ROLE DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE

The candidate is based at BNPP AM Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. The key purpose of the role is to support the Head of Global Sukuk in managing local currency and hard currency Sukuk and Fixed Income portfolios with a primary focus on managing Government and Sovereign Securities and Corporate credit securities. In the role, this person will be responsible for day-to-day portfolio management including trade and relative value idea generation, market intelligence, reporting, economic analysis and corporate credit research. Furthermore, the role would require ad-hoc administrative and client reporting work to be undertaken as and when required. The individual will have or about to obtain his/her CMSA Licence by Securities Commission of Malaysia. The candidate should demonstrate interest and aptitude in portfolio management with a view towards being an independent backup to the Head of Global Sukuk.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ability to manage both local currency and hard currency Sukuk and Fixed Income portfolios across multiple return requirements such as ROI and TWRR. Overseeing portfolio risk and liquidity requirements including managing inflows and outflows, new issue recommendations and undertake relative value idea generation with ultimate aim to outperform stated benchmarks / client targets.
• Maintain good working relationship with external counterparts including counterparty banks, sellside, rating agencies and Trustee for the beneft of the team and portfolios. This role will be the focal point of contact between internal and external counterparts and the Global Sukuk Team thus the candidate will have to be effective in managing communication with key stakeholders.
• Undertake administrative and ad-hoc tasks driven by portfolio requirements such as dealing and execution of trades, compliance and performance reporting as well as business development requirements such as updating of marketing pitch book, responding to client queries and attending to RFP/RFI requests.
• Value adding contributor to the Emerging Markets Fixed Income Team. The candidate will be required to adapt and contribute ideas to the global EMFI Investment Team which may include ideas within the local currency and hard currency investable universe. 

KEY INTERNAL / EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS 

Internal:

• Management and Staff of BNPP AM and BNPP AM Najmah.
• EMFI team
• Client Management team
• Client Reporting team
• Compliance team
• Investment Specialists and Business Development / Sales team

External: 

• Existing portfolio of clients and prospectives.
• Counter party Banks and Brokers. 
• Service Providers (i.e. Bloomberg, Reuters, BPAM, Rating Agencies and etc)
• Sukuk issuers and Debt Capital market participants. 

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Business or Finance related degree ( Strong background in Investment, Accounting and Finance, Economics is a plus )
• 3 to 5 years of experience managing Sukuk or Fixed Income Funds with a focus on MYR and USD portfolios (additional Credit research experience will be advantagous) .
• CFA is a bonus, but not a prerequisite.