Job Openings at Coronation Fund Managers

Job Description    

• Coronation is committed to diversity and inclusion and preference will be given to underrepresented groups in South Africa and within the investment team. We are looking for the right attitude and a genuine passion for investments over years of experience. We want you to research and analyze shares listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and identify investment opportunities from which Portfolio Managers can make decisions thereby adding value to clients’ portfolios.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Full research responsibilities, including company and sector analysis of listed companies on the JSE.
• Assimilation and dissemination of broker information, annual reports, and company visits
• Involvement in investment team debates
• Presentation of recommendations to the investment team
• Tracking performance of companies that CFM has holdings in.

Ideal Experience    

• Up to 5 years of working experience as an equity analyst within asset management or stock broking industries would be an advantage but should not be a barrier to you applying.
• Experience in building models for forecasting purposes that test and support your investment decisions.

Ideal Qualifications    

• Chartered Accountant
• Business Science – preferably finance stream.
• Engineering
• Actuarial
• Chartered Financial Analyst
• Other relevant post graduate qualifications

Most Important Attribute    

• Proven academic ability with consistently top results during their degree as well as a demonstrated curiosity about business and financial markets.

Deadline:28th February,2026

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Job Description    

• To play a significant support role within the Global Institutional Business team. This is a high-performance team that is the client face (both on a client acquisition, client service and retention basis) for institutional clients of Coronation in both the South African and International Markets.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• To be a full in-house support and back-up for the Client Service Fund Managers (FM). This includes:
• Taking key responsibility for assigned clients alongside the FM. This requires that the incumbent is able to report on all current matters pertaining to a particular assigned client and build strong client relationships so that clients feel comfortable dealing directly with the incumbent when the FM is not available.
• Work closely with the FM and the dedicated Client Relationship Manager (CRM) to ensure all queries and issues around the client and products are dealt with efficiently and professionally.
• Liaise with staff at various levels of the organization and from other departments to ensure high levels of client service and administration
• Client Surveys, Due Diligence Questionnaires, tenders, maintenance of the DDQ database of questions/responses:
• Take responsibility for the initial completion of these documents, to be reviewed by FMs. The process includes sourcing information from various areas of the business, dealing with senior managers for input and ensuring all reviews are completed timeously
• Taking ownership for the submission and delivery accurately and within stringent time constraints
• Ensure that the Due Diligence Database of answers to questions is updated and is maintained at all times.
• To be responsible for the input and maintenance of all external client / consultant databases, both local and international. These databases are the most critical interface Coronation has to clients/consultants globally (of equal importance to performance) and hence need to be accurate and updated regularly
• Collate and take responsibility for maintaining accuracy and quality of all other client-related collateral, strategy fact sheets, client queries, Salesforce updates, meeting minutes, process documents/manuals etc.
• Assist with the preparation of legal documents relating to clients and ensure accurately captured, stored, maintained and scanned
• Deal with all other business and product related queries within the team
• Ensure the CRM system (Salesforce) is up to date and accurate for funds that the incumbent is allocated as the CA
• Take responsibility for ad-hoc projects as assigned with pride and diligence
• Ensure all process documents are kept up to date and enhanced where possible
• Assist with client communication distributions via Salesforce Marketing Cloud, including contact list generation and distribution, as and when required
• Provide training and mentoring to new starters and junior team members
• Assist with general tasks in the area as and when required
• Act with integrity and professionalism at all times and uphold the Coronation culture and values

Ideal Experience    

• Asset management experience (preferred)
• Database management and advanced Excel skills
• Analytical/quantitative experience
• 5 Years working experience in finance/asset management.

Ideal Qualifications    

• Commerce or related qualification – B Comm, B Bus Sci, CA (Numerical subjects)

Most Important Attribute    

• Must possess an ownership mentality and a willingness to take responsibility for tasks through to completion.
• Attention to detail, goal orientated and a willingness to learn and be hands on,
• Highly organized, good at multi-tasking and able to deal with people at all levels

Systems Knowledge    

• Microsoft Office Suite

Deadline:27th February, 2026

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Job Description    

• Coronation is searching for a Credit Analyst to support the credit function process for fixed income products and analysis of credit as an asset class, while also contributing to Fixed Income research and the management of Fixed Income portfolios.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Liaise with arrangers, issuers and ratings agencies on upcoming and existing bond issuances.
• Investigate new entrants to the bond market and conduct research on similar organisations globally if necessary.
• Investigate creditworthiness of banks and other lenders, corporate and government-related issuers.
• Analysing financial statements to assess the creditworthiness of the entity
• Advise on appropriate through-the-cycle pricing for new and currently held instruments on a total return basis.
• Analysing legal documentation relating to bond issues and if required, following up with internal legal counsel.
• Reporting to internal credit committee on credit exposures and developments.
• Assisting other members of the credit team with operational tasks and analysis.
• Contribute to investment decisions made by the team
• Analyse and understand economic cycles and interpret economic variables.
• Valuation and dealing in fixed income assets.
• Perform quantitative analysis on various assets and markets.
• Analyse yield curves and calculate break-even levels.

Ideal Experience    
Credit analysis

• Strong accounting experience – articles
• Experience in presenting themselves articulately
• Experience within the debt investing environment
• Exposure to financial markets
• Experience requiring a strong attention to detail
• Investigative work experience

Ideal Qualifications    

• Chartered Accountant
• BCom Accounts
• Business Science – finance, economics, actuarial, quantitative management
• Chartered Financial Analyst

Most Important Attribute    

• Smart, insightful, passionate about markets, self-starter.
• Must be willing to travel around the country to meet with issuers if necessary.

Systems Knowledge    

• Excel, Bloomberg

Deadline:28th February,2026

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Job Description    

• Support the sale of CFM’s retail products through linked product providers, broker consultants and financial advisers.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Client visits including presentations to groups of clients and broker networks sometimes accompanied by an investment manager – servicing a client base situated in Pretoria as well as outlying areas (approximately 60/40 split, outlying areas may include Free State / Northern Cape / Northwest / Mpumalanga / Limpopo)
• Preparation of regular communication to clients including reporting and explanation of performance.
• Growing assets from existing clients and identifying new avenues for business for CFM.
• Communication and management of client accounts – starting with a client base of varying sizes and growing over time.
• Pro-actively analyze client's business to determine suitability of Coronation funds for their requirements.
• Keep abreast of industry and competitor trends as well as investment markets so as to be able to engage clients on current topics.
• Must be in a position to discuss financial planning concepts with clients.
• Maintain and constantly update client database through effective use of MIS system

Ideal Experience    

• Minimum 3-5 years of work experience ideally within the asset management, IFA, insurance or linked product markets, but all related experience will be considered. 

Ideal Qualifications    
Ideal Qualifications and Skills

• Related tertiary qualification(s) - commerce or legal qualification essential
• CFP an advantage – required if candidate is appointed
• Strong presentation skills – ability to present to IFA’s as well as end investors
• Good negotiating skills
• Be able to build and manage business relationships with clients
• Ability to network effectively
• Ability to service Afrikaans speaking IFA’s and clients with good written and spoken Afrikaans communication skills

Most Important Attribute    

• Ability to establish and maintain profitable relationships with clients. 

Systems Knowledge    

• MSOffice
• Virtual communications platforms (MSTeams and Zoom an advantage)
• Client database experience an advantage

Deadline:28th February,2026

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Job Description    

• Assume responsibility for the efficient functioning of the day-to-day responsibilities of the investment compliance area. Interact with the compliance team and dealing team on the interpretation and implication of compliance on the various areas of the investment compliance function.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• The position focuses on the following main tasks, but not restricted to the below, and which will be applied to clients and prospective clients of the Group.

Main Tasks:        

• Dealing with all the pre-trade and post-trade compliance aspects (including but not limited to monitoring and reporting) in relation to regulatory requirements, industry guidelines and investment mandates.

Daily system / technical responsibilities:

• Daily instrument maintenance
• Rule loading and maintenance
• General maintenance of compliance systems
• Daily breach monitoring
• Breach monitoring
• Regulatory reporting
• General queries

Understanding of investment restrictions for various areas in the business.

Understanding of investment management data sets including, but not limited to, portfolio valuation and trade data.

Ideal Experience    

• 2 – 3 years’ experience in breach management and / asset management compliance will be a distinct advantage.
• Other relevant compliance/ financial services industry training; experience in financial services industry, in particular, asset management industry with sound knowledge of investment instruments and products.

Ideal Qualifications    

• Relevant legal or financial qualification, e.g. BBusSci or B.Com. LLB

Most Important Attribute    

• Excellent interpretation skills coupled with a business and problem-solving orientation.

Systems Knowledge    

• Advanced skills in MS Excel essential.
• Bloomberg or similar compliance systems experience is an advantage.

Deadline:28th February,2026

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Job Description    

• The DevOps Engineer will design, implement, and maintain automation and deployment processes across Coronation’s hybrid landscape. The role requires strong Linux expertise with working knowledge of Windows systems, supporting both legacy and modern workloads. The engineer will help drive infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD maturity, container orchestration, ensuring system reliability, scalability, and security.

Duties and Responsibilities    
Infrastructure and Automation:

• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for both Windows (.NET) and Linux workloads (native and Kubernetes).
• Maintain automation scripts such as ansible (Linux) and PowerShell (Windows).
• Maintain shared services such as message queueing, object storage, logging infrastructure and reverse proxies.
• Support deployment and scaling of containerized workloads on Kubernetes.
• Manage configuration, provisioning, and patching of servers using infrastructure-as-code principles.

Systems Management:

• Support Windows servers running .NET APIs.
• Administer Linux-based VMs hosting shared services.
• Ensure health monitoring, performance tuning, and log aggregation.
• Maintain and optimise RDMBS databases from a DevOps perspective (backups, performance monitoring, automation).

Monitoring, Security and Compliance:

• Implement observability stack - monitoring, alerting, and logging standards across all systems.
• Contribute to security hardening, secrets management, and patch compliance.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and engineering teams to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory controls.

Collaboration:

• Work closely with software engineers, system administrators, and QA to improve software delivery processes.
• Participate in sprint planning, release coordination, and incident response.
• Provide technical guidance on best practices for DevOps tooling and automation. 

Ideal Experience    

• 3 to 6 years of DevOps, Systems Engineering, or related experience.
• Strong experience in Linux server administration (Ubuntu, CentOS, or equivalent).
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools (Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.), containerization (Docker), and Shell scripting (Bash).
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts (deployments, services, ingress, Helm).
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps pipelines, Git repositories, and board workflows.
• Competent with Windows administration and PowerShell scripting.
• Understanding of networking, DNS, load balancing, and reverse proxy configurations (nginx, HAProxy).
• Experience integrating and managing observability tools such as Graylog, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Basic SQL Server management and automation experience.
• Strong working knowledge of financial instruments, settlement conventions, and post-trade processes.

Advantegeous:

• Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
• Familiarity with object storage (S3, MinIO, etc.) and message brokers (RabbitMQ).
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices for .NET and containerized applications.
• Previous experience in environments transitioning to Kubernetes.
• Previous experience in asset management / wealth management industry.

Ideal Qualifications    

• A completed Information Systems or Computer Science degree, or relevant BTech Degree, is required.
• Further postgraduate studies advantageous.
• Relevant certifications (RHCE, CKAD, Azure DevOps Engineer, etc.) are beneficial.

Most Important Attribute    

• Systems Knowledge    
• Linux (Ubuntu/CentOS)
• Azure DevOps
• Git
• Ansible or similar (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Docker
• Kubernetes + Helm
• NGINX / HAProxy
• Prometheus / Grafana / Graylog
• PowerShell / Bash
• SQL Server
• Azure Cloud

Deadline:27th February,2026

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Job Description    

• This role will mainly entail NAV oversight, fund accounting duties and review of all related reporting for our pooled and mutual fund products. This includes SA Unit Trusts, Pooled Life portfolios and Hedge funds.
• The person in this role will mainly be responsible for reviewing the correctness of the daily pricing and asset management operations, as well as reviewing all reporting relating to our pooled and mutual fund products.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Verification of NAV pricing
• Review price calculations.
• Review instrument valuations.
• Review of fund performance.
• Verification of Money Market Yield pricing
• Review yield calculations.
• Review instrument valuations and income accruals.
• Review of fund performance.
• Verification of income distribution data for distributing funds
• Verification of expense data
• Review service fee/management fee calculations.
• Review performance fee calculations.
• Review bank, custodian, trustee charges.
• Review audit fee charges.
• Review administration fees.
• Review any other ad hoc expenses.
• Review of Total Expense Ratio and Transaction Cost calculation and reporting.
• Compliance monitoring
• Handle interest/market claims for funds.
• Monitor compliance in accordance with mandate and regulatory limits.
• Cash management and cash flow processing
• Responsible for electronic fund transfer process to third and other parties
• Review and monitor reconciliations
• Review and resolve bank recon items.
• Review and resolve scrip recon items.
• Review and monitor fund accounting/reporting
• General administration and daily operations
• Monitor outsourced administration.
• Liaison with Administrator on all fund accounting matters.
• Handling of ad hoc pricing queries.
• Liaison and provision of pricing and fund data to service providers.
• Liaison with trustees on all matters on CIS funds.
• Review of CGT calculations on disposal of instruments in certain foreign markets.
• Coordination of asset transitions.
• Annual audit coordination
• Coordination of pre and post audit meetings.
• Annual planning of audit schedule.
• Liaison with auditors on all audit matters.
• Audit fee monitoring and management.
• Regulatory and accounting reporting
• Review and provide Regulation 28 reporting and Regulation 30 reporting. 
• Review and provide SARB reporting (client and regulator).
• Provide reporting to industry regulators and bodies (ASISA, FSCA).
• Management reporting
• Provision of management reporting and statistics.
• Review and preparation of data used in presentations.
• Regular review of pricing standards/best practice
• Continuous review of ASISA standards and guidelines and application thereof.
• Coordination of product events
• Coordination of launch of new products.
• Coordination of merger of products.
• Coordination of closure of products.
• Coordination of correction of pricing errors on any products.
• Coordination of fee or mandate changes on products.
• Providing support and coverage to our offshore division on our foreign mutual funds
• Ad hoc participation in projects

Ideal Experience    

• Minimum 5 years Asset management administration and/or pooled and mutual fund pricing experience

Ideal Qualifications    

• Commerce degree (strong in accounting)

Most Important Attribute    

• Strong attention to detail
• Strong numeracy skills
• Team player
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Problem solver
• Proactive and able to use initiative

Systems Knowledge    

• MSOffice – Advanced Excel skills an advantage
• Any portfolio management systems like InvestONE, Hi-Portfolio

Deadline:31st March,2026

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Job Description    
To organize and support the Global Head of Institutional Business, the Institutional Client Service Fund Managers, and the wider team reliably and accurately.

• The Institutional Business team (CIB) is a high-performance team that is the client face for institutional clients of Coronation in both South African and International Markets.

Duties and Responsibilities    
Provide full support to the Global Head of Institutional Business including, but not limited to:

• Extensive diary management and calendar bookings
• Travel arrangement of domestic and international travel, accommodation, and visas
• Keep track of deadlines and respond to emails timeously
• Arrange meetings, including video, MS Teams, Zoom, Skype and conference calls, and manage all boardroom bookings, venue, and catering arrangements
• Telephone screening and messaging
• Process reimbursement forms and perform expense reconciliations
• Assist with ad hoc administrative tasks
• Ad hoc personal tasks
• Provide full administrative support to client service fund managers in and out of office (as detailed above).
• Organise and coordinate team events (as detailed above).
• Keep the CRM contact database (Salesforce) up to date.
• Maintain synchronized filing, both business and personal.
• Prepare agendas, reports, presentations, minutes etc.
• Prepare monthly team interaction stats needed for management report.
• Collate and manage online submission and approval of leave requests.
• Manage new starter and exit forms for staff joining/leaving.
• Manage and submit invoices and keep track of payments.
• General office management including ordering stationery & other office supplies.
• Assist with the team inbox management and answering of client queries.
• Develop relationships with key business partners and other stakeholders.
• Back-up to the other PAs in the team.
• Assist with general administration tasks and projects in the area, as and when required.
• Act with integrity and professionalism always and uphold the Coronation culture and values.

Ideal Experience    

• Minimum of 10 years proven experience as an Executive Personal Assistant or Senior Team Co-ordinator, preferably in the Financial Services industry.

Ideal Qualifications    

• Grade 12
• Secretarial Diploma
• Commerce Qualification or part thereof would be an advantage

Most Important Attribute    

• Highly organized and efficient
• Trustworthy with a high level of integrity
• An ability to work under pressure in fast moving environment
• Proactive and able to use initiative
• Strong interpersonal and client focused skills
• Mature, confident, responsible, and accountable individual

Systems Knowledge    

• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, database experience

Deadline:31st March,2026