Senior Specialist - Middle Office

Senior Specialist - Middle Office

Location: Cape Town, Apex House

Time Type: Full time

Posted On: Posted Yesterday

Job Requisition ID: JR-

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda and is now one of the world's largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services.

With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That's why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply 'empower' you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we'll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game.

And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

Description

The Senior Specialist has advanced expertise and experience across the Middle Office deliverables, providing technical assistance, guidance and leadership support.

Responsibilities:

1. Oversees and optimizes operational processes, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness.
2. Provide solutions for complex client requirements including client engagement & testing.
3. Partake in projects and provide support across all products and markets across the Middle Office teams.
4. Assist with bespoke processes and the standardization of the Middle Office processes to enable the automation of processing trade volumes.
5. Provide solutions for corrective actions identified from incidents and ensure successful implementation across the team.
6. Manage project deliveries including end to end testing and implementation for the team.
7. Manage Client onboarding and Client offboarding.
8. Be the primary liaison with ICT regarding applications used by the Middle Office team.
9. Be the primary liaison with external vendors, brokers and clients pertaining to Middle Office services.
10. Liaise with market players to ensure successful confirmation and settlement of trades and payments.
11. Build and maintain strong working relationships with external clients regarding matters pertaining to Middle Office activities.
12. Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal operations teams regarding matters pertaining to Middle Office activities.
13. Work closely with the Client Management and Service Delivery teams to ensure clients receive the optimal service levels.
14. Lead training applicable for the team.
15. Perform the oversight function as and when required.
16. Manage and co-ordinate the Middle Office team KPI deliveries.
17. Align the team's strategy and KPIs to that of Investment Operations and the broader Apex Funds Services strategy.
18. Responsible for managing risk by reviewing processes and ensuring that adequate controls are in place to mitigate risk.
19. Implementation & update of strict application access and process controls surrounding the use of NxManager.
20. Responsibility for resolving issues that have been escalated by the team members.
21. Assessing opportunities for improved efficiencies and reduced overhead in existing processes, including new technologies and tools.
22. Ensure that an SLA is in place and adhered to with external and internal clients.
23. Improve the Middle Office processes and update process documents accordingly.

Skills Required

1. BCom or similar tertiary business study, and at least 5 years' experience in Asset Management portfolio administration.
2. Trade capturing experience across all products and markets.
3. A high attention to detail and structured approach to work.
4. Strong Asset Management middle office knowledge and experience.
5. Sound knowledge and experience of back-office administration processes.
6. Advanced level of experience in using Excel, Xceptor, NXM, InvestOne, OMGEO, STP and other related systems.
7. Candidate needs to understand portfolio management processes and trading lifecycles.
8. Excellent communication skills (written & verbal).
9. Confident & enthusiastic, and able to work under pressure.

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.