Fixed Income Portfolio Management

**_Are you looking for a supportive, collaborative workplace with great teams and inspiring leaders? You’ve come to the right place. We’re looking for ambitious people who share our values and want to make every day better for people around the world. If this sounds like you, and the career below sounds exciting, we’d like to hear from you. _**

**Working Arrangement**

Hybrid

**The opportunity**

Manulife is a leading international financial services provider for financial advice, insurance as well as wealth and asset management, established since 1887. Our strong investment management expertise and capability has been developed over the years and spans a wide range of asset classes and geographies. We operate as Manulife across our offices in Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States.

The Asia General Account Investment function serves as the in-house investment manager for all of Manulife’s Asia Segment’s ~USD 100 billion of life insurance company assets. The team directs investment of funds backing insurance reserves amongst different asset classes and investment managers.

This role is a member of the regional Fixed Income Portfolio Management (PM) team with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo. This role is based in Singapore and assumes shared portfolio management responsibilities for the region. The incumbent works closely with other portfolios managers in the region and have high level of interaction with Corporate Finance and Credit Analyst teams, Investment Operations, ALM, Compliance, Tax, Legal and other functional areas to meet our investment objectives.

**Responsibilities**:

- Conduct research and quantitative analysis for fixed income investments in global markets
- Support the regional PM team in all aspects of fixed income investment process including performing relative value analysis, pre-trade compliance checking, aggregating demand, bids communication, exercising fair allocation, and instructing necessary cross-currency and rates hedging orders
- Manage daily cash balances and arrange funding for FI investments and NFI capital calls
- Work with LifeCo teams on Tactical Asset Allocation, and understand BU's needs & constraints
- Produce periodic performance and attribution reports for senior management and liaise with BU to provide investment updates and fulfil ad-hoc requests
- Work closely with Investment Operations, ALM, Compliance, Tax, Legal and other areas to ensure smooth portfolio management operations

**What motivates you?**
- You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit.
- You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes.
- You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
- You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters.
- You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up.
- You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.

**What we are looking for**
- 2+ years practical and technical experience related to financial markets; fixed income investments, credit and market analysis, and ALM experience preferred. MBA, CFA designation preferred.
- Possess a growth & innovative mindset and learn-it-all attitude. Passionate in investment management and financial markets.
- Demonstrated self-starter and team player with positive attitude. Work independently with limited supervision.
- Great attention to details. Strong analytical skills and numerical aptitude are required.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills are must.
- Excellent PC skills; especially with Microsoft Excel (knowledge of advanced formulas, pivots, macro/ VBA knowledge is a plus), Power Point and Word; adaptive to proprietary PC tools

**What can we offer you?**
- A competitive salary and benefits packages.
- A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
- A focus on growing your career path with us.
- Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
- Professional development and leadership opportunities.

**Our commitment to you**
- Values-first culture
We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.
- Boundless opportunity
We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.
- Continuous innovation
We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.
- Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.
- Championing Corporate Citizenship
We build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.

**About John Hancock and Manulife**

**Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer