Associate/AVP, Regulatory Reporting & Investment Compliance

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 locations around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we Work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.

Investment Services Public Markets

We strive to support business groups with digital capabilities and deliver environmental, social and governance focused capabilities, and market expertise.

What impact can you make in this role? 

You will be part of a team that is an integrated investment service team that partners the business in providing services to support public markets investment.

We are currently looking for an Associate/Assistant Vice President to join our Regulatory Reporting & Investment Compliance (RRIC) team. The RRIC team specializes in researching, managing, and implementing response to all regulatory reporting provisions that affect the firm’s global investments with internal and external advisors. Responsibilities include being the resident expert on regulatory implementation as part of the review of new products and markets across all product lines, particularly as regulations evolved. The team also monitors listed investments across public and private markets to ensure compliance across various restrictions and limits arising from regulations, client guidelines or internal risk frameworks.

What will you do as an Associate/AVP, Regulatory Reporting & Investment Compliance?

• Be part of the Regulatory Reporting and Investment Compliance function, covering pre-trade responsibilities to ensure compliance to regulatory, client and risk frameworks.
• Be involved in the coding, review, testing and implementation of compliance rules across order management, trade execution and compliance platforms.
• Be involved in assessing potential deals and be able to articulate the implication and application of global regulations and related rules on public and private equity deal structures to Deal teams.
• Analyse the impact of new and/or existing regulations to on investment activities and proposed implementation to the regulations.
• Keep abreast of regulatory developments and industry best practices and inform the relevant business units of applicable requirements.
• Become part of a strategic solution for process and control modifications within the group and across other relevant business units.
• Be able to effectively represent RRIC in applying a regulatory compliance lens to new products, markets, and business assessments, as well as change management activities.
• Proactive and persistent in engaging the wider team and subject matter experts, with good stakeholder management.

What qualifications or skills should you possess in this role?  

• Bachelor’s degree in either Accounting/Finance, Business, Legal or a similar field.
• At least 3-6 years of experience within Regulatory Compliance and Investment Monitoring/Portfolio Compliance function.
• Well versed in all financial products across all asset classes would be advantageous, but minimally with equity products.
• Good understanding of regulations and investment monitoring requirements.
• Strong appreciation of process controls.
• Possesses strong analytical skills, good working knowledge with data and able to think strategically.
• Possesses strong communication skills and confidence to effectively engage multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with establishing and meeting critical deadlines, managing multiple projects/deals concurrently as well as tracking and driving execution.
• Naturally inquisitive, curious, and resourceful, while exhibiting drive towards achieving strategic outcomes for the team.

Work at the Point of Impact
We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious, agile, and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas, share your views, and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence, which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact.

Flexibility at GIC
At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection.  At the same time, we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves.  Thus, our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration, but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.

GIC is an equal opportunity employer 
As an employer, we passionately believe every individual brings with them unique diversity of thought and perspectives to meaningfully enrich perspectives of GIC teams to drive competitive performance. An inclusive environment yields exceptional contribution.

Learn more about our Investment Services Public Markets Department here:

https://gic.careers/group/investment-services-public-markets/