Business Analyst - Asset Management [CFA]

Project Description:This role sits within a small, high-impact team supporting Public/Private Market investment activities in a Singapore Sovereign Fund.
The team partners closely with Portfolio Management, Trading, Investment Operations, Risk, and Technology teams to deliver trusted investment data, reporting, and analytical capabilities that support investment decision-making and operational excellence.
The role focuses on public markets instruments, investment operations, reporting, and investment data management, with opportunities to contribute across business analysis, data analytics, and process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Act as a subject matter expert on public markets instruments and investment data, ensuring reporting outputs accurately reflect market and operational activities.
• Prepare, maintain, and enhance analysis-ready datasets to support portfolio management, investment operations, reporting, and analytics.
• Translate business questions and stakeholder requirements into structured data requirements, metrics, and analytical solutions.
• Develop and maintain reporting datasets and analytical models used for recurring reporting, dashboards, and ad-hoc analysis.
• Investigate recurring data, reporting, and operational issues through root-cause analysis and recommend sustainable solutions.
• Partner with portfolio managers, investment operations, risk, and technology teams to support reporting and analytical initiatives.
• Contribute to business analysis activities including requirements gathering, solution design, process improvement, and user acceptance testing.

Mandatory Skills Description:

• 5-8 years of experience in Asset Management, Investment Management, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Private Equity, Investment Operations, Investment Reporting, or Data/Business Analyst roles supporting investment teams.
• Investment Domain Knowledge: Strong understanding of investment products and operational processes across Public and/or Private Markets.
• Familiarity with fund structures, capital calls, distributions, valuations, commitments, NAV reporting, cashflows, and portfolio reporting.
• Experience supporting investment, finance, operations, or portfolio management teams.
• Advanced SQL proficiency
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience investigating investment data and reporting issues.
• Experience working with large and evolving datasets.

Nice-to-Have Skills Description:

• Experience with Tableau, Power BI, QlikView, or Qlik Sense.
• Familiarity with Snowflake or cloud data platforms.
• Experience working with JIRA.
• Knowledge of Python for data analysis or automation.
• CFA qualification (Level 2 or above preferred)