Perform fund accounting and portfolio administration responsibilities, review of various reports and data analytics, add value by building the processes and embedding best practice into this new product and new process, and provide best of breed service to all clients being local and international asset managers and institutional investors. - Review daily portfolio exception reports (eg unmatched trade report, unsettled trades, large price movements), investigate and/or escalate exceptions to drive resolution thereof. - Perform independent reconciliations between different sources (eg: portfolio manager, custodian, administrator), investigate and/or escalate exceptions to drive resolution thereof. - Review daily Portfolio market value (NAV) movements and Portfolio performance for reasonability, investigate exceptions and drive resolution thereof. - Create and review daily and month-end portfolio reporting, including ESG, performance and risk reports prior to sending out to clients. - Perform daily and monthly oversight of outsourced activities, completely MIS reporting including SLA monitoring & error reporting. - Coordinate the set-up of new funds, executing broker and counterparty set-up - Trade Lifecycle support – ensure correct trade booking, confirmation and settlement. - Review and resolution of unreconciled Cash and Scrip recon. - Review of performance calculations for funds that charge a performance fee. - Timeous resolution of internal and external queries - Ensure that ad hoc admin processes are completed timeously. - Compliance with company policy and procedures, Client Service Level Agreements and internal controls. - Ensuring that all process documentation are kept up to date. - Management of all stakeholder relationships. - Ensuring Corporate Actions and elections are correctly processed. - Review of daily units in issue reconciliation (regulated funds). - Ensuring fund NAV sign off by fund managers. Qualifications: - Relevant degree i.e. Investment management or Accounting - Honours degree or CFA, FRM – advantageous but not necessary Experience: In depth understanding of: - Asset Management industry knowledge - NAV Calculations o Systems: Bloomberg (AIMS & PORT) advantageous - Different asset classes and financial instruments, including how they are valued and the trade life-cycle Solid 3 to 5 years experience of: - Financial services support departments and business problems - Trading methodologies - Fund management - Fund accounting - Trade and custody reconciliations Skills: - Problem Solving – cuts to the core of issues and applies effective analysis, logic and creativity to identify and implement solutions - Building Relationships - capacity to put people at ease and build sound relationships based on mutual trust and openness - Excellence & Quality Orientation- Provides technical or specialist insights that provide meaningful opportunities for solution building. Apply Now

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