As a sales support executive you will be responsible for:

• Work with strategic client solutions and sales teams to develop pitch material and collateral to help drive new business activity.
• Produce high quality analysis, working with Client Strategy & Research, Investment Division, Marketing, and other departments.
• Manage and review process and necessary compliance sign-offs.
• Support client solution delivery and client retention
• Produce periodic and ad-hoc analysis that supports ongoing delivery of client solution and/or retaining business
• Contribute to thought leadership
• Help in the development of thought leadership (articles, blogs, and presentations) that supports the solutions business.
• Market research
• Understand market trends and themes impacting institutional investors across the region.
• Proactively produce analysis or share findings that help shape the nature of developed solutions.
• Support the rest of the Sales Support team
• Work closely with the rest of the Sales Support team with managing sales campaigns and events, RFP production and CRM and other functions as required.

As a sales support executive you will need:

• 6 months relevant experience

• An understanding of financial markets, investment concepts, competitors and industry trends

• Strong analytical, quantitative and numerical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to contribute and edit content for investment writings
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to leverage firm-wide resources in an effective and judicious manner
• The candidate must be a natural problem solver; have the resolve to independently research problems and offer solution
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Organisation, prioritisation and follow-up skills with ability to meet internal/external demands and ability to work under pressure and independently
• A Degree
• Candidates who are studying or intending to study for IMC or CFA will be preferred