Overview
Operations Analyst (Based in Hong Kong) Jobs in Southern District, Hong Kong SAR at VMS Group
Title: Operations Analyst (Based in Hong Kong)
Company: VMS Group
Location: Southern District, Hong Kong SAR
Firm Overview
VMS Group was established in 2006, with a focus on alternative investments.
The firm currently has USD4bn of AUM across Private Equity, Venture Capital and Real Estate. It has also built strategic partnerships with other investment managers which provide unique investment access across the globe and in complementary asset classes/strategies; AUM here totals over USD6.6bn.
Allan Bedwick and Michael Becker were recently appointed to lead the hedge funds strategy and are currently building a multi-strategy product (both SMA and FoF) focused solely on external investments in Asian managers (“Liquid Solutions Group”).
The newly established Liquid Solutions Group will leverage VMS’s institutional infrastructure and investment network to build a scalable, multi‑manager, multi‑strategy offering.
Objective
This position will assist the Head of Operations in the Liquid Solutions Group in building a multi-strategy product (both SMA and FoF) by ensuring smooth trade processing, reconciliations, and risk control across multiple asset classes.
Job Responsibilities
1. Trade Support & Processing
- Capture and validate trades across multiple asset classes (equities, fixed income, derivatives, FX).
- Understand trade lifecycle events including confirmations, allocations, and settlements.
- Process corporate action.
- Liaise with prime brokers, custodians, and counterparties to resolve discrepancies.
2. Reconciliation
- Perform daily cash balance, position, trade and cash activity reconciliations between internal systems and Prime Brokers
- Investigate breaks and ensure timely resolution including resolving fund admin queries.
3. Reporting and Fund accounting
- Prepare daily operational reports i.e. P&L report on platform and each SMA
- Review Investment manager non-trading expense invoice and make payment and process them into PMS
- Prepare shadow NAV and review fund admin NAV report including fee calculations (management fee and performance fee)
- Assist in year-end audit
4. Process Improvement
- Identify inefficiencies in workflows and propose automation or system enhancements.
- Collaborate with technology teams to implement solutions.
Requirements:
1) Education & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field.
- Possess 2–5 years of experience in hedge fund operations, prime brokerage, or investment banking middle office.
2) Technical Competencies
- Strong knowledge of financial instruments (equities, derivatives, FX, fixed income).
- Advanced Excel skills; familiarity with OMS/EMS systems and reconciliation tools (experience with Enfusion is a plus).
- Excellent command of written and spoken English; proficiency in Chinese (Cantonese and/or Mandarin) is an advantage but not essential.
3) Behavioral Competencies
- Detail‑oriented and reliable
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced & high-pressure environment
