Investment Consultant

3 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa WTW Full time

**The Role
The asset consulting division of WTW, a leading global professional services company, requires an investment consultant, based in our Cape Town offices, to contribute to Towers Watson’s Investment consulting activities. You will be expected, over time, to manage a portfolio of (smaller) clients and assist more senior consultants to deliver advice to larger/more complex clients. This covers a multitude of areas including investment strategy, implementation, reporting, provider selection and governance. Your primary responsibilities will include:
Client/Service Provider interaction
- Engaging with selected clients to determine the contents of meeting agendas
- Co-ordinating client deliveries for investment committee meetings
- Attending client meetings in both a lead and assisting role
- Dealing with client queries on an on-going basis Ongoing liaison with client’ asset managers, administrators, auditors, etc

Client investment transitions
- Drawing up of investment manager transition plans
- Preparing of instructions for clients and engaging with investment managers around how best to give effect to these instructions
- Monitoring of the transition process including to ensure that all transactions are implemented timeously and accurately
- Preparing of a report setting out all the transactions and the reconciliation of all the asset flows

Reviewing of the following client deliveries and managing the process to ensure that the services are delivered in accordance with agreed service level agreements
- Maintaining clients’ Statements of Investment Principles
- Monthly fact sheets
- Quarterly performance reports
- Daily and monthly unit pricing calculations
- Asset liability matching including engaging with the administrator to resolve any asset/ liability mismatches
- Regulation 28 compliance reports
- SARB quarterly returns
- Correctness of fees
- Responsibility for a portfolio of institutional clients, providing all aspects of advice as required by the clients, with relevant support from the members of the investment team. (We envisage that this will quite rapidly develop into the key element of your role, and that over time you will have the opportunity to take “ownership” of a significant client portfolio.)
- Participation in fund manager research, as required by agreement with the investment team.
- Carrying out specific investment research projects or investment performance analysis projects, as may be required of the investment team from time to time.
- Assisting other consultants with any relevant investment consulting issues

**The Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with actuarial or any other financial/ mathematical specialization; relevant professional qualifications such as CFA preferred
- Exceptional client focus and a record of supporting the management of client relationships
- Project management skills and experience
- Understanding of investment management organizations and their role in client solutions
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Willingness to mentor junior colleagues to assist in developing our talent pool
- Advanced experience with the MS Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word and Outlook (Access would be an advantage)
- Registered Representative in terms of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services (FAIS) Act.

WTW is committed to finding opportunities to promote workplace flexibility when possible based on the needs of our customers and the company.

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