The Company Our Client is renounced PRC Real Estate Conglomerate with a net value of around 130B RMB. Our client is at the stage of established a fund platform as well as launching a REIT, they are hence currently looking for the first pew top management staff and this particular post is for the Chief Operating Officer
Responsibility
- Act as the Chief Operating Officer for the REIT and Fund businesses in Hong Kong.
- Set up business processes, procedures and policies through in-depth evaluation, and execution of continuous improvements in compliance with standard practices and quality control.
- Lead and control strategic project planning process, and resources allocations.
- Reports directly to CEO.
- In charge of operation, compliance, risk and finance duties.
- Partner up with the CEO and involve in Product & Platform Management responsible for the platform.
- Coordinate local and regional fund business / product development initiatives and projects.
- Oversight the product landscape and operational platform.
- Work with the CEO and set up development strategy for the fund platform.
- Act as the point of contact and Provider Manager for external Service Providers.
- Develop corporate governance and control framework (e.g management meetings and reporting, cross border business framework, operational incident management recovery and resolution planning, regulatory reporting, outsourcing oversight, trading framework).
Requirement
- Degree or above in any related area.
- Industry experience of at least 10 years in Operation, risk or compliance in asset / fund management, ideally somebody who is currently a COO or has taken such post before.
- Candidate must be eligible to be SFC type 9 Responsible Officer, exist type 9 RO will have an advantage.
- Knowledge of REIT operation, compliance, finance and IT. Understanding that this requirement is generally too board, our client is only expecting the candidate’s expertise covering a few of the above requirement and substitute the others with external professional service provider.
- Solid understanding of operational processes and investment management applications.
- Understanding of industry relevant regulatory- and legal-aspects
- Able to work independently.
- Flair for finance with the ability to interpret product- as well as business-related operating figures.
- Conceptual and analytical thinking.
- Fluent in Mandarin (both verbal and written) is necessary.
Benefits
- Opportunity to work with the highest calibre expert in the industry,
- Great Career progression, opportunity to join a strong REIT at its early stage.
- Fully comprehensive medical insurance and personal insurance.
- Great MPF Pension Scheme.
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