Senior Investment Technical Operations Specialist at Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited

Role Purpose    

• This position is located within the Group Investment Services department in the Centurion office. 

Requirements    

• An appropriate commerce degree or qualification
• A minimum of 7 – 10 years experience in the Investment environment especially single and / or multi-manager administration reporting
• Knowledge of Interlink or any pooled fund administration would be advantageous
• Knowledge of Investment Administration systems such as AIMS, SMAC, InvestOne, HiPort, EagleOne etc would be advantageous
• Knowledge of Asset based taxes such as Capital Gains Tax and Dividend Withholding Tax would be advantageous
• Knowledge of budgeting processes and variance analysis would be advantageous

Duties & Responsibilities    
The successful candidate with be responsible for:

All daily technical investment administration and unitization activities within the Group Investment Technical Operations team. This will include, but not be limited to: 

• Portfolio structure construction implementation including rebalancing, cash flow monitoring,
• Perform business process impact of strategic new client and portfolio initiatives and redesign of existing processes as required,

Policyholder fee accrual calculation review and oversight including but not limited to accruals such as 

• Management fees 
• Capital Gains Taxes in accordance with Schedule 8 of the Income Tax Act
• Other allowable asset based taxes such as Dividend Withholding Tax and Real Estate Investment Trusts Income Tax
• Specialist oversight and analysis of daily gross as well as net of accrual unit prices and fund build-ups.  This would also include ad hoc performance of unit price rebuilds and client communication
• In-depth understanding of corporate actions and the impact of it on policyholder pricing especially for net pricing purposes, maintaining an update and appropriate fund pricing policy and ensuring compliance to industry best practice as well as all MMI Group policies,
• Collaborate with GIS Management team as well as other functional areas to design, implement and monitor all relevant processes within an appropriate risk control framework.

Technical Implementation Operations

• Daily coordination and processing of investment rebalancing’s switches and blending instructions
• Daily monitoring of all cash flows processed in unitization system and escalation of cash liquidity and portfolio target weights breaches with Momentum Investments Implementation
• Perform oversight of all transactions traded with outsourced service provider being Apex and resolve any escalations
• Ensure asset allocation views are implemented and aligned according to client/portfolio resolutions received and instructed by mandate owners and Momentum Investments
• Detailed understanding of asset-based taxes, CGT, REIT, and DWT calculations within unitization space
• Provide technical advice and expertise regarding portfolio structure construction and fee implementation within GIS Unitization system.
• Management of all clients, portfolio, and Fund Manager Fees, including processing, attribution, and variance checks
• Perform detailed reporting on all fees through compiling fee schedules, instructing transfers of proceed to cooperate account and distribution of signed-off schedules to relevant internal stake holders
• Perform monthly fee sweeping process on GIS fee reinvestment portfolios
• Co-ordinate / assist with various strategic initiatives within Group Investment Service.
• Performs special projects and duties relating to Portfolio transitions
• Supporting and co-ordination of client/portfolio take-on and disinvestment activities through designing and implementation of take-on templates and management of all static data within the unitization system.
• Investigate and resolve investment operations cash and unit recon breaks queried by the recon teams and escalate impacted portfolios when required
• Provide support to GIS Banking process through designing and implementation of banking model
• Maintain detailed documentation of all processes within the Implementation team
• Continually review and update operational processes to reduce risk and improve efficiency.
• Maintain depository of all portfolio codes used in all unitization databases (Code Allocation Sheet)
• Maintain depository of all portfolio fees loaded in all unitization databases (Fee Master)
• Regularly perform system maintenance and rationalize all reporting groups and pricing groups
• Monitor and resolve any data integrity issues within all unitization systems
• Perform quarterly system access management reviews to determine accuracy of access granted relevant to all user’s current job responsibilities and supports proper segregation of duties within their division
• Collaborate and work with other teams to deliver required service levels.
• Ensure all assigned client queries are resolved within the stipulated turnaround times
• Perform incident analysis and incorporate findings into process improvement
• Maintain a broad and consistent knowledge of investment management landscape

Technical Pricing

• In depth investigation and analysis into Policy holder product pricing queries including, but not limited to: Derivation of prices in conjunction with relevant pricing inputs
• Perform ad hoc price analysis and/or portfolio build ups to prices that are reported to be incorrect by clients and/or internal stakeholders
• Write, test, and update pricing models where necessary
• Employ best practice methods and standards with respect to Policy holder product pricing verification
• Ensure that pricing related issues are communicated, and action plans put in place to correct them
• Perform incident analysis and incorporate findings into process improvement
• Ensure effective financial management, control, and corporate governance
• Take accountability for the management of business-related risks
• Share and transfer product, process, and systems knowledge to colleagues.

Competencies    

• Ability to work without supervision but also able to collaborate with team members and senior management
• Clear Communication
• Attention to detail
• Initiative
• Critical thinking
• Adaptability
• Resilience