Operational Funds Project Specialist

3 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Recruiter Ruth | Performability Recruitment Full time

A high calibre wealth management team is searching for a financially savvy Operational Funds Project Specialist to bolster their team.

**Qualification and experience**
- B Com/ Honours degree/ Post Graduate Diploma in Finance
- Industry experience requirement Financial Services: 5 years experience with Fund Operations, Asset Management operations
- Experience in **collective investment scheme,** fund operations** and **portfolio administration**:

- Project experience required
- ** Compliance** and **regulatory experience **and insight is preferable.
- Excel and Bloomberg
- LISP experience will be an advantage

**Key responsibilities and accountabilities included but not be limited to**:
**Project development, implementation & maintenance assistance**
- To assist in the implementation of the company collective investments strategy to deliver and promote the companys investment management funds and solutions, in line with business objectives
- To be able to have a clear understanding of system flows, architecture, and markets to identify and resolve process breakdowns, exceptions and troubleshooting
- To assist in the development of new solutions, or changes to existing solutions and strategies in conjunction with the business.
- To be able to assist the Manager in launching new funds, portfolios and enhancements to existing fund and portfolios structures
- To assist in streamlining processes and unlocking efficiencies. Actively assessing /questioning the relevance of current processes and driving improvements of processes in the operations team and across the business where required
- Support the business in operational considerations of any related regulatory changes and partnering with other members to ensure execution of changes is achieved
- To ensure that all systems are appropriate and that they are effectively implemented and utilised.
- To be able to identify the need for further resources required to develop and maintain existing and new systems.
- To assist with the effective implementation of new products and processes.
- Ensure that operations infrastructure and hardware is appropriate
- Review the business processes that you will fulfil and see whether they are appropriate, current, suitably maintained and documented
- Providing inputs, QA and sign-off of specifications, documents and processes within agreed deadlines.

**Operational functions**
- Assist with the day-to-day operational functions within Fund Operations, data administration, and product administration.
- Ensure operational functions are performed within the turnaround times
- Assist with Fund trade execution and monitoring (full trade and settlement cycle)
- Assisting as required in ensuring compliance (pre/post trade compliance)
- Valuation and pricing verification (Bloomberg reconciliation process)
- TER calculations
- Corporate action flow
- Cash management
- Execution of checklist functions
- Maintain supplemental deeds, ASISA mandates and other fund related documents
- Responsible for all account opening and maintenance
- Implementation of agreements and dealing terms with managers and providers
- To assist with the fund audit process (liaison between administrator, custodian, auditors and Manco)
- Ensure that data integrity exception reports are managed
- Give regular feedback to management and head of operations
- Assist the team with Incident reporting and management
- Assist with Operational Due Diligences and carrying out duties to identify risks related to institutions and investment related risks.

**Relationship building**
- Build and maintain relationships with internal teams and service providers such as
- CAM
- H4 Manco
- Legal, Compliance and Internal Audit
- Actuarial support
- IT
- PAS
- Build and Maintain relationships with external service providers such as
- Regulatory and industry bodies such as the FSCA and ASISA
- Banks, Custodians and Trustees
- Fund Administrators
- Brokers (bonds, equities, derivatives, money market, etc)
- System and platform providers (Bloomberg, Morningstar, Profile Media, etc)

Rewarding and competitive salary.

Position is based in the teams Claremont offices #inofficerole

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