Investment Operations Administrator at Denker Capital

About the job

Denker Capital is a leading Cape Town-based investment manager, passionate about discovering investment opportunities in South Africa and around the world.

We actively manage our clients’ assets, as well as our own, in a range of local and global funds and strategies. We work collaboratively with investment partners and financial advisors to build and protect wealth for investors.

Denker Capital was established in 2015, with staff owning 50.1% of the business and Sanlam Investment Holdings the remaining 49.9%. Denker means ‘thinker’ in Dutch. We are a team of in-depth thinkers with a vision of being our client’s greatest discovery.

We are looking for someone to join our team as an Investment operations administrator.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Investment operations manager and the portfolio managers. Responsibilities will include portfolio trade implementation; providing administrative support to portfolio managers, equity analysts and the Investment operations manager; and all the daily investment operations tasks which include portfolio reporting, cash flow reporting, compliance monitoring, corporate actions coordination within the funds and updating databases. 

The person who fills this position should be keen to learn and grow within Denker Capital. They should have the ability to see the big picture and then dive into the detail. They will be expected to understand the nature and business impact of a particular issue, perform the required analysis, recommend a course of action and implement. This position is based in Bellville, Cape Town, and is ideal for someone who is looking to kick start their career in the investment management industry.

The job requirements

Responsibilities

• Daily portfolio administration

• Overall responsibility for supplying daily portfolio and cash level reports and other supporting reports to the investment team

• Portfolio cash management

• Coordinate decisions on corporate actions applicable to investment companies and ensure correct execution by administrators

• Daily compliance monitoring

• Systems reconciliation (investigating differences between Hiport and NX Manager and correcting them)

• Ad hoc investment operation activities pertaining to the funds’ administration

• Portfolio implementation

• Calculation and implementation of trades of various asset classes

• Forex trading coordination with dealing desk and administrators

• Setting up new security codes and portfolios on Hiport

• Supplying outstanding and executed trades reports to the investment team

• Monthly reporting

• Submit report to compliance department and management companies

• Top trades report to investment team

• Investment related reports to clients

• Investment data for marketing team

• External administrators’ liaison

• Other admin related functions

Behavioural characteristics

• Team player and proactive individual

• High level of accuracy with meticulous attention to detail

• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise

• Good judgement, decision-making skills and ability to solve problems

• Ability to work independently and use initiative

• Excellent listening, communication and inter personal skills

• Adaptable, agile and confident

• Creative, innovative and passionate

• Client focused

• Thrives in a high-pressured environment

Qualifications and technical competencies

• A relevant business degree

• Excellent MS Office competency

• Good MS Excel skills

• Experience in NX Manager (trading system), Hiport, FactSet and Morningstar will be advantageous.