Portfolio Administrator

SUMMARY:
Our client, a Wealth Management company, is seeking a Portfolio Administrator to join their team. The purpose of the role will be to provide administrative support to the Asset Management team, to ensure accurate and timely processing of all related requests.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities:

• Daily updating of various spreadsheets
• Daily monitoring of corporate actions, cash and performance
• Conducting quarterly rebalancing of trackers
• Trading of local and offshore carveout portfolios according to the model
• Send trade notes to advisory clients within 3 days of executing bulk trades.
• Send corporate action notifications to clients at least 5 days before broker deadline date
• Send market insights via outlook before 3pm every Monday
• Send monthly market perspectives before the 20th of each month/market commentary relevant for factsheets
• Ad hoc requests for assistance from internal stakeholders
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures
• Meet deadlines

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or investment related qualification
• 0-3 years’ experience in an investment administration/finance-related role
• Personal interest in investment markets
• Career goal to be an equity analyst/portfolio manager
• Experience in dealing with share portfolios
• Experience within a family office or wealth management environment preferred
• Advanced Excel, MS Word, & PowerPoint
• Advantageous: Morningstar, Factset/Bloomberg, eCube, DMA OPUS, Stockbroker online systems (FNB, Investec and SBG)
• Critical thinker, analytical, attention to detail, technically minded, and a quick learner
• Team player
• Writing skills, emotional intelligence, ability to prioritise and to meet deadlines essential