Specialist

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Allan Gray Full time

Job Summary:

  • The Post-Trade Operations Team is responsible for performing various administrative duties relating to local and offshore trades for Allan Gray Institutional clients. As a key specialist in the Post-Trade Operations team, this individual will ensure that all equity, fixed income, and derivative trades are accurately and timeously confirmed and settled. They would also need to ensure that all forex payments and trade instructions to transfer agents are accurately and timeously processed.
  • This will be a Fix Term Contract for 18 month

Responsibilities:

  • Action and monitor the confirmation and settlement of all trades and ensure that brokers and custodians receive the required information.
  • Follow up with brokers and custodians regarding queries or discrepancies.
  • Utilising custodian and broker online portals to monitor and instruct trades and payments where necessary.
  • Completing various regulatory and internal reporting.
  • Address and resolve adhoc internal and external requests and queries relating to the function.
  • In collaboration with the Manager and other stakeholders, ensuring that the team is on track to deliver its' longterm objectives and ensuring that all aspects are covered in the operating model
  • Drive change by assisting the team through coordinating project and initiative work within the broader area.
  • Overseeing project work from planning through to testing, implementation and ensuring that the outcomes upon implementation are in line with expectations.

Key attributes and competencies required:

  • Ability to function well in a detailed environment with particular concern for accuracy and quality.
  • Ability to deal with complexity and be an analytical, investigative problem solver.
  • Proactive, "cando" and engaged attitude that ensures that tasks get done timeously and accurately, while inspiring team members to do great work.
  • Selfmotivated, determined and persistent.
  • Ability to multitask and work under pressure.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships. Includes the ability to communicate and interact effectively with people at all organisational levels.
  • Ability to work well within a team.
  • Disciplined and methodical working style.
  • Ability to plan, organise and prioritise work pieces.
  • Conscientiousness.
  • Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
  • Ability to be proactive to prevent crises.
  • Good understanding of the Institutional business processes is an advantage.
  • Knowledge of Charles River, FPM, Invest+, Camunda is an advantage.

Process review and improvement:

  • Constant focus on reviewing and improving existing operational processes and being proactive in response to internal and external change.
  • Eliminating inefficiencies and process waste
  • Driving process change where such areas are identified (in consultation with the Manager and collaboration with other stakeholders)

Stakeholder management and communication:

  • A key aspect of the role will be to liaise with the various internal and external stakeholders, e.g. Trading, Compliance, Orbis, brokers, exchanges, regulators, custodians and third party administrators that are involved in the various activities.

Education:

  • Business related degree.
  • A minimum of two years of experience in Fund Operations in Financial Services

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