Investment Administrator at Sygnia Asset Management

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

Sygnia is an innovative FinTech company based in South Africa and listed on the main board of the JSE. The company provides asset management, stockbroking and administration services, as well as a wide range of savings products, to institutional and retail clients. All that we do is supported by leading-edge technology platforms.

This role is within the Institutional Investment Administration department, a hard-working team, dedicated to providing superior service to clients.

The duties and responsibilities of this position include (but are not limited to) taking responsibility of any clients or product ranges assigned:

• Daily unitisation/ valuation of multi-manager products
• Daily reporting to clients, including dissemination of unit prices and trade confirmation statements
• Daily processing of client cash flows including the investment/ disinvestment of client funds with the relevant asset managers
• Processing of EFT payments and transfers to internal bank accounts, asset managers and clients
• Bank reconciliations on a daily basis
• Unit reconciliations on a daily and monthly basis
• Payment and processing of monthly management fees
• Monthly client reporting
• Where necessary, assisting with take-ons/ transitions of new clients
• Where necessary, assisting with restructures/ transitions of existing clients
• Performing daily controls and resolving all discrepancies

  ROLE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:    

• Preference will be given to candidates with a Bachelor of Business Science degree/ Bachelor of Commerce degree or equivalent tertiary qualification.
• A minimum of 2 years investment administration experience would be advantageous.

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:      

• Fits well into a team; is a team player
• Sound work ethic, takes pride in work and in providing good service to clients
• Proactivity, takes responsibility and accountability for assigned duties
• High level of numeracy and accuracy
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills