Junior Asset Administrator

**Junior Asset Administrator**
- **Duties and Responsibilities**:
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- Prepare and distribute month end, mid month and adhoc reports within the prescribed SLA
- Assist with the coordination of meetings and events related to investment products and portfolios
- Respond to and resolve all queries from internal and external stakeholders regarding investment products and portfolios within specific turnaround times
- Adhere to relevant industry regulations and internal policies and procedures
- Assisting with generating and distribution of reports within in prescribed timelines
- Daily transaction processing
- Proper analysis of deals received and correct capture at all times
- Allocation of monies to be done accurately and timeously
- Ability to liaise with external investment managers and clients
- Reject or request further information in order to finalise work items in queue
- Remain within the cut-off times, for the capturing of instructions, as set in the Service Level Agreement
- Trading and settling of daily and monthly trades (through Finswitch or manual)
- Uploading of daily bank statements
- Daily bank reconciliations and payments
- Configure and check fee configurations
- Month end and mid-month third party fund reconciliation
- Managing the asset trading mailbox
- Adding Funds to admin Platforms and ongoing maintenance of accounts which includes completing the fund loading templates and sending to the asset manager contact with all required information needed to load the funds on the admin platform
- Managing and staying on top of the process
- Following up and keeping track of loading funds on platforms
- Managing the asset management admin relationships
- Keeping record and maintaining records of what funds are on the admin platforms
- Completing and confirming audit confirmations for auditors
- End to End process of Fund Change notifications to asset managers
- Fund amalgamations
- Managing Finswitch linking
- Adhoc LISP related duties
- Running income distribution, reinvestment and reconciliation process
- Filing and scanning of all relevant documentation
- **Skills Needed**:
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- Self-starter with excellent organizational and time management skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent written and verbal communication (English) and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and in a high-pressured environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially in Excel) and other relevant software programs
- Basic understanding of investment products and portfolios
- Must be numerically literate
- Results focused and displays energy when performing tasks
- Innovative and demonstrates initiative
- Ability to work independently
- Committed and reliable with integrity
- Professional telephone etiquette and client liaison
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong data capturing and data management skills
- Ability to collaborate and pull information together
- **Qualifications**:
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- 1 - 2 years’ experience within the LISP / LIFE OFFICE industry
- Experience using the Finswitch is an added advantage
- **Personality and Attributes**:
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- Initiative and drive
- Strong emotional maturity
- Positive attitude
- Excellent client services skills
- Be passionate, committed, have a high work ethic
**Job Type**:
Contract
Contract length:
6 months
Pay:
R9,500.00 per month