Jobs Available at Curo Funds Service

Key Responsibilities

Bonds & Money Market Fund Administration

• Manage the full trade lifecycle for bonds and money market instruments, ensuring accuracy and timely execution.
• Execute confirmation and settlement instructions, working closely with custodians, counterparties, and fund managers.
• Perform daily reconciliations related to cash, positions, valuations, and trade confirmations.
• Monitor interest accruals, coupon payments, and maturities to ensure proper fund accounting and reporting.
• Address and resolve client and counterparty queries efficiently, maintaining high service standards.
• Assist in escalation, drafting, and reviewing incident reports, ensuring timely documentation of issues.
• Support audit processes and regulatory reporting, ensuring compliance with all reporting requirements.

• Assist in preparation of reports reports on fund performance, cash flows, and other key metrics to senior management.

Reporting & Analysis

Compliance & Regulatory Adherence

• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations (e.g., SEC, UCITS) and industry standards related to bonds and money market funds.
• Ensure all trade deadlines are met, escalating potential risks or operational disruptions proactively.
• Maintain strict compliance with regulatory frameworks governing bonds and money market transactions.

• Ensure ongoing development and updates to procedures, aligning with industry best practices and regulatory changes.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Investor Relations

• Act as the primary point of contact for investors, addressing queries and providing timely updates.
• Manage investor onboarding, subscription, and redemption processes, and maintain investor records.
• Provide detailed reports and insights to investors on the performance of bonds and money market funds.
• Work closely with risk, compliance, legal, and investment teams to mitigate operational risks and maintain process integrity.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure efficient trade execution, settlement, and reporting.

Process Improvement & Ad-Hoc Tasks

• Identify and assist in driving process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and reduce operational risks.
• Assist with ad-hoc accounting and reporting requests from clients and management.
• Support system enhancements and automation efforts to streamline trade processing and reconciliation.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 3+ years experience in financial services (investment management) industry
• Diploma or course in SA Financial Market Instruments will be an advantage
• Previous trade cycle experience in Unit Trusts and the Unitised trading process would be advantageous.
• Proficiency in financial systems, trade platforms, and data management tools.
• Strong knowledge of bonds, money market instruments, and settlement processes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite, particularly Excel.

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Key Responsibilities

 Change Management:

• Lead and manage change initiatives related to product development, ensuring minimal disruption to existing operations.
• Develop comprehensive change management plans, including communication strategies, training programs, and stakeholder engagement.
• Conduct impact assessments to understand the effects of proposed changes on the organisation and its stakeholders.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, clients and vendors to assess current processes and identify areas for change and improvement.
• Apply Design Thinking methods to understand client’s needs as well as exploring opportunities to solve their needs.
• Facilitate workshops and meetings to align stakeholders on project goals, deliverables, and timelines.
• Liaise with the Technical Training team on any technical training requirements and planning.
• Provide guidance and support to employees, teams and clients impacted by changes, addressing concerns and facilitating adoption.

Process Improvement:

• Analyse current product development processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Produce Business Cases for new initiatives determining the desirability, feasibility and viability of proposed ideas.
• Monitor and measure the effectiveness of change efforts, gathering feedback and making adjustments as needed.

Project Management:

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Work closely with project managers, leadership, vendors and clients to ensure the successful execution of change initiatives.
• Prepare and present regular project updates to management and other stakeholders.

Risk Management:

• Identify and assess risks associated with change initiatives, developing mitigation strategies to address potential issues.
• Monitor and report on risk management activities throughout project lifecycles.

Documentation and Reporting:

• Investigate, analyse and document future processes, business rules and data components depending on what is required for the initiative in progress.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all change initiatives, including project plans, impact assessments, and change logs.
• Review of technical documentation and alignment to business requirements, with the support of the technical training team where applicable.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Finance, Economics, or related field (Master's degree preferred)
• 5 – 7 years’ experience as a Business Analyst, experience in investment administration and exposure to clients and operations processes with a focus on change management.
• Proficiency in project management and change management tools and methodologies.
• Accredited BA course is advantageous.