AVP, Operational Due Diligence

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

Global Investment Services

GIS provides strategic investment services and financial management across GIC’s public and private market asset classes. Leveraging data and emerging technologies, the department drives the development and execution of business infrastructure plans while shaping scalable, agile, and resilient operating models that enable growth and deliver operational excellence. GIS provides operational expertise spanning market settlements, transaction management and execution, investment data operations, portfolio finance, valuations, accounting, and tax services, as well as portfolio administration..

Operational Due Diligence

You will conduct operational due diligence on public and private market funds. The ODD team headquarter is in Singapore, with a local team in New York.

What impact can you make in this role?

You will be part of a team that is an integrated investment service team that partners the business in providing services to support public and private market activities.

What will you do as an AVP, Operational Due Diligence?

Functional Expertise

- Conduct and manage the operational due diligence for fund investments across liquid and illiquid strategies; working closely with investment due diligence teams in Singapore and New York.

- Use a data driven approach to establish market practices and benchmarks.

- Review and document qualitative and quantitative assessments of fund managers’ operations, controls, risks, ongoing news and developments. Responsibilities include project management, scoping, on-site visits, service provider reviews, documentation, and reporting. The role involves managing external ODD resources or consultants.

- Monitor market and regulatory trends and developments. Identify and analyse impact and provide prompt, relevant advice to the business. Resolve issues in a professional, tactful and timely manner.

Innovation

- Assist or lead reviews, adaptations or improvements of processes and workflows across the team, including identifying new business requirements and capabilities.

- Initiate and manage ad-hoc projects (e.g., technology adoption, framework reviews).

- Identify and prototype AI-enabled improvements to the ODD process (for example automated document review, benchmark extraction and red-flag screening), working with data and technology partners to move successful pilots into production.

What qualifications or skills should you possess in this role?

Functional Expertise

- Strong academic record. CPA, CFA or an equivalent professional qualification is an advantage.

- 5 to 8 years of related experience in operational due diligence (audit, accounting and back-office operations will be considered) over a broad range of strategies and jurisdictions.

- Good understanding of both public and private market investment operations life cycle, processes/policies/controls/risks/best practices, valuation, global regulatory and compliance rules, investment structures.

- Practical experience applying AI tooling to due diligence or control-testing workflows: extracting and comparing data from manager DDQs, audited financial statements, service provider control reports (for example SOC 1 or ISAE 3402) and policy documents, and reconciling outputs against source evidence.

- Familiarity with data management and integration practices and query tools such as SQL, with the ability to work across structured and unstructured data sets.

Personal Attributes

- Excellent team player. Respect and work well with all levels and across different cultures.

- Strong interest working with data and applying analytical thinking, have good sense of numbers and attention to details. Excellent communications and critical report writing skills are essential.

- Strong sense of professional skepticism and risk awareness. Commercial acumen, with exposure to fund documentation and the negotiation of operational terms an advantage.

- Self-starter who is dependable and works effectively with autonomy, and able to prioritize across concurrent reviews and competing deadlines.

- Provide constructive, pragmatic solutions, while demonstrating maturity and openness to feedback. Consider management angles in decision making.

- Willingness to participate in periodic night calls between the Singapore headquarters team and New York local team; or with fund managers in different global locations.

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.

Flexibility at GIC

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. Please email [email protected] at any point of the application or interview process if adjustments need to be made due to a disability.

Compensation
Our compensation philosophy reflects several principles. We strive to provide a competitive compensation package to attract and retain talent globally. We pay for performance, and reward sustainable results.Total pay for this position comprises base pay and bonus. The anticipated base salary range for this role is between $129,500 and $170,000.

Learn more about our Global Investment Services Department here: https://https://gic.careers/departments/global-investment-services/