AVP/VP, Business Manager, Investment Services & Multi-Strategies

AVP/VP, Business Manager, Investment Services & Multi-Strategies

Location: Singapore, SG

Job Function: Investment Services Private Markets

Job Type: Permanent

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 offices 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 Private Market

The Investment Services Private Market (ISPVM) Department provides strategic investment services and financial management for the Private Markets within the GIC group. Leveraging data and emerging technologies, the department oversees the development and implementation of business infrastructural plans and operating models to scale GIC’s alternative asset investments globally. This covers deal structuring, due diligence and closing, financial operations across GIC’s assets, as well as tax structuring, corporate holding structures, valuations, and financial reporting.

Investment Services and Business Management Multi-Strategies

We are looking for a suitable candidate to join the Investment Services and Business Management Multi-Strategies team. The Business Manager will be responsible for developing the strategic business and operational solutions for the private markets Infrastructure and Integrated Strategies Group, while ensuring smooth running of the day-to-day operations including analytical and business supports.

What impact can you make in this role?

The successful candidate will support the department in delivering sustainable top quartile performance. Be the voice and go-to person for the business and the internal stakeholders, representing business needs. They are required to interact with people at all levels across the firm. He/ She will also work closely with teams across 11 GIC locations, as well as counterparties and service providers across the globe.

What will you do as a Business Manager?

• Understand the strategic agenda and priorities of the business. Develop and implement business operating models, programs, processes, and tools to drive synergies and strategic outcomes; supporting business growth and enable greater scalability in investments support.
• Partner across GIC functional teams to drive operational excellence, investment process digitalization, optimization, and documentation.
• Catalyst to drive business requirements and work with GIC technology teams for native private markets platform development and dashboarding capabilities.
• Collaborate across investment departments for best practice leveraging and to drive execution of cross-departmental initiatives.
• Support data consistency and accuracy in the systems.

Business and Risk Management

• Oversee and coordinate process, governance, control review and audit activities, including remediations.
• Appraise of industry trend and changing regulatory landscape. Strengthen internal processes and governance.
• Drive policies review and operationalization including control checks. Address business needs while safeguarding investment groups’ and GIC’s interests.
• Oversee and execute a range of ad hoc and recurring asset servicing and reporting activities and control checks through digitized workflows and integrated datasets.
• Listed transactions’ coordination, order management, checks and reconciliations.
• Ongoing oversight and management of budget, cost, and business administrations.
• Support annual business planning and budgeting process.
• Support ad hoc business needs and drive deliveries aligning with business agenda.

What makes you a successful candidate?

• Experience in deal and investment operations, business management, project and process management, and strategic planning.
• Strong system thinking and analytics capabilities. Excellent problem-solving skills with an eye for details.
• A versatile, proactive self-starter. Thrive on navigating ambiguity, while managing multiple projects and competing priorities.
• A good team player with strong stakeholder management and influencing skills. Ability to communicate strategically yet operate at a tactical level when required.
• Good degree in Business, Finance or related fields with minimum 7 years relevant working experience in the financial services industry.
• Solid knowledge of the private markets business is favorable.

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.

GIC is a Great Place to Work

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

GIC is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.