Job Opportunities at Prescient

Purpose of role:

• The HR Operations Specialist at Prescient will lead the design and execution of scalable HR processes that empower our global teams to thrive. This role is pivotal in aligning operational excellence with our talent strategy, ensuring seamless employee experiences, compliance, and data integrity across all touchpoints.

Duties and responsibilities:
HR Operations Management

• Overseeing day-to-day HR processes such as onboarding, offboarding, employee records management, and benefits administration. Support in optimizing HR workflows to streamline various processes.
• Manage employee benefits programs and vendor relationships
• Implementing and maintaining HR policies and procedures to ensure compliance with legal and organisational standards.

Process Innovation and improvement

• Identifying areas for process optimisation within HR operations. Identify and implement automation opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve scalability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to enhance operational agility and responsiveness.
• Leading or supporting HR projects aimed at improving efficiency and employee experience.

Systems and data management

• Own the HRIS ecosystem, ensuring data accuracy, system integration, and reporting capabilities.
• Leverage analytics to inform workforce trends, engagement, and retention strategies.
• Coordinating HR systems and ensuring data integrity within HR information systems, specifically Sage 300 People.
• Maintain and improve HR systems and databases.

Employee Reporting

• Compiling and analysing employee data (e.g. headcount, turnover, transformation metrics etc).
• Preparing regular and ad hoc HR reports for internal stakeholders and management.
• Annual Skills reporting (WSP/ATR) ensuring accurate information is provided to the SETA as per Prescient’s skills process.
• Supporting audits and ensuring data accuracy for statutory and compliance reporting.

Stakeholder Support

• Acting as a point of contact for HR queries from employees and managers.
• Providing administrative and operational support to the Head of Talent and broader HR team.
• B-BBEE Stakeholder Engagement - serve as a key HR liaison for B-BBEE strategy and implementation across employment equity, skills development, and preferential procurement.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with South Africa’s B-BBEE codes of good practice.
• Maintain accurate records and reporting for B-BBEE audits and scorecard submissions.
• Support initiatives that drive transformation, diversity, and inclusion in line with Prescient’s values and regulatory obligations.

Employee Experience & Support

• Champion employee-centric processes that reflect Prescient’s values and culture.
• Manage service delivery for payroll, benefits, and employee queries with a focus on continuous improvement.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure global compliance with labour laws, data privacy regulations, and internal policies.
• Lead audits and risk assessments across HR functions.

Required experience:

• Minimum 5-7 years + experience in HR operations within a fast-paced, global environment, where you have developed a strong command of HR systems specifically SAGE People 300, and associated Talent Management tools.
• Experience with supporting regulatory submissions included EE and Skills Development reporting.
• Analytical mindset with experience in HR metrics and dashboards.
• Proficiency in HR information systems and reporting tools

Required Qualifications:

• Related Financial / Commercial or HR related qualification is required.  

Key competencies:

• Positive, proactive team player.
• Innovative and curious.
• High levels of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Proficiency in HR information systems and reporting tools.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Trustworthy and reliable.

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Purpose of role:

• To perform an end-to-end fund accounting role as part of the Collective Investment Schemes Fund Accounting team. This role has a strong client reporting focus. Daily Pricing and valuation experience, essential.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Processing and setting up of audit, trustee, custody, and management fees.
• 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.
• Pricing of funds within the Collective Investment Scheme, i.e. 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.
• Monitor and perform income distribution calculations for each fund class.
• 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 to mitigate risk.
• Supporting the management and co-ordination of team deliverables relating to projects and new client take-on’s.

Required experience:

• Relevant Fund Accounting (Collective Investment Schemes) experience of at least 2-5 years is essential.
• Relevant exposure to Investment reporting systems.
• Strong Excel skills.

Required Qualifications:

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification(s) required (BCom Finance / Accounting / Investments).

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.
• Positive 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:

• The Transfer Agency Client Service team provides excellent levels of client service to all investors in a timely and accurate manner. This team is the conduit between the client and the broader Prescient Fund Services operational teams and offers excellent exposure and opportunity across various Management Companies for which administration services are performed.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Processing subscriptions, redemptions and switch instructions for existing.
• Processing static data amendments to existing investor.
• Processing and setting up of broker/IFA.
• Liaising with investors and brokers/IFAs on outstanding.
• Handling FICA requirements and internal AML policy for all.
• Liaising with internal teams to process investor.
• Daily Finswitch file.
• Daily reporting to asset managers for preliminary.
• Processing and managing adhoc.
• Implementing and maintaining process controls using workflow.
• Management of internal relationships to ensure prompt client response. Providing support to the CRM and broader client service team with queries as required.

Required experience:

• Relevant experience of at least 1-2 years in a similar investor services processing role is
• Experience gained in a similar asset management / unit trust / LISP client service environment where your focus has been on processing investment applications.

Required Qualifications:

• Relevant tertiary qualification (or study towards) a BCom, BTech Commerce, Finance, Business Administration highly advantageous.
• Minimum Matric coupled with a relevant industry relate courses (NQF 5 /6 equivalent).
• Strong MS Office skills.
• Exposure to investment systems and workflow tools.

Key competencies:

• Highly methodical and can working within specific processes and structure.
• Ability to work under limited supervision.
• Positive team player.
• Enthusiastic and client centric attitude.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Honesty and integrity.

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Purpose of role:

• The Data Management team play a critical role relating to the governance and setup of new funds within Prescient Fund Services. In this role you will be required to setup and maintain new funds across the systems used by the asset administration services offered by Prescient.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Managing and maintaining financial market and instrument data across Prescient systems.
• Utilize ETL technologies and workflows to deliver solutions daily, monthly and on an ad hoc basis.
• Operating instrument valuation models for pricing OTC instruments.
• Analysing input and validating outputs of instrument valuation models.
• Analysing and validating the quality of financial market data used by Prescient.
• Executing and enforcing Prescient’s data governance policy for pricing and instrument meta data.
• Meta data maintenance in Prescient’s core accounting system.

Required experience:

• 2-4 years investment or financial services industry experience in a related role where you have gained experience in the setup and/or pricing of instruments.
• Solid understanding of financial instruments.
• Strong Excel skills.

Required Qualifications:

• A relevant tertiary qualification (e.g., Information Systems/Technology, Finance, Accounting / Commerce) is required.

Key competencies:

• Technical aptitude for working with systems and data.
• Ability to methodically plan, organise, analyse, and manage data driven tasks with detail and precision.
• Self-motivated and delivery focused.
• Positive team player.
• Proficient interpersonal skills with the ability to engage and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Deadline driven.

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Purpose of role:

• At Prescient Securities, our clients are central to everything we do. The CRM is responsible for translating this value into a consistently exceptional client experience, where professionalism, excellence and genuine care are evident at every interaction. 
• This role exists to ensure that client engagement goes beyond efficient service delivery to true client delight. Client relationships are managed with intent, discipline and attention to detail, while maintaining a strong focus on understanding client needs, anticipating expectations and building trusted, long-term partnerships. Every interaction, opportunity and follow-up is actively managed and progressed through a structured CRM framework to ensure consistency, accountability and quality. 
• By owning and governing how the CRM is used across the business, this role ensures it operates as a living system that supports meaningful client engagement, informed decision-making and commercial effectiveness. Working closely with the CEO, Business Development, Corporate Access and Marketing teams, the Client Engagement & CRM Manager plays a central role in ensuring that clients feel genuinely valued, well supported and confident in their relationship with Prescient Securities. 

Duties and responsibilities:
Client Engagement & Coverage Ownership 

• Own the end-to-end client engagement workflow across Prescient Securities. 
• Ensure every client has: 
• A clear internal owner. 
• Defined coverage objectives.
• A structured engagement cadence. 
• Proactively identify dormant, under-engaged or at-risk clients and drive re-engagement actions. 
• Act as the central coordination point between clients and internal teams to ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery. 
• Serve as escalation and resolution point for client service issues where appropriate. 

CRM Ownership & Discipline 

• Act as the CRM product owner for Prescient Securities. 
• Define and enforce CRM standards, workflows, pipelines and mandatory data fields. 
• Ensure all client interactions, meetings, opportunities and follow-ups are captured accurately and timeously. 
• Drive CRM adoption and discipline across the teams, including senior stakeholders. 
• Train, coach and support users to ensure the CRM is used as a decision-making and execution tool .
• Continuously refine CRM structure to improve visibility of: 
• Client coverage. 
• Opportunities. 
• Corporate access demand.
• Follow-ups and outcomes.

Opportunity & Pipeline Management 

• Ensure all commercial opportunities are logged, tracked and progressed in the CRM.
• Monitor stalled or inactive opportunities and actively drive internal action.
• Prepare regular pipeline, coverage and opportunity reviews for management.
• Ensure post-meeting and post-event follow-ups are executed and recorded.
• Support the business in maximising conversion, retention and cross-sell opportunities through disciplined follow-through.

Corporate Access & Event Effectiveness 

• Own CRM-driven client targeting for all corporate access events. 
• Work closely with Angela and the Corporate Access team to ensure:
• The right clients are invited. 
• Invitations are aligned to client interests, mandates and engagement history. 
• Track attendance, engagement, feedback and post-event outcomes in the CRM.
• Ensure structured follow-up after all events to maximise relationship and commercial value.

Business Development & Client Presentation Support 

• Support preparation of high-quality client presentations and proposals.
• Enhance presentation quality in line with branding and messaging guidelines.
• Maintain and manage a central library of presentation and proposal templates.
• Coordinate local and international client meetings as required.
• Facilitate logistics related to meetings and engagements, including venues, materials and catering.

Executive Support (Client-Focused) 

• Provide targeted support to the CEO on client engagement, relationship management and commercial initiatives.
• Assist in filtering and prioritising client-related communication and actions.
• Act as a trusted point of coordination in the CEO’s absence on client-related matters.

Collaboration, Improvement & Learning 

• Collaborate closely across teams to improve client processes and systems.
• Proactively identify gaps, inefficiencies and improvement opportunities in client management.
• Continuously build understanding of markets, products and client needs.
• Where appropriate, complete industry exams and deepen technical knowledge to enhance effectiveness.

Required experience:

• At least 4- 6 years’ experience in investment management / stockbroking environment in a related role where you have gained exposure to institutional client service, client engagement and business development support.
• Advanced skills in MS Office, particularly PowerPoint, Excel and Word will be advantageous.
• Experience in working with a CRM system required.

Required Qualifications:

• Relevant Qualification (ND / Degree in Administration, Finance, Commerce) required. 

Key competencies:

• Highly client-centric with a strong service mindset.
• Commercially minded and outcome driven. 
• Highly organised with strong prioritisation skills.
• Comfortable driving accountability and behavioural change. 
• Strong communicator, written and verbal. 
• Detail-oriented with a high standard of execution. 
• Self-driven, resilient and proactive. 

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Purpose of role:

• This role supports the account static process, acting as a key point of contact and working closely with internal teams and external counterparties. The focus is on ensuring funds are opened accurately, efficiently, and within agreed timelines, within the Prescient systems, while delivering a positive client experience. 
• This role is well suited to a graduate or early-career professional looking to gain hands-on exposure in financial services operations. 

Duties and responsibilities:

• The setup and maintenance of Funds on the Prescient platform. 
• The setup of Funds and Classes on external platforms (Bloomberg & Morningstar). 
• The setup and maintenance of Bank Accounts and Beneficiary accounts on Paylink and/or other systems as required. 
• Facilitate Eagle password and account resets.
• Assist in over-sight controls to ensure accuracy of setups and consistency with Prescient’s governance policies. 
• Engage with Custodians regarding the setup and linking of Primary and Secondary accounts.
• Engage with Management Companies regarding the creation of applicable Investment Accounts 

Required experience:

• Graduate –1 year experience in a financial services, operations, administration, or account support role. 

Required Qualifications:

• A degree or diploma in Finance, Commerce, Accounting, or a related field. 

Key competencies:

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy. 
• Good organisational and follow-up skills. 
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with a team. 
• Clear written and verbal communication skills. 
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. 
• Willingness to learn and take ownership of tasks. 
• Positive attitude and strong work ethic.
• High levels of integrity and professionalism. 

Why this role:

• Strong learning and development opportunity and exposure to operations, client services, or broader financial services roles. 
• Opportunity to gain hands-on experience in client onboarding, KYC, and account management. 
• Work closely with multiple internal teams and external stakeholders.  
   

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Purpose of role:

• This role offers a CA(SA) the opportunity to take ownership of the full fund accounting lifecycle within our Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Accounting team. With a strong emphasis on institutional mandates and client reporting, this position is ideal for a technically astute individual who thrives in a fast-paced, detail-driven environment. Ideal for a CA(SA) with a passion for markets and precision.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Set up and process all applicable fees related to ETF structures.
• Perform and process fund distributions with accuracy and timeliness.
• Daily pricing of funds, ensuring valuations of instruments (equities, bonds, derivatives) align with market performance.
• Monitor NAV and asset price variances against benchmarks, applying professional judgment to flag and resolving discrepancies.
• Prepare, review, and distribute daily and monthly client reports with precision.
• Resolve internal and external client queries in collaboration with the Client Delivery team.
• Maintain and enhance control frameworks to mitigate operational and financial risk.
• Support onboarding new clients and contribute to project deliverables.
• Perform daily cash and scrip reconciliations, identifying and resolving breaks proactively.
• Work within a hybrid model, with earlier working hours (6:00 AM – 3:00 PM) to align with market operations.

Required experience:

• Newly qualified CA(SA)
• Solid understanding of asset management operations and investment instruments.
• Strong Excel skills.

Key competencies:

• Analytical and methodical thinker with a strong interest in portfolio operations.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently.
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Strong team orientation with a collaborative mindset.
• Client-centric with the ability to see the broader investment context.
• Positive, solutions-driven attitude.

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The Opportunity

• Are you a curious, analytical graduate ready to build a career in the investment industry? Prescient Investment Management is seeking high-potential graduates who are keen to gain practical exposure to quantitative analysis, investment research, portfolio construction and risk.
• The Prescient Graduate Programme provides structured on-the-job learning, guided mentorship from experienced professionals, and early involvement in real business projects. It is suited to detail-oriented, data-driven graduates who are motivated to grow into specialist roles within quantitative analysis.

What You Can Expect

• Work on real investment projects and quantitative challenges from day one.
• Learn from experienced investment and risk professionals.
• Build the technical, analytical, and soft skills needed for a long-term career in investment management.
• Access structured learning, workshops, and mentorship opportunities to accelerate your growth.

What We’re Looking For

• Graduates completing an Honours or Master’s in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Actuarial Science, Economics, Finance, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in programming and data analysis (Python, R, SQL, MATLAB, or similar).
• Curious, adaptable, and eager to learn in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
• Detail-oriented, with strong communication and teamwork skills.

What You’ll Do

Depending on your team placement, your responsibilities may include:

• Conducting quantitative research and analysis across equities, fixed income and alternative assets.
• Developing, testing and maintaining financial and statistical models.
• Supporting portfolio construction, risk assessment and performance analysis.
• Assisting with data collection, validation and visualisation to inform investment decisions.
• Contributing to team projects, sharing ideas and applying technical skills to deliver meaningful insights.

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• Are you a curious, analytical graduate looking to build a real career in the fund services industry?
• Prescient Fund Services is hiring graduates who want hands-on exposure to fund administration, investment operations, and financial markets.
• This role offers hands-on exposure to the full lifecycle of investment funds, with structured on-the-job learning, mentorship, and increasing responsibility over time.
• It is ideal for graduates who are detail-oriented, analytically minded, and motivated to grow into specialist or leadership roles within the business.

 What you can expect:

• Real responsibility from day one
• Strong technical learning and mentorship
• Exposure to investment funds and asset managers
• Opportunities for growth and exposure across multiple fund structures

 What we are looking for:

• A degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, Information Systems (or similar)
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Curiosity, work ethic, and willingness to learn

Key Responsibilities:

Depending on your team placement, your responsibilities may include:

• Supporting the daily administration and operations of investment funds
• Assisting with NAV calculations, reconciliations, and financial reporting
• Working with investment data, transactions, and control processes
• Collaborating with internal teams and external stakeholders
• Contributing to process improvements and operational efficiencies
• Building a solid understanding of fund structures, financial markets, and regulatory requirements