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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