Posted on: 19 November 2023
ID 892932

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
  • Asset Management
  • Due Diligence
  • Fund Administration
  • Portfolio Management
About The Employer

A successful wealth management company in Cape Town
Occupation:
Management, human resources jobs


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