Operations Intern

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Currently pursuing, or recently completed, a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Commerce, Accounting, Business Management, or a related quantitative field.
• Certifications (Bonus): Progress toward CFA Level I, NISM, or another relevant local market certification is a plus, though not required.
• Hard Skills
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills — comfortable with VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, pivot tables, and handling large data sets without errors.
• Basic understanding of financial statements, general ledger accounting, and how corporate actions (e.g., stock splits, dividends) affect fund valuations.
• Asset Classes: Intermediate understanding of fixed income and equity investments and a basic knowledge of alternative security types
• Strong accounting and/or finance skills.
• Familiarity with core operational concepts — how NAV is calculated daily, and the trade settlement lifecycle (e.g., clearing, custodian communication, T+1 settlement).
• Soft Skills
• Hyper-attention to detail — accuracy matters; a single misplaced decimal or swapped account number can cause real compliance and financial issues.
• Clear written and verbal communication for presenting findings and handling internal or client queries.
• Process orientation — able to follow structured SOPs precisely while spotting opportunities to improve them.
• Time management under pressure — comfortable working to firm daily market cut-off times.
• A proactive, eager-to-learn attitude toward new financial software and workflows.