Transaction Management Analyst – Private Markets Platform (09-months FTC)

Rory Mackie & Associates; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Rory Mackie & Associates is seeking a Transaction Management Analyst (Investment Monitoring & KYC) on a nine-month fixed-term contract in Cape Town. The role focuses on rearchitecting investment monitoring and KYC workflows with automation and AI-enabled processes.

You will collaborate across Investment Management, Legal, ESG, Compliance and Finance to ensure timely, accurate reporting and audits while reducing manual input. A strong data, Excel and automation background is essential.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years experience in a financial institution or related firm.
• Ability to manage data flows and ensure accuracy across KYC and investment monitoring processes.
• Experience designing or rolling out operational tooling or dashboards is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end private credit monitoring workflows and KYC processes.
• Assist in automation of reporting and data flows across portfolios.
• Support audit reporting with structured data and timely deliverables.
• Collaborate with legal, investment teams and tech to optimise workflows.

Skills

Data handling

Automation mindset

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

B.Com

LLB

CA (SA)

Tools

Python

Power Automate

VS Code

Excel

Job description

About the team:

Out client is redefining how Private Credit operates, combining institutional rigour with intelligent infrastructure to create a platform designed for scale, automation and transparency. As part of this shift, our client is hiring a Transaction Management Analyst (Investment Monitoring & KYC) on a nine-month fixed-term contract to help rearchitect investment monitoring and KYC workflows, supporting the drive towards an AI-native, automation-enabled environment.

This is not a legacy middle-office role. Beyond core investment monitoring responsibilities, you’ll play an active role in redesigning key investment monitoring workflows to reduce manual inputs, embed automation and build more intelligent, forward-looking operational processes. You will also help build the foundation for intelligent KYC/due diligence and reporting, ensuring investor deliverables that are timely, accurate and increasingly automated.

The Transaction Management Team is a global team embedded in our clients global Private Markets platform with members in both London and Cape Town. The team focuses on the ongoing management/monitoring/reporting of our Private Market portfolios. The Team works in close collaboration with various internal teams (Investment Management, Legal, ESG, Compliance, Private Markets Finance and Treasury, and others). This is to ensure that all our clients Private Market investments across Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe are appropriately managed and monitored. In addition, the team ensures that all reports and other contractual obligations owed to their clients (who are amongst the globe's top asset allocators and financial institutions) are professionally managed. Success in the role will involve executing on two key sets of related responsibilities: Investment Monitoring and KYC.

Responsibilities:

1. Investment Monitoring

• Act as contact point for all 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
• Provide analysis of requests, synthesise relevant information and coordinate internal approvals/response to portfolio companies, keeping a record for audit/reporting purposes
• Monitor performance of portfolio companies against tracked covenants and obligations to provide financial/other information, flagging risks as appropriate
• Review key information provided by portfolio companies to assess any material change in circumstances
• Manage completion of conditions precedent in advance of disbursement of funds
• 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
• Establish and maintain AI-ready credit monitoring processes including structured tracking of covenants, reporting schedules and borrower obligations
• Build intelligent escalation paths for breaches, delays and data anomalies
• Assist in centralising structured data from counterparty reports, third-party systems, and internal trackers
• Source, aggregate and present relevant reportable information in format required by fund committees/boards, investors and management
• Collaborate with technology teams to automate recurring report generation and integrate live portfolio data
• Work with product and technology teams to rewire workflows reducing reliance on manual trackers and email chains
• Integrate intelligent tools (e.g. API-based feeds, workflow platforms, LLMs) into monitoring, notifications and lifecycle management
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with the Investment, Legal, ESG, Compliance, Finance and Treasury, other internal teams, facility agents and portfolio companies

2. Investment AML/KYC due diligence

• Complete initial KYC due diligence on relevant Private Market portfolio companies (covers Infrastructure and Credit)
• Liaise with the Investment Team and portfolio companies/facility agents to understand the relevant corporate structure and retrieve outstanding documentation
• Manage all internal communication/coordination on KYC as well as quarterly external KYC reporting across Private Markets
• Handle annual KYC refreshes, PEP approval process and outgoing KYC requests across Private Markets
• Ensure funds are appropriately onboarded with facility agents in advance of investment

Requirements:

• B. Com LLB, CA (SA) or similar qualification
• 2-3 years relevant work experience at a financial institution, bank, asset manager, development finance institution or a professional services, law, accounting or consulting firm
• 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

Some of the attributes we look for in a person are:

• A client focused and collaborative approach
• Intellectual curiosity
• A proactive ownership mindset, with a commitment to continuous development
• Focused on results, with high standards for accuracy, timeliness and operational rigour
• Curiosity about technology and a genuine interest in using AI and automation to solve real operational problems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage across teams and with external counterparties
• Comfortable working in evolving environments where processes are being continuously improved