Head Of Operations at Sanlam Private Wealth

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

OPCO ROLE

• Contribute to formulation of company strategy
• Take ownership of company values and objectives at operations level
• Implement the business strategic initiatives within the operations division at Corporate Office
• Contribute to general success and profitability of Sanlam Private Wealth
• Represent Sanlam Private Wealth as and when required in accordance with company profile to all relevant stakeholders

MANAGEMENT ROLE

• Manage day to day running of client administration, settlements, tax and offshore operations
• Manage operational and risk processes
• Custody of assets and settlement of trades
• Managing of budget, control all costs by managing Service Level Agreements with suppliers
• People Management including up-skilling of Operations team
• Risk and Compliance Monitoring by ensuring employees who trade adhere to the company and JSE rules and other relevant legislation.
• Answer operational and administrative enquiries from clients; deal with all queries from clients and ensure timeous reporting to compliance officer and or branches

Minimum Requirements:

• CA or Bcom degree and having obtained an MBA will be advantageous
• 3-5 years’ experience within Finance, Operations
• or Information Technology within Financial Services
• and minimum 5 years’ experience at a
• Senior Management level
• Knowledge of, and experience within, a private client wealth management environment will be an advantage
• Good understanding of regulatory requirements within Financial Services

Technical Competencies:

• Proven knowledge and understanding of financial markets
• Knowledge of Operations within Private Wealth Client environment
• Computer literacy
• Exposure to IT implementation and business analysis to improve client service, administration and reporting

Behavioral Competencies:

• Leadership, networking and influencing capability
• Strong implementation and project management skills to drive the SPW operations strategy
• Strong organizational and planning skills
• Proven conceptual and strategic abilities
• Tenacity, strong conflict resolution skills and decisiveness
• Passion for the stock-broking / private client / wealth management industry
• Diligent with a meticulous work ethic
• Personal drive to succeed