Manager, Valuation

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Prudentials purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured for our people customers and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business and we support our peoples career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect Grow and Succeed.

Prudential plc is an Asia-led portfolio of businesses focused on structural growth markets. The business helps individuals to de-risk their lives and deal with their biggest financial concerns through life and health insurance and retirement and asset management solutions. Prudential plc has 20 million customers and is listed on stock exchanges in London Hong Kong and Singapore.

Prudential was founded in London in 1848 on the principles of integrity security and prudence and we still adhere to those principles today.

Prudential Plc issues a significant number of financial products all of which involve an underlying exposure to investments both from the perspective of generating returns in line with policyholder expectations and matching any guarantees.

The Group Alternatives Investments within GCIO sets the framework for investment due diligence and ongoing performance monitoring of investment funds pertaining to non-public alternative investments. Examples of such private alternative strategies include but are not limited to private equity private real estate private infrastructure and private credit funds. The GAI team plays a pivotal role in ensuring that these investment vehicles align with Prudentials risk management standards and strategic objectives supporting the companys broader mission to deliver sustainable value to policyholders and stakeholders.

Principal Accountabilities:

1) Support Performance Monitoring

oMaintain ongoing collaboration with fund managers to collect measure and analyse investment data.

oPrepare reports that provide clear insights into investment results across private equity private credit real estate and infrastructure funds.

2) Support Enhanced Monitoring Process

oThis includes:

Valuation Reasonableness Checks: Apply hands-on knowledge and experience in valuing Private Equity/ Real Estate/ Infrastructure deals.
Using industry standard methods such as discounted cash flow (DCF) public comparables and analysis of past transactions.
Checking valuation reasonableness of Private Market investments
Documenting rationale and maintaining valuation consistency.
Stress Testing: Perform stress tests to evaluate emerging risks within the portfolio and assess potential impacts on investment performance.

oSignificant amount of travelling is expected to execute enhanced monitoring process

3) Support the Automation of Private Markets Reporting and Analysis

oContribute to the development and implementation of automated systems and processes to streamline data collection analysis and reporting for private market investments.

oEnhance the accuracy timeliness and efficiency of reporting through automation and process improvement initiatives.

Core Competences Required:

oValuation of Private Equity Real Estate and Infrastructure deals

oAdvantage to have Credit ratings knowledge

oStrong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel and financial data tools

oSolid understanding of alternative assets classes and their unique challenges in performance measurement and risk evaluation

oExcellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex information clearly to diverse audiences

oDetail-oriented proactive and capable of working effectively in a dynamic environment

Education and Experience:

o5 years of relevant experience

oBachelors degree in Finance Economics Accounting or a related field

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex race age ethnic origin educational social and cultural background marital status pregnancy and maternity religion or belief disability or part-time / fixed-term work or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.

Required Experience:

Manager