Investment Operations Specialist – Asset Management

Aquarius Specialist Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading boutique Asset Management firm in Cape Town seeks an experienced professional for fund administration. The role involves ensuring accurate fund operations, client onboarding, and performance reporting. Candidates must possess a finance-related degree and substantial experience in asset management, coupled with strong data management and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in investment fund administration and operations in an Asset Management back-office.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate fund administration and operations within set time constraints.
• Client onboarding and execution of client take-on.
• Daily performance checking and reporting.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Data management

Problem-solving

Numerically literate

Attention to detail

Client service focus

Education

BSc, BCom (Honors) or finance related degree

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Our client is a Boutique Asset Management business based in Cape Town. They have a new position which requires the new incumbent to ensure that the fund administration and operations is undertaken accurately and within the set time constraints and provide daily assistance to support to the Investment teams, Analysts, Investment Risk and Portfolio Managers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

– Client flows – timeous processing and administration

-New clients take-on – full onboarding and execution of client take on.

-Transitions and Partial Take-ons and take-offs – systems / transaction processing, liaising with administrators, transition managers and or clients.

-Daily Performance checking/review and reporting, liaising with Investment Risk team.

-Client Cash Management – daily executions of money market transactions.

-Cash management – co-ordination/administration, including electronic banking.

-Investments in to Pooled (UT and LIFE) products – instructions and administration reconciliation.

-Daily data monitoring, review and co-ordination with data support team and review for further enhancements

-Monthly and quarterly reporting review and distribution to all clients.

-Monthly management accounts and amortisation schedule reviews of Private Market funds.

-Co-ordinate annual financial audit for Private Markets funds

-Client Audit certificates review.

-Preparation, review and distribution of:
Quarterly SARB reporting, Reg 28 and Reg 30 reporting, C48 Reporting

-Bank/Scrip Recons – review and follow up on query resolution.

-Annual procedure documentation review & maintenance.

-Management and performance fee calculations, invoicing and processing of payments.

-Equity, Derivative, Fixed Income, Money Market, International trade monitoring.

-Corporate Action review and co-ordination with Portfolio Managers and administrators.

-Maintain 3rd party relationships (Administrators, Brokers, Custodians, Consultants)

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
You must have substantial experience in investment fund administration and operations gained in an Asset Management back-office environment as highlighted in the list of responsibilities.

-A highly professional approach/work ethic.

-Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.

-Ability to multi-task.

-Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

-A self-motivated, committed work ethic and a drive for perfection as well as keen attention to detail.

-Strong data management skills.

-Numerically literate, comfortable working with numbers.

-Ability to perform under deadline pressure.

-Strong problem-solving ability, including metrics-driven thinking.

-Ability to work independently and collaboratively within the team and stakeholders.

-ADVANCED knowledge of MS Excel

-Client service focused attitude.

EDUCATION
BSc, BCom (Honors) or finance related degree

To apply for this role please send your CV to [e-mail]