Investment Operations Lead — Scale, Automate & Align

Prescient; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Prescient Investment Management is seeking an Investment Operations Team Lead to develop technical capability within the team, ensure operational knowledge is shared, manage risks, and prevent critical processes from depending on a single individual. You will be the first escalation point for operational issues and play a key role in enabling the investment team to operate efficiently and effectively.

In this role you will lead the day‑to‑day operations of the Investment Operations team, oversee

Qualifications

• 5–8 years' experience in Investment Operations, Fund Administration, or Asset Management Operations.
• Strong fixed income operational experience including bonds, money market and credit instruments.
• Experience with OTC derivatives and unlisted investment operations.
• Experience leading fund launches, mandate transitions or complex onboarding projects.
• Experience with outsourced fund administration models.
• Supervisory or leadership experience.
• Experience in the South African asset management environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operational activities of the Investment Operations team.
• Oversee processes across listed, OTC, unlisted, fixed income and credit instruments.
• Ensure operational controls and service standards are applied.
• Monitor operational risks and escalate issues to the Operations Manager.
• Support process improvements and automation initiatives.
• Own the full trade lifecycle oversight including pre-trade readiness, trade support and post-trade activities.
• Provide operational support to portfolio managers, dealers and the investment team.
• Manage settlement monitoring and resolve trade failures timeously.
• Coordinate onboarding activities across Operations, Compliance, Legal, PFS and the Investment Team.
• Lead the operational execution of new fund launches and mandate transitions.
• Maintain operational documentation, SOPs and process guides.
• Support audits, regulatory requests and reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Operational risk management

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Team coaching

Regulatory awareness

Education

Finance or related degree

Postgraduate investment qualification

Job description

Prescient Investment Management is seeking an Investment Operations Team Lead to develop technical capability within the team, ensure operational knowledge is shared, manage risks, and prevent critical processes from depending on a single individual. You will be the first escalation point for operational issues and play a key role in enabling the investment team to operate efficiently and effectively.

In this role you will lead the day‑to‑day operations of the Investment Operations team, oversee