R HIGHLY NEGOTIABLE PLUS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUS
Our client is a successful and respected asset manager who manages investments in an ethical and sustainable way. The company is dedicated to the development and empowerment of South Africa and its people, with many of their investment offerings geared towards a meaningful difference to their world.
They now seek a portfolio implementation specialist to join their fixed interest team.
JOB DESCRIPTION WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
- You will be responsible, as part of a team, for providing administrative, procedural and risk management support to the Investment team, in particular the Portfolio Managers (PM’s);
- You will be responsible for gaining and maintaining knowledge of all fund mandates, definitions and notes;
- You will be responsible for generating the portfolio exposure reports:
- Preparing daily / weekly exposure and other relevant risk reports for PM’s;
- Driving projects to enhance/automate/expand existing reports and daily interaction with PM’s.
- You will be responsible for generating the house-view trade implementation calculations:
- Managing and implementing house-view trade calculations;
- Over time, creating systems to ensure that the house-view trade calculations process occurs quickly and succinctly across all funds;
- Loading transactions in Decalog (transitioning to Charles River [CRIMS] in 2023);
- Assisting in the automation of the fair allocation project, with the aim of assisting analysts with all trade allocations;
- You will be responsible for managing the cash management function:
- Monitoring fund cash positions and preventing overdrafts;
- Following standing instructions to correct potential overdraft positions;
- You will be responsible for 5. Generating the fund rebalance calculations:
- Rebalancing bond carve-out portfolios for inflows and outflows;
- Assisting with the rebalancing of interest rate risk exposures across all funds on a regular basis;
- You will be responsible for maintaining the counterparty client list linked to GMRA and ISDA master agreements;
- You will be responsible for preparing monthly and/or ad-hoc risk reports for the investment executive committee;
- You will be responsible for providing back-up with the following:
- Assisting and in some cases, running, with selected projects affecting the investment team;
- Attending the project forum and operations committee meetings when required;
- Engaging with the Specialist Investment Administration team on the needs of the fixed interest team as they relate to Infostore on a regular basis;
- Assisting the business development team with ad-hoc client requests.
CORE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
- You have strong analytical skills;
- You have a keen eye for detail;
- You are able to collaborate and work in a team;
- You are adaptable;
- You have self-motivation/discipline and diligence;
- You have demonstrable drive, purpose and initiative;
- You have curiosity and a willingness to learn;
- You have excellent communication (verbal and written) skills in Englsih;
- You have sound planning and organising skills.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
- You have a B.Bus Sc; CA(SA) or CFA or part
- You have specific knowledge of fixed income instruments, their valuation and how to administer these instruments;
- You have risk management of fixed income assets and funds knowledge;
- You have the ability to use systems like Infostore and Decalog / CRIMS;
- You have knowledge of financial mathematics and statistics;
- You have high-level knowledge of advanced MS Excel and / or coding skills.
Great exposure to the front office in this role – career opportunity here for a smart, savvy investment professional.