Senior Portfolio Administrator
Apex Group
- Bellville, Cape Town
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Setting Up Unit Trust Funds
- Implementing Fund Changes
- Opening of Offshore Bank Accounts
- Setting Up new classes
- Perform Fund Maintenance
- Investigating and resolving Fund Queries:
- Fund Queries from Service Providers and Trustees
- Partner Queries
- Logging Cherwells for Partners
- Managing the Cash Recon
- Warning Flow Checks
- New Manager Introduction and Training
- Fund Pricing Checks and Verification
- Pricing Errors & Price Fixes
- Communicating
- Impact Assessments
- Implementation of Corrections
- Client Rebates
- Changing rebate rates on Silica, checking and following up to make sure changes are in place
- Performing pre-month end checks
- Performing detailed month end checks
- Help to manage the FinSwitch profiles
- Loading Funds
- Fund Maintenance
- Loading New Users
- Managing of Maitland reporting and distribution list changes for Partners
- Running Scrip Transfers, Take Ons and Amalgamations
- Lodging of Instruments in Custody
- Calculating and loading of Weighted Average Cost
- Following up with the partners to make sure instructions are in place
- Help to resolve failing trades
- Corporate Events
- Help to resolve unmatched local and foreign trades
- Business Online & Banking Updates
- Processing Fee Payments
- Processing Ad Hoc Local Payments
- Processing Foreign Payments
- Performing month end fee checks
- Service Fees
- Performance Fees
- Updating of registers and ensuring integrity of data
- Bank Information Sheet
- Fee changes
- Corporate Events
- Rebates
- Pricing Errors
- SARS
- Warning Flows
- Contact Lists
- Completing Month End Tasks
- Completing quarterly templates for Allan Gray
- Quarter End Distribution Information and Checks
- Completing of foreign tax documentation incl W8BENE for US
- Managing delivery of C23 Data to Maitland and subsequent queries
- Sourcing of quarterly TER data
- Managing Process Documents
- General day to day queries, requests, assisting wherever possible
- Relevant degree or diploma
- 3- 5 years relevant experience in the financial services/asset management industry with knowledge of CIS Funds.
- Basic Excel skills is essential.
- Basic understanding of unit trusts and investments
- Accuracy and attention to detail is absolutely critical
- An ability to work accurately under pressure to meet deadlines.
- An ability to take initiative and work independently;
- Attention to detail
- Ability to communicate effectively at various levels;
- An ability to think analytically and identify and solve problems effectively
- The Senior Portfolio Administrator will report to the Head of Fund Administration.
- Remuneration will be market related and commensurate with experience and seniority. In addition, the successful candidate will receive a competitive benefits package and be eligible to participate in the firm-wide discretionary bonus scheme.