Operational Project Specialist

Operational Projects Specialist

Market-related Salary

Cape Town

Requirements

B Com/ Honours degree/ Post Graduate Diploma in Finance
Experience in collective investment scheme and portfolio administration
LISP Experience will be an advantage
Industry experience requirement Financial Services: Fund Operations, Asset Management operations, at least 5 years' experience in a similar role.
Project experience required
Compliance and regulatory experience and insight is preferable.
Excel and Bloomberg
Fund Operations experience

Responsibilities

Project Development, Implementation & Maintenance assistance

To assist in the implementation of the company collective investments strategy to deliver and promote the company's investment management funds and solutions, in line with business objectives
To be able to have a clear understanding of system flows, architecture, and markets to identify and resolve process breakdowns, exceptions and troubleshooting
To assist in the development of new solutions, or changes to existing solutions and strategies in conjunction with the business.
To be able to assist the Manager in launching new funds, portfolios and enhancements to existing fund and portfolios structures
To assist in streamlining processes and unlocking efficiencies. Actively assessing /questioning the relevance of current processes and driving improvements of processes in the operations team and across the business where required
Support the business in operational considerations of any related regulatory changes and partnering with other members to ensure execution of changes is achieved
To ensure that all systems are appropriate and that they are effectively implemented and utilised
To be able to identify the need for further resources required to develop and maintain existing and new systems.
To assist with the effective implementation of new products and processes.
Ensure that operations infrastructure and hardware is appropriate
Review the business processes that you will fulfil and see whether they are appropriate, current, suitably maintained and documented
Providing inputs, QA and sign-off of specifications, documents and processes within agreed deadlines.

Operational Functions

Assist with the day-to-day operational functions within Fund Operations, data administration, and product administration.
Ensure operational functions are performed within the turnaround times
Assist with Fund trade execution and monitoring (full trade and settlement cycle)
Assisting as required in ensuring compliance (pre/post trade compliance)
Valuation and pricing verification (Bloomberg reconciliation process)
TER calculations
Corporate action flow
Cash management
Execution of checklist functions
Maintain supplemental deeds, ASISA mandates and other fund related documents
Responsible for all account opening and maintenance
Implementation of agreements and dealing terms with managers and providers
To assist with the fund audit process (liaison between administrator, custodian, auditors and Manco)
Ensure that data integrity exception reports are managed
Give regular feedback to management and head of operations
Assist the team with Incident reporting and management
Assist with Operational Due Diligences and carrying out duties to identify risks related to institutions and investment related risk

Relationship Building

Build and maintain relationships with internal teams and service providers such as
CAM o H4 Manco o Legal, Compliance and Internal Audit o Actuarial support o IT o PAS
Build and Maintain relationships with external service providers such as
Regulatory and industry bodies such as the FSCA and ASISA o Banks, Custodians and Trustees o Fund Administrators o Brokers (bonds, equities, derivatives, money market, etc)
System and platform providers (Bloomberg, Morningstar, Profile Media, etc)

Desired Skills