when required. Obtaining Investment approval from Ministry of Finance (MOF) when required.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Investment, Accounting, or any related field.
- Minimum 4 years of relevant working experience.
- Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Possess knowledge and capacity to develop skills in corporate finance, screening and selection, as well as valuation methods of funds and direct/co-investment opportunities and the nature of PE businesses.
- Able to familiarise with the investment process including financial and legal due diligence, as well as subscription, Limited Partners (LP) and shareholder agreements.
- Ability to understand the difference and importance of LP Advisory Committee matters, LP matters, shareholder reserves matters, and board reserves matters.
- Possess strong people and communication skills and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
- Completion or progress towards professional certification (e.g., CFA, ACCA, etc.) is an added advantage.
- Able to work with minimum supervision and under tight deadlines.
Associate, Value Creation Management – Private Equity Department
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in developing Private Equity (PE) and Infra direct/co-investment value creation strategy based on current PE and Infra portfolio performance as well as the future outlook of the market.
- Evaluation of current companies and development of value-adding plans to support the portfolio companies’ growth for local, regional, and global expansion.
- Assist the Investment Team in identifying and prioritising key strategic initiatives across businesses with specified performance matrices and developing value-creation plans for new investments.
- Assist in developing, assessing, and negotiating appropriate bolt-on investment structures and instruments in managing the risk and return of investment.
- Perform commercial, legal, financial, tax, and other relevant due diligence for bolt-on investment purposes.
- Execution of bolt-on investment including Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for direct/co-investments.
- Assist in managing, monitoring, and providing decisions on corporate action events. Obtaining approval from the Head of Department (HOD) or relevant committees to subscribe to rights issues, stock splits, bonus issues, warrants, and others. Liaise with the relevant department to undertake necessary action in relation to investee companies’ corporate action exercises that may or may not have a significant impact on shareholdings in the portfolio.
- Map out industry landscapes and develop strategic direction and growth initiatives that clearly outline the returns for the direct/co-investment portfolios, including via revenue expansion and increase in profitability.
- Encourage the companies within the Private Equity Department’s (PED) portfolio to collaborate across strategic initiatives, with the right team members working together towards successful delivery of synergies.
- Work closely with the Investment Team in the execution of exit strategy for specific investments.
- Active Relationship Building within the Investment Ecosystem and Market-Facing Presence, locally and internationally. Building reputation in Investment Capability, including Thought Leadership.
- Liaise with relevant regulators and stakeholders as required. Obtaining Investment approval from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) when required.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Investment, Business Management, Economics, or any related field
- Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong grasp on operational excellence, problem-solving and turnarounds, as well as corporate finance and valuation methods of direct/co-investment opportunities and the nature of PE and Infra businesses.
- High familiarisation with the investment process including financial and legal due diligence, as well as shares subscription and shareholder agreements.
- Clear understanding of the difference and importance of shareholder reserves matters, and board reserves matters.
- Possess strong people and communication skills and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
- Completion or progress towards professional certification (e.g., CFA, ACCA, etc.) is an added advantage.
- Able to work with minimum supervision and under tight deadlines.
Associate, External Fund Management – Equity Department
Key Responsibilities
- Identify appropriate investment strategies, conduct due diligence and onboard suitable strategies, funds, or mandates.
- Strategise and implement external equity mandates which include appointment and termination of external equity mandates.
- Ensure performances of the External Fund Managers’ (EFM) portfolios are assessed by the performance matrix, on a periodical basis and monitor efforts taken by the EFM towards improving the performances against selected benchmarks and improving the investment income.
- Build rapport and networking within the investment industry such as External Fund Managers, Investment Banks or Pension Funds.
- Plan, conduct, audit, and report on visits to EFM offices. Collaborate with the Risk Management and Compliance Department (RMCD) to conduct risk audit visits to EFM offices.
- Collaborate with other departments to develop external fund management mandates and achieve specific project objectives.
- Develop, review, and adhere to the relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Investment Guidelines, Investment Policy, and Investment Management Agreements (IMA).
- Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while guiding and training others on managing projects.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance or Accountancy.
- Minimum 4 years of relevant working experience.
- Experience in related investment or fund management is an added advantage.
Associate, Data Management - Retirement Research Function
Key Responsibilities
- Identify, prepare, and store internal and external data in a suitable format for further analyses.
- Manage suitable database structure for analytical analysis purposes.
- Perform data validation and reconciliation with various data sources.
- Maintain data relevancy and accessibility based on the organisation’s requirements.
- Produce insights from retirement-related databases for policymakers and KWAP internal use or reference.
- Plan and compile the project scope requirements to ensure the achievement of the project’s outcome and deliverables within the desired cost, timeline, and resources.
- Participate in special projects and other various engagements with stakeholders.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or any related field.
- Minimum 4 years of working experience in any related field.
- Experience in working with data warehouses, preferably in the financial industry.
- Knowledge of relevant programming languages, for example, SQL, Python, R, Excel, and others.
- Knowledge of systems related to the function, for example, PG2, CRM, HRMIS, Tableau, and others.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience in requirement analysis, data extraction, and data preparation
Associate, Functional Reference - Contribution Department
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee day-to-day Contribution Management System (CMS)’s core and portal operations, including performance monitoring, troubleshooting, issue resolution, and enhancements to support business operations.
- Serve as the main contact for system vendors, ensuring clear communication, and timely resolution of issues and enhancements.
- Analyse contribution management processes, gather business user requirements and recommend system improvements to meet operational goals.
- Coordinate new system projects, track progress, manage timelines, and lead functional testing, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Define and document integration requirements for the system’s core and portal, ensuring seamless compatibility with existing systems and platforms. Oversee interface specifications, data flows, and interoperability to maintain efficient system operations.
- Manage the execution of Contribution Reporting System (CRS) enhancements, from the requirements gathering phase up until the user testing and deployment.
- Maintain and monitor system data within the core and portal to ensure accuracy, consistency, and proper data flow. Perform regular data audits, resolve inconsistencies, and implement improvements to align with business and compliance requirements.
- Act as the main liaison with the digital team for troubleshooting and technical support for all systems and tools within the department.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or any related field.
- Minimum 5 years of working experience in data management, system development, or business analytics.
- Possess analytical and problem-solving skills, oral and written communication skills, and project management skills.
Associate, Quality Assurance - Contribution Department
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, update, standardise, and enhance Intellectual Document (IDM) such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Guidelines, Policies, Discretionary Authority Limit (DAL) and Limit of Authority (LOA), for all contribution-related processes, ensuring consistency and adherence to governance.
- Benchmark against industry standards to ensure processes remain efficient and aligned with best practices.
- Implement a structured version control system to track updates and revisions, ensuring practices align with the latest IDM versions.
- Identify, document, and analyse current business workflows to pinpoint possible redundancies and inefficiencies to enhance performance under Business Process Management (BPM).
- Manage internal and external audits to verify adherence to SOPs and guidelines, ensuring agreed corrective actions are resolved in a timely manner.
- Prepare financial budgets for yearly operations, projects, and initiatives, leveraging past data and planned activities.
- Collaborate with Section Heads and the Head of Department (HOD) to identify key drivers and outcome initiatives for the departmental scorecard and establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that align with business plan objectives.
- Serve as the final gate for business user sign-off on the new system’s readiness from the business perspective, ensuring it meets the agreed-upon requirements.
- Act as internal check and balance and participate in various departmental projects to ensure high-quality deliverables are produced by the project team.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Quality Management, Risk Management, or any related field.
- Minimum 5 years of working experience in any related field.
- Experience in quality assurance, compliance and governance, process improvement and operational excellence will be an added advantage.
- Possess analytical and problem-solving skills, oral and written communication skills, and presentation skills.
Associate, Budget - Accounts and Finance
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare daily and monthly bank reconciliations.
- Update the departmental budget utilisation, budget analysis, and monthly slide deck.
- Assist in confirming budget details on purchase requisition forms submitted to the procurement helpdesk.
- Process budget virements.
- Maintain the budget module and multiple ledgers in the system.
- Assist and prepare the annual budget and mid-year review process.
- Liaise with departments on budget-related matters.
Key Requirements
- Possess at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Minimum 3 years of working experience in a similar role.
- Possess extensive knowledge of the financial accounting system.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in data analysis and report preparation.
- Able to work with minimal supervision.
Associate, Risk Reporting, Policy, and Quants – Risk Management and Compliance Department
Key Responsibilities
Frameworks, Policies, Guidelines, and Procedures
- To support the development and implementation of risk management policies and procedures, gather data, conduct research, and assist in developing, managing, implementing, and improving the organisation’s risk management policies, norms, and practices.
- Assist the team in creating, overseeing, interpreting, and comprehending policies and procedures while ensuring that they align with organisational strategy and goals.
Corporate Governance
- Assist and support in reviewing and providing recommendations to the group-wide governance framework to establish a clear responsibility, accountability, authority, and governance structure, ensuring KWAP has established good corporate governance based on best practices and standards.
- Assist in liaising with other departments to ensure the risk management process is efficient and effective.
Project Management
- Participate in projects and assist in ensuring the achievement of the project’s outcomes and deliverables within the desired cost, timeline, and resources.
- Participate in various engagements with stakeholders.
Stakeholder Management
- To prepare notification and proposal papers related to risk management and assist the supervisor in the presentation to the Board, Senior Management, and Management committees.
- Participate in project discussions, design infrastructure, and supervise the team in testing and project planning.
Strategic Planning
- Assess and measure the relevant risk mitigation controls, their effectiveness, and the impact level, to prevent recurrence.
- Monitor risk exposures and challenges and provide recommendations for process improvement.
- Assist supervisors in formulating and designing the structures, and approval processes, strategising implementation plans, and ensuring the effective rollout of those plans.
Reporting
- Assist, manage, and prepare comprehensive, accurate, and timely analytical periodic risk reporting.
- Use data-driven analysis to interpret and determine causal factors, risk impacts, and reporting.
- Assist the team in reporting on issues and the relevant follow-up actions to ensure all issues are rectified within the timeframe.
Costing and Budgeting
- Collate items and prepare annual budget to ensure sufficient cost average to support risk management initiatives and operations
In-depth Analysis
- Provide support in analysing data trends in reporting to facilitate informed decision-making.
- Escalate to the immediate supervisor in the event of significant changes in related data trends.
Presentation Skills and Verbal Communication
- Act with expertise as the organisation’s authority on using clear and effective verbal communication skills to express ideas, request actions, and formulate plans or policies.
- Able to act as the organisational authority on communicating with the Management, Investment Panel, and Board level by speaking in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.
Key Requirements
- At least a Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science, Finance, Risk Management, Statistics, Accounting, or any related field.
- Professional certification such as Financial Risk Manager (FRM) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is an added advantage.
- Minimum 5 years of direct working experience in risk management, preferably related to quantitative analysis and simulation.
- Good analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
Assistant Vice President, Credit Risk, Risk Management and Compliance
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning
- Lead in the strategic planning and management of KWAP’s Risk framework to ensure the appropriate structure, people, and processes are in place to support effective implementation of credit risk activities to meet departmental KPIs and strategic outcomes.
- Conduct benchmarking studies on relevant areas to identify industry best practices related to credit risk policy, procedures, and processes.
- Ensure that KWAP’s business operations and processes are robust and keep abreast of current developments in economic, political, technological, and social landscapes, in line with KWAP’s strategic objective to become thought leaders.
Credit Risk Management
Review investment proposals or notifications related to fixed income, loans, private credit, treasury activities, and fund level investment strategies.
Provide guidance to direct reports on the preparation of risk review to facilitate decision making at Investment Committee and Investment Panel.
Review the compliance of investment risk exposure against approved risk limits and lead a discussion of a mitigation plan with the compliance unit and fund managers in the event of non-compliance.
Review periodic or ad hoc stress simulations on fixed income risk for investment portfolios.
Review and assess risk exposures Vis a Vis risk appetite external factors and internal capabilities or strategies.
Organising and Implementation
- Lead and coordinate the development and overseeing credit risk management activities, including enhancing risk culture and awareness, to meet commitments aligned with organisational goals and business objectives.
- Provide oversight and guidance and facilitate the identification and analysis of inherent and material risks and impacts on KWAP’s environment, business operations, and activities.
Stakeholder Management, Communication, and Reporting
- Lead the credit risk team to identify and manage stakeholders (Board, Board-level committees, Management-level committees, Senior Management, and other identified stakeholders), and ensure timely and effective communication of risk issues.
- Guide the credit risk team to understand stakeholders’ needs, issues, or concerns and react to these by leading, coordinating, and implementing the required action plans.
- Develop structured communication that is aligned with the desired objectives and deploy different styles of influence to persuade relevant stakeholders and gain internal and external consensus.
- Manage timely and effective reporting of all risk concerns via preparation of management reports for the Board, Board-level committees, Management-level committees, Senior Management, and other identified stakeholders.
Integrated and Analytical Thinking
- Lead the credit risk team to apply integrated and analytical thinking in implementing credit risk management activities to ensure effective problem-solving and holistic decision making.
- Gather relevant information from different sources to identify issues and opportunities.
- Analyse information and use a methodical step-by-step approach to break down complex problems or processes into their constituents’ parts (if relevant) to identify causes and propose appropriate solutions.
- Evaluate possible implications of solution options and arrive at a decision contextual to the situation.
- Provide guidance and training to others on analysing fixed income and credit risk data trends or outlook in reporting to facilitate decision making.
Investment Risk System
- Supervise and provide guidance to the credit risk team in the maintenance and management of credit risk systems and engagement with vendors, IT, and other stakeholders in the maintenance and troubleshooting of the system.
Costing and Budgeting
- Review and provide guidance on annual budget preparation to ensure sufficient cost coverage for recurring and/or new credit risk systems, initiatives, and operations.
Policy Development and Implementation
- Lead in formulating, reviewing, developing, and implementing intellectual documents (i.e., Framework, Policies, Guidelines and SOPs) to ensure adequate governance and guidance related to fixed income, loans, and private credit asset classes.
- Provide recommendations to improve policies, processes, and procedures for effective organisational management and business operation. This includes assessing the credit risk controls related to the processes documented in the standard operating procedure (SOP).
Project Management
- Oversee or lead the Risk Management and Compliance Department projects and other projects at the departmental and/or enterprise level and ensure the achievement of the project’s outcome and deliverables within the desired cost, timeline, and resources.
- Provide advisory in relation to risk and operational issues as well as participate in various engagements with stakeholders.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Risk Management, Economics, Statistics, Accounting, or any related field.
- Possess professional certification such as Financial Risk Manager (FRM) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) will be an added advantage.
- Minimum 5 to 8 years of direct working experience in risk management. Preferably in credit risk management.
- Possess knowledge of loan and treasury products, particularly fixed income, hedging, and funding.
- Well-versed in financial industry best practices on credit or market risk management.
- Result-oriented, resourceful, and proactive individuals.
- Possess strong analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
- Experienced in strategic management and leadership across company functions, directing substantial resources with a minimum of 2 years experience in a managerial role.
Associate, Private Market, Risk Management and Compliance
Key Responsibilities
Policy Development and Implementation
- Assist in the development, enhancement, and implementation of private market risk policies and guidelines under the investment risk intellectual documents to ensure in line with the development in investment strategy and approved business plan under various related policies and guidelines (i.e., Investment Policy (IP), Investment Guidelines (IG), Financial Policy, and Guidelines (FPG).
Private Market Risk Management
- Collate information and conduct research in reviewing investment proposals related to private market portfolios and fund level investment strategy and provide independent investment risk review and guidance to direct report to facilitate decision making at Investment Committee, Investment Panel, and KWEST Board meetings.
- Monitor the compliances of investment risk exposure against approved private market risk limits and escalate to immediate supervisor and compliance unit in the event of non-compliances.
- Perform periodic/ad-hoc stress simulation on private market risk for investment portfolio.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Conduct research, participate in site visits and joint initiatives, and provide relevant risk advisory with guidance from supervisors on private market risk strategy and system for internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide support in the closure of internal and external audit findings for private market risk findings of stakeholders.
- Provide support in preparing relevant private market risk notification and investment proposal papers and assist in performing presentations to KWAP’s Board, Senior Management, and Management committees.
Reporting
- Prepare periodic and ad-hoc private market risk reporting as required for internal usage and distribution to support monitoring and decision making to Senior Management and Board-level committees, relevant committees, and other identified stakeholders.
Data Analysis
- Provide support in analysing private market risk reporting data trends and outlook to facilitate decision making. Escalate to immediate supervisor in the event of significant market and portfolio movement
Investment Risk System
- Maintain private market risk system and engagement with vendors, IT and other stakeholders in the maintenance and troubleshooting the system. Escalate to immediate supervisor in the event of system issue
Costing and Budgeting
- Collate items and prepare annual budget to ensure sufficient cost coverage for recurring and/or new private market risk system, initiatives, and operations.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Risk Management, Statistics, Accounting, or any related field.
- Professional certification (e.g., Financial Risk Manager (FRM) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) will be an added advantage.
- Possess 4 to 7 years of direct working experience in risk management. Preferably in the private market, fund management, or banking sector and financial industry.
- Good analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
Vice President, Digital Governance, Digital and Security Governance
Key Responsibilities
- Manage digital governance, risk management, and compliance matters, ensuring human resources are engaged and trained with relevant skills and knowledge.
- Oversee, plan, execute, and implement best practices, formulating policies, guidelines, procedures, risk management, and compliance related to Information Technology (IT) operation and management.
- Acts as the organisational authority and expert on interpreting and applying knowledge of laws, regulations, and policies in the area of expertise.
- Manage internal and external audit queries and controls, such as conducting audit walkthroughs, tracking data/information requests, and managing auditors and auditees to ensure the completion of audits.
- Manage the identified or current organisation’s ISO standard. Knowledgeable of identified or current ISO management system standards, certification body’s processes and business management practices.
- Understand the alignment of Disaster Recovery (DR) with KWAP’s corporate Business Continuity Plan (BCP), including designing suitable technology to enhance resiliency and availability.
- Perform management of incidents and service requests raised by users, including managing the service management system, monitoring the resolution of requests, and communicating with relevant stakeholders.
- Facilitate IT governance, risk, and compliance reports to relevant committees (including but not limited to Digital Technology Committee (DTC), Senior Leaderships Committee (SLC), or Board Risk and Compliance Committee (BRCC).
- Manage the rights, renewals, amendments, and relationships defined throughout the organisation’s IT contract portfolio. Track and send alerts for contract renewal.
- Manage, control, track, and protect the organisation’s technology assets throughout their life cycle from acquisition to final disposition.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or any related field.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of standards and best practices, such as ISO 27001, COBIT, or ITIL.
- Experience with IT Asset Management tools and software licensing management, vendor, 3rd party management, or IT contract management.
- Strong knowledge and experience in other IT areas (e.g., Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), cyber security, IT infrastructure and cloud operations) will be an added advantage.
- Lead a team or group of people while performing governance and compliance, audit, IT risk, and other IT-related areas.
Assistant Vice President, Digital Management, Digital and Security Governance
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee, plan, and execute the Digital governance activities to ensure alignment with business goals, following established rules, policies, and processes.
- Oversee, plan, and execute compliance with applicable rules, policies, standards, and laws set by industry and government for Digital management and operations.
- Manage, control, track, and protect the organisation’s technology assets throughout their life cycle from acquisition to the final disposition.
- Identify needs, gather information, draft policy solutions, consult relevant parties, and continuously review policies to provide effective guardrails in managing the organisation’s activities.
- Manage the rights, renewals, amendments and relationships defined throughout its contract portfolio. Track and send alerts for contract renewal.
- Act as the Enterprise Service Management (ESM) system administrator and manage contracts with the support vendor to define service levels, support and maintenance, and licensing, ensuring the system operates smoothly and without interruptions for daily operational tasks.
- Manage periodic Digital vendor performance reviews to measure their performance and delivery against established criteria and benchmarks, ensuring their performance aligns with agreed-upon standards and expectations.
- Implement quality control measures to review and track all Digital assets, ensuring accurate records.
- Develop partnerships with stakeholders and vendors to oversee the lifecycle of Digital hardware and software assets by maintaining an inventory of license validity.
- Support the Digital Technology Committee (DTC) by managing communications, organising meetings, and updating reports..
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or any related field.
- Strong understanding of Digital asset components, encompassing both hardware and software.
- Possess International Association of IT Asset Managers (IAITAM) certification or an equivalent Information Technology Asset Manager (ITAM) certification will be an added advantage.
- Possess experience in IT contract management by demonstrating knowledge in drafting, reviewing, and monitoring contracts related to IT services, software, and hardware.
- Strong knowledge of ISO 27001, COBIT, or ITIL will be an added advantage.
Associate, Investment Management Support, Digital Operations
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and manage business system users while coordinating an engagement plan and ensure that all relevant parties are appropriately involved.
- Coordinate 2nd level support by collecting details of incidents and providing troubleshooting, resolution, and workaround. Update the status of the incident and the resolution details in the helpdesk system.
- Conduct User Acceptance Test or Final Acceptance Test to verify provided solution for incident ticket and Business-As-Usual (BAU) request.
- Monitor the daily operation ability of the business system by providing suggestions for improvement and enhancement of the function ability of the system when necessary.
- Involve in Business Continuity Plan exercise including shutting-down, monitoring, powering-up, and rectification of related system.
- Perform periodical reviews on system capacity, performance, availability, and function ability with users.
- Execute, monitor, and update status on back-office processes, including batch processing and fixed SQL-scripting.
- Analyse data to finalise technical and financial proposal of business system improvement plan for budgetary and strategic planning.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), Software Engineering, Statistics, or any related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Software Development Methodologies and software programming, development, and IT system support.
- Experience in the financial industry will be an added advantage.
Vice President, Digital Governance, Digital and Security Governance
Key Responsibilities
- Manage digital governance, risk management, and compliance matters, ensuring human resources are engaged and trained with relevant skills and knowledge.
- Oversee, plan, execute, and implement best practices, formulating policies, guidelines, procedures, risk management, and compliance related to Information Technology (IT) operation and management.
- Acts as the organisational authority and expert on interpreting and applying knowledge of laws, regulations, and policies in the area of expertise.
- Manage internal and external audit queries and controls, such as conducting audit walkthroughs, tracking data/information requests, and managing auditors and auditees to ensure the completion of audits.
- Manage the identified or current organisation’s ISO standard. Knowledgeable of identified or current ISO management system standards, certification body’s processes and business management practices.
- Understand the alignment of Disaster Recovery (DR) with KWAP’s corporate Business Continuity Plan (BCP), including designing suitable technology to enhance resiliency and availability.
- Perform management of incidents and service requests raised by users, including managing the service management system, monitoring the resolution of requests, and communicating with relevant stakeholders.
- Facilitate IT governance, risk, and compliance reports to relevant committees (including but not limited to Digital Technology Committee (DTC), Senior Leaderships Committee (SLC), or Board Risk and Compliance Committee (BRCC).
- Manage the rights, renewals, amendments, and relationships defined throughout the organisation’s IT contract portfolio. Track and send alerts for contract renewal.
- Manage, control, track, and protect the organisation’s technology assets throughout their life cycle from acquisition to final disposition.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or any related field.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of standards and best practices, such as ISO 27001, COBIT, or ITIL.
- Experience with IT Asset Management tools and software licensing management, vendor, 3rd party management, or IT contract management.
- Strong knowledge and experience in other IT areas (e.g., Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), cyber security, IT infrastructure and cloud operations) will be an added advantage.
- Lead a team or group of people while performing governance and compliance, audit, IT risk, and other IT-related areas.
Associate, Secretarial
Key Responsibilities
- Assist the Assistant Vice President (AVP) in performing secretarial duties, including but not limited to, the preparation and organisation of meetings, conduct and proceedings of meetings, issuance of meetings agenda, drafting of minutes, summary decisions, matters arising, etc.
- Provide support to AVP in the organisation of all meetings of the Board / Investment Panel / Management Committees.
- Ensure that the minutes of the meeting and the decisions of the meeting are properly and accurately recorded and produced timely in accordance with the relevant Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Company Secretarial, Accounting, or any related fields.
- Posses license and/or accreditation from relevant professional body will be an added advantage.
- Minimum 3 years of working experience in corporate secretarial practices or in-house company secretarial with knowledge and experience in corporate/company secretarial matters.
- Proficiency in minute-taking with strong attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Associate, Events and CSR
Key Responsibilities
- Assist the Vice President (VP) of Events and CSR in planning, developing, and executing KWAP’s corporate events and CSR framework and strategies.
- Assist in managing corporate events and CSR activities across the company to increase brand equity/value/credibility aligned with KWAP’s mission and vision, CSR framework and its economic, as well as social and environmental impacts towards KWAP stakeholders.
- Propose effective internal and external communication through various channels to build strong branding through events for the company and to improve awareness and engagement in CSR across the company based on KWAP’s vision, core values, and business policy.
- Research and identify the industry’s best practices and new directions in corporate events and CSR by tracking, analysing, and determining those that are most relevant and linked to KWAP’s overall mission and goals.
- Develop and manage processes for evaluating, tracking and responding to requests for donations and charity contributions.
- Assist the VP in managing annual Events and CSR budget and track performance against budget and forecast for all programmes and initiatives.
- Assist the VP in proposing, planning resources and vendor management that will help the implementation of all corporate events and CSR initiatives.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Event Management, Marketing, Graphic Arts and Design, Public Relations, Communications, or any related field.
- Strong creative skills with basic knowledge in graphic design, visual composition, photography and videography.
- Minimum of 3 years of working experience.
- Experience in event management and creative industry.
- Skilled in managing events from initiation to successful implementation, with an in-depth understanding of people matters and change management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and exhibit the ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal and analytical thinking skills.
- Self-motivated, result-oriented, and able to work independently under high pressure and tight schedule with a high degree of integrity and work ethic.
- Strong attention to detail, tactful, able to give and receive constructive criticism, resourceful and a go-getter.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, event performance metrics, and computer-aided design.
If you believe in our Employee Value Proposition and are interested in becoming a part of our high-performance team, we invite you to apply for any available vacancies in our organisation that suit your background and expertise.
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