Transaction & KYC Automation Analyst (Private Markets)

Ninety One; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Ninety One in South Africa is hiring a Transaction Management Analyst on a nine-month fixed-term contract to rearchitect investment monitoring and KYC workflows, embedding automation and AI-ready processes across Private Markets. The role spans monitoring, KYC due diligence, and collaboration with Investment, Legal, ESG, Compliance, Finance, and Treasury teams in a global setting.

You will build scalable, automated workflows, reduce manual inputs, and support timely, accurate investor reporting.

Qualifications

• High accuracy in managing data flows and operational detail; fluency in Excel and modern data handling tools.
• Mindset geared toward systems thinking, continuous improvement and spotting where automation should replace repetition.
• Experience contributing to the design or rollout of operational tooling, dashboards, or automation layers.
• Proficiency in automation and AI tools (e.g. Python, VS Code, Power Automate, or similar platforms) is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Act as contact point for waivers, consents and amendments on relevant Private Market portfolio companies.
• Liaise with legal and investment teams to ensure documentation, deal economics and cash movements are aligned.
• Coordinate end-to-end execution of private credit transactions, including pre-close tracking, funding logistics, settlement flow and post-close setup.
• Ensure transaction milestones are visible, auditable and digitally captured for downstream workflows.
• Complete initial KYC due diligence on relevant Private Market portfolio companies.
• Manage annual KYC refreshes and external reporting across Private Markets.

Skills

Excel and data handling

Automation & AI tools

Systems thinking

Process automation experience

Strong written & verbal communication

Education

BCom LLB, CA (SA) or similar qualification

Tools

Python

VS Code

Power Automate

Job description

Ninety One in South Africa is hiring a Transaction Management Analyst on a nine-month fixed-term contract to rearchitect investment monitoring and KYC workflows, embedding automation and AI-ready processes across Private Markets. The role spans monitoring, KYC due diligence, and collaboration with Investment, Legal, ESG, Compliance, Finance, and Treasury teams in a global setting.

You will build scalable, automated workflows, reduce manual inputs, and support timely, accurate investor reporting.