Current Jobs at Prescient

Purpose of role:

• A key role within the Client Solutions team, responsible for the creation, maintenance, and high‑quality delivery of proposal collateral including RFPs, DDQs, surveys, capability documents, presentations, and other formal submissions. In this role, you will support the Business Development teams (Retail and Institutional) through acting as a central link between the investment team, operations, compliance, and marketing to ensure the delivery of accurate, timely, compelling, and consistent materials that support asset‑raising efforts and enhance the client experience. The role continually seeks opportunities to enhance process efficiency, content consistency, and data integrity.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Be responsible for end‑to‑end production of RFPs, DDQs, tenders, consultant databases, capability documents and presentations, ensuring on‑time, high‑quality submissions.
• Maintain content libraries and information repositories; ensure data is accurate, current and complete.
• Draft, update and refine technical marketing material, fact sheets, product documents and client communications to ensure consistent, accurate and professional messaging.
• Coordinate internal reviews with Investments, Compliance, and Operations; ensure submissions follow required review and sign‑off processes.
• Ensure adherence to brand standards and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with investment, middle office, operations and compliance teams to source accurate data and ensure content consistency.
• Ensure investment and strategy knowledge is current by attending relevant internal investment team and sales meetings.
• Maintain an up-to-date and generalist knowledge of the company which includes understanding of internal systems, teams, products and processes.
• Perform ad hoc business and team projects.

Required experience:

• Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in financial services within proposals/business development associate/technical marketing.
• Strong exposure to RFPs, DDQs, surveys, tender processes and institutional databases.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multi‑stakeholder workflows under tight deadlines.
• Experience collaborating with investment teams and understanding strategies across asset classes.
• Excellent writing, editing and communication skills.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Finance, Economics, Business Science or related field.
• Proven proficiency in working with Microsoft Suite (e.g., Microsoft Excel. PowerPoint, Word).

Key competencies:

• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy and structured working style.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organised; able to prioritise, multitask and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong relationship‑building skills; collaborative team player.
• Proactive, self‑motivated, strong work ethic and results‑driven.
• High learning agility; able to absorb technical information quickly and communicate clearly.
• Intellectual curiosity and commitment to continuous learning.

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Purpose of role:

• The Regulatory Compliance Specialist is responsible for the oversight, governance, and ongoing regulatory compliance of foreign collective investment schemes registered for sale in South Africa under S65 of Collective Investment Schemes Control Act (CISCA).
• The role ensures that all S65 schemes represented or overseen by the business comply with CISCA, FSCA requirements, and related regulatory standards, while acting as a key liaison between offshore fund managers, internal stakeholders, and the regulator.

Duties and responsibilities:
Section 65 Scheme Oversight

• Provide regulatory oversight of S65 approved collective investment schemes represented in South Africa by PManco.
• Maintain oversight of the business’s obligations as local representative / regulatory contact in terms of Section 65 of CISCA.
• Monitor scheme structures, approvals, and ongoing compliance status, ensuring alignment with FSCA conditions of approval.
• Track and manage regulatory commitments, undertakings, and conditions attached to S65 approvals.

Regulatory Compliance & Monitoring

• Conduct ongoing compliance monitoring of S65 schemes against CISCA, FSCA standards, and guidance notes.
• Review scheme documentation, including prospectuses, supplements, offering memoranda, and marketing material for regulatory compliance.
• Identify, assess, and escalate regulatory breaches, risks, or emerging compliance issues related to S65 schemes.
• Support regulatory reporting obligations, including periodic submissions and ad‑hoc FSCA requests.

 Regulatory Engagement & Advisory

• Act as a key point of contact with the FSCA on S65‑related matters, including approvals, queries and regulatory correspondence.
• Provide regulatory guidance and advice to internal stakeholders and offshore fund managers on South African CIS requirements.

 Governance, Risk & Controls

• Contribute to governance and risk reporting relating to S65 schemes, including compliance dashboards, risk assessments, and board or committee papers.
• Support internal and external audits, regulatory inspections, and due‑diligence reviews related to S65 oversight.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of policies, procedures, and frameworks relevant to S65 scheme compliance.

Stakeholder & Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Engage with offshore managers, administrators, and service providers to ensure consistent regulatory standards are applied.
• Support client, platform, or institutional due‑diligence processes relating to S65 schemes.

Required experience:

• 5+ years’ experience in regulatory compliance within the asset management, CIS, or Manco environment.
• Advantageous if you have experience with Section 65 of CISCA and offshore CIS oversight.
• Strong working knowledge of CISCA, FSCA regulatory framework, and related standards.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Commerce, Finance, Risk Management, or a related field.

Key competencies:

• Highly organised with excellent time management.
• Able to work well in a team environment.
• Highly collaborative.
• Positive team player.
• Accuracy and attention to detail are of the utmost importance.
• Self-starter who is self-driven and self-directed.
• Strong work ethic.
• Honesty and integrity.

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Purpose of role:

• As part of the CIS and Life Accounting team you will join a team of talented Fund Accountants within Prescient Fund Services. This is an end-to-end Fund Accounting position with specific responsibilities and exposure to Life Fund accounting.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Processing and setting up of audit, trustee, custody and management fees. 
• Reporting and payment of monthly fees to managers. 
• Ensuring Variation Margin is processed correctly and matches the Clearing House Statement daily. 
• Ensure capturing / processing of all 3rd Party duplication trades to the accounting system timeously and accurately (ensure they match the third-party valuation reports).
• Ability to manage client cash flows (subscriptions and redemptions) and ensure units in issue reconcile to Transfer Agency / South African Central Securities Depository (Strate).
• Understand the full lifecycle and parties involved in the process of executing and settling an on-market trade via the stock exchange. 
• Daily unitisation and ensuring the valuation of financial instruments are in line with the funds’ performance e.g. equities, bonds, and derivatives.
• Understand how total fund performance is calculated and impacted with each entry captured specifically related to the impact each entry has on the split between the clean (capital) NAV price and the income NAV price of a fund.
• Understand tolerance level checking against a benchmark and are familiar with what is deemed as an unacceptable asset and NAV fund price variance, Responsible for running, checking and sending of client reports daily and monthly.
• Handling queries efficiently to ensure resolution of both internal and external client queries (in conjunction with the Client Delivery team.
• Ensure appropriate controls are in place and performed to mitigate risk. 
• Supporting the management and co-ordination of team deliverables relating to projects and new client take-on’s and launching of new funds.
• Ensure accurate calculation, capturing and reporting of daily Endowment Tax Accruals. 
• Perform daily cash reconciliations to Custody. 
• Perform monthly script reconciliations to Custody. 

Required experience:

• Relevant experience of at least 3 years Fund Accounting experience, where you have gained exposure to Life Funds, is essential.

Required Qualifications:

• Relevant Degree / Honours Degree (Investments, Finance, Commerce).

Key competencies:

• Self-starter who is willing to take on responsibility for a wide array of tasks. 
• Highly methodical. 
• Ability to work under limited supervision. 
• Willing to work flexible hours – may be required to work shifts on rotation basis based on pricing points and client deadlines. 
• Team player.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude. 
• Accuracy and attention to detail. 
• Client orientated and able to see the bigger picture.
   

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Purpose of role:

• This is a key role in the Fund Accounting team within Prescient Fund Services where the overall responsibility of the individual will be to oversee, lead and manage the delivery of the Unit Trust Fund Accounting team.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Leading the team of CIS Fund Accountants to ensure accurate and timely delivery of duties in order to meet SLA’s. Responsible for the daily deliverables of the team.
• Working closely with the Operations Manager: Fund Accounting to ensure the team is correctly resourced and that retention is high.
• Implementing and maintaining process controls.

Client reporting:

• Responsible for running, checking and sending client reports daily and monthly.
• Handling client queries efficiently to ensure resolution of both internal and external client queries.
• Assist in the preparation and distribution of specific reporting requirements to clients.
• Attending to monthly, quarterly, ad hoc client and regulatory reporting requirements.

Cash flow management and Electronic banking:

• Ensure sufficient cash is available in the physical bank account before transfer.
• Always inform and arrange for cash to be made available with the fund manager.
• Arrange for intraday facility with banks where necessary.
• Capturing to online banking platforms or instructing via fax timeously.
• Perform the necessary checks to ensure transfers are debited and credited timeously and accurately after having released online payments.

Oversee Reconcile cash and asset holdings:

• Ensure differences are identified and resolved timeously.
• Daily and monthly bank account reconciliations.
• Daily and monthly unit-holding reconciliations.
• Ensure there is no impact to NAV as a result of differences.
• Alert managers to material differences that may impact the funds trading ability or fund valuation.
• Co-ordination and clear communication with clients, investment team and ICT where relevant:
• You will be required to be the query point for fund managers regarding any fund accounting or administration issues.
• Ensure that the fund manager is informed of any reconciliation items and outstanding issues.
• Follow up on unmatched or unsettled trades to ensure quick resolution.
• Ensure resolution of internal and external queries – everyone is your client.
• Oversee Fund Accounting and NAV pricing delivery.

Required experience:

• Relevant experience of at least 5 years (Unit Trust Fund Accounting/Pricing experience) in this role is essential.
• Previous people leadership experience required.

Required Qualifications:

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification(s) in Finance / Accounting / Commerce.
• Strong Excel Skills.
• Experience with Investment Administration / Accounting software.

Key competencies:

• Self-starter who is willing to take on responsibility for a wide array of tasks.
• Highly methodical.
• Ability to work under limited supervision.
• Ability to influence and lead others.
• Team Player, who is delivery focused.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Client orientated and able to see the bigger picture.