Sanlam Investments East Africa (SIEA)

Sanlam Investments East Africa (SIEA) is a leading fund manager in the region and has a strong record of accomplishment in service delivery and performance,with over KShs 230 billion (approximately US$ 2.3 billion) in assets under management. SIEA is part of the Sanlam Group, through its subsidiary Sanlam Emerging Markets. The Sanlam Group is a leading financial services group with operations in more than 30 African countries and a primary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Investment Operations Assistant

Job TypeFull Time

QualificationBA/BSc/HND

Experience1 - 2 years

LocationNairobi

Job FieldFinance / Accounting / Audit

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Investment Operations Manager, the successful candidate will have the following key responsibilities:

• Assist in timely, accurate posting of cash transactions and settlement of investment transactions.
• Assist in executing daily cash reconciliations and monthly asset reconciliations ensuring accuracy, identifying discrepancies and actively following up for resolution.
• Participate in issuing settlement instructions to custodians within their service level agreed timelines and report on any exceptions.
• Support daily pricing of all asset classes securities as guided in the valuation policy.
• Diligently track and promptly update corporate actions for all securities held.
• Support accurate and timely pricing of the allocated Unit Trust Funds and checking for assets liabilities matching daily.
• Assist in delivering accurate and timely holdings, Assets Under Management (AUM) report, valuations, and performance reports, ensuring data integrity and meeting all deadlines.
• Contribute towards generating accurate client reports (valuations, cash statements, performance reports, income reports and any other ad-hoc reports) and timely distribution as required by each client or their administrators.
• Assist in investment growth breakdown of performance, attribution reporting and composite management and analysis.
• Assist in the prompt and accurate compilation and distribution of internal and external reports within established deadlines: custodians, administrators, regulators and internal teams.
• Ensure allocated regulatory reporting deadlines are met as well as timely submission of required reports without exception.
• Adhere to Company policies including internal and external polices, risk, compliance and regulatory standards.
• Any other responsibilities as documented in your performance objectives and as may be assigned and communicated from time to time.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors Degree
• At least 1 - 2 years experience in a similar position or in the investments or banking sector.
• Analytical skills with attention to detail.

• Assist in timely, accurate posting of cash transactions and settlement of investment transactions.
• Assist in executing daily cash reconciliations and monthly asset reconciliations ensuring accuracy, identifying discrepancies and actively following up for resolution.
• Participate in issuing settlement instructions to custodians within their service level agreed timelines and report on any exceptions.
• Support daily pricing of all asset classes securities as guided in the valuation policy.
• Diligently track and promptly update corporate actions for all securities held.
• Support accurate and timely pricing of the allocated Unit Trust Funds and checking for assets liabilities matching daily.
• Assist in delivering accurate and timely holdings, Assets Under Management (AUM) report, valuations, and performance reports, ensuring data integrity and meeting all deadlines.
• Contribute towards generating accurate client reports (valuations, cash statements, performance reports, income reports and any other ad-hoc reports) and timely distribution as required by each client or their administrators.
• Assist in investment growth breakdown of performance, attribution reporting and composite management and analysis.
• Assist in the prompt and accurate compilation and distribution of internal and external reports within established deadlines: custodians, administrators, regulators and internal teams.
• Ensure allocated regulatory reporting deadlines are met as well as timely submission of required reports without exception.
• Adhere to Company policies including internal and external polices, risk, compliance and regulatory standards.
• Any other responsibilities as documented in your performance objectives and as may be assigned and communicated from time to time.

• Analytical skills with attention to detail.

• Bachelors Degree