Japan Retail Sales Associate

1 : Responsibilities :

We are a client-focused and research-driven investment management firm, and the team is dedicated to building and servicing a retail client base in Japan, covering various fund distributors including securities, insurance, banks, etc. Within the team, Associates are supposed to build effective and trusted relationships with Relationship Managers (RMs), other Associates as well as other teams such as Product Development, Retail Product Marketing, Product Management, Investment Strategy, Operations, and Legal & Compliance.

Associates coordinate client servicing activities and provide the central point of reference for internal and external contacts associated with client relationship. Associates are in constant communication with various internal teams including colleagues in overseas to ensure client expectations are met or exceeded. Associates also strongly support RMs for retail business development. This includes, is not limited to :

• Support RMs to plan and execute retail prospecting activities.
• Conduct competitive analysis of distributor in charge.
• Build trust relationship.
• Respond to regular and ad-hoc request.
• Arrange and prepare for client meetings / events.
• Account management including fund launch, contract, and investment guideline management.
• Handle inbound inquiry call from distributors and the end investors.
• Ensure timely, accurate, high-quality deliverables such as client servicing / prospecting materials.

Associates will be provided additional responsibility as they progress within the role.

2 : Qualifications :

The successful candidates will have a good balance of outstanding passion, knowledge, and skills. Especially, desired qualifications include :

Tokyo, Japan