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• Join a fast-growing investment firm that develops, owns, and manages long-term infrastructure assets across South Africa. We are seeking a dynamic Investment Relations & Fund Manager / Distribution professional to drive retail capital raising, build and manage relationships with financial advisers and investors, oversee the investor onboarding journey, and support the growth of the fund through exceptional client engagement and distribution initiatives. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing team, gain exposure to capital markets, and accelerate your career while benefiting from a competitive salary, a lucrative commission structure, and a hybrid working model.

Responsibilities
Investor Relations

• Serve as the primary point of contact for IFAs, wealth managers, tax practitioners, and direct HNW investors.
• Handle inbound queries on fund structure, investment mechanics, tax treatment, and returns – timing, accuracy, and professionalism are important.
• Manage LP onboarding end-to-end: FICA, subscription documents, SARS confirmations, and post-investment correspondence.
• Proactively communicate fund updates, deployment milestones, and any material developments to investors.

Distribution Support

• Support IFA and intermediary outreach by preparing tailored pitch materials, scheduling meetings, and following up after presentations.
• Attend investor events, roadshows, and adviser briefings; contribute to or lead group presentations as required.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with key distribution partners.

Pipeline & Administration

• Maintain CRM and pipeline tracker with zero missed follow-ups or outstanding items.
• Track intermediary engagement, investor commitments, and subscription status across all channels.
• Coordinate with fund administration on documentation workflows and compliance requirements.
• Prepare weekly pipeline reports and capital raise status updates.
• Ensure no email, callback, or commitment falls through the cracks.

Materials & Presentations

• Prepare investor presentations, fund documentation, one-pagers, and updated slide decks.
• Maintain accurate, current versions of all fund documentation and ensure consistency across channels.
• Assist with LP communications, quarterly updates, and ad hoc investor letters.

Fund Raise Operations

• Flag risks, delays, or investor concerns to the CFO early and proactively.
• Manage workload independently under tight deadlines.

Direct-to-Market Channel Build

• Lead the build-out of a direct-to-market investor acquisition channel, reducing reliance on third-party intermediaries over time.
• Own the direct investor journey end-to-end, from first enquiry through FICA, subscription, and funding, with the same rigour applied to intermediary-sourced investors.
• Track direct-channel performance separately from intermediary channels to provide clear reporting on unit economics and channel mix over time.
• Operational Infrastructure for Onboarding & Channel Management
• Build and own the systems (CRM, pipeline tracker, document workflows) required to onboard and manage both investors and distribution channels at scale.
• Standardise onboarding workflows across channels, including FICA, subscription documentation, and SARS confirmation, ensuring consistency and reducing reliance on institutional knowledge.

Requirements
Essential

• 3–7 years' experience in financial services, including asset management, wealth management, private equity, investment banking, or a specialist fund environment.
• Direct investor or client-facing experience within a professional financial services environment.
• Tertiary qualification in Finance, Investments, Accounting, or a related field (BCom or equivalent minimum).
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts for sophisticated investors.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel, with the ability to prepare high-quality presentation materials independently.
• Demonstrated track record of managing high volumes of investor or client correspondence with a high degree of accuracy.

Advantageous

• Strong working knowledge of investment products, fund structures, and tax-efficient investment vehicles.
• Experience with structured tax investment products.
• Exposure to partnership structures, SPVs, or infrastructure and alternative investment funds.
• CFA, CFP, or postgraduate finance qualification.
• Existing network within the IFA, wealth management, or tax advisory community in South Africa.

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• We are looking for a professional and organised Receptionist with at least 3 years' experience in a recruitment environment. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and administrative skills, be proficient in typing and formatting CVs, and be able to manage a busy front desk while supporting the recruitment team.

Key Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years' reception experience in a recruitment agency.
• Strong CV typing and formatting skills.
• Experience using Placement Partner is advantageous but not essential.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Well-presented, organised, and able to multitask.

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• We are seeking an Automation Specialist to design, implement, and support enterprise automation and workload scheduling solutions within a large-scale mainframe environment. The role focuses on improving operational efficiency, reducing manual intervention, and ensuring stable batch processing.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support automation platforms.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and scheduling processes.
• Design automated monitoring and recovery procedures.
• Implement workload scheduling standards.
• Troubleshoot production scheduling and automation issues.
• Collaborate with operations and infrastructure teams.
• Support disaster recovery and business continuity testing.
• Drive process optimization initiatives.
• Maintain automation documentation and standards.

Required Experience

• 5–10+ years in mainframe operations or systems programming.
• 3–5+ years working with enterprise automation solutions.
• Experience supporting mission-critical production environments.

Technical Skills

• IBM Technologies
• IBM System Automation (SA z/OS).
• IBM NetView.
• IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler (TWS) / IBM Workload Scheduler.

CA/Broadcom Technologies

• AutoSys.
• CA OPS/MVS.
• CA 7.
• CA Workload Automation products.

General

• z/OS.
• JCL.
• TSO/ISPF.
• REXX.
• JES2/JES3.
• Mainframe batch scheduling.

Preferred Skills

• Automation framework design.
• Service management tools.
• DevOps and orchestration exposure.
• Monitoring and event management solutions.

Qualifications

• Relevant IT qualification.
• IBM or Broadcom product certifications advantageous.

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• We are seeking a skilled DB2/DATACOM professional to support enterprise database environments across development, testing, and production platforms. The role combines database administration, systems programming support, performance tuning, and platform optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain DB2 and/or DATACOM environments.
• Monitor database performance and availability.
• Perform database upgrades and maintenance.
• Support backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
• Implement database security controls.
• Resolve database-related incidents and performance issues.
• Support application teams with database design and optimization.
• Conduct capacity planning and performance analysis.
• Create and maintain database standards and documentation.

Required Experience

• 5–10+ years of database administration experience.
• Strong DB2 for z/OS experience.
• Experience supporting mission-critical databases.

Technical Skills

• DB2
• DB2 for z/OS administration.
• DB2 utilities.
• SQL performance tuning.
• Database recovery.
• DB2 installation and migration.
• DB2 security.
• DATACOM
• Broadcom DATACOM administration.
• Database maintenance utilities.
• Database performance monitoring.

General

• z/OS.
• JCL.
• TSO/ISPF.
• REXX.
• SMP/E.
• Problem determination and root cause analysis.

Preferred Skills

• IDMS exposure
• CICS integration.
• IMS exposure.
• Data replication technologies.
• Automation scripting.

Qualifications

• Relevant IT qualification.
• IBM DB2 certifications advantageous.