Cape Town: Investment Guidelines Analyst (Global Asset Manager) posted by Rory Mackie & Associates

The team consists of three areas: investment restrictions, maintenance in order management system, pre- trade rule analysis and post trade incident analysis.

The role will involve frequent and close liaison with stakeholders of all levels, in both front and middle office environments, and requires a candidate who is committed to teamwork and a can-do attitude. The purpose of the Guideline Management team is to ensure that there are no breaches of our clients mandate and regulatory guidelines. The team plays a major role in the investment process.

Responsibilities:

• Perform pre- trade analysis for all SA and UK funds/portfolios
• Interpret client guidelines, regulatory rules, and internal restrictions and coding these into Charles River (CRD) and thinkFolio
• Continually review and improve processes to reduce risk and improve efficiency
• Be responsible for daily monitoring of global post trade compliance breaches for SA & UK funds/portfolios and reporting these to the relevant departments. This function will be a large part of the role
• Assist the team with other BAU work
• Assist with ad hoc tasks and projects, especially the current Charles River implementation

Requirements:

• Degree with 3 5 years relevant experience within an Asset Management company
• CFA or Investment Management Certificate (IMC) desirable
• Good knowledge of Regulatory restrictions
• Excellent understanding of investment products
• Tech savvy, knowledge of PowerBI, SQL, etc.
• Detailed working knowledge of Charles River or Thinkfolio

Attributes we look for in a person are:

• The ability to build and maintain meaningful relationships
• A client focused and collaborative approach
• High conviction and comfortable sharing opinions
• Ability to analyze, interpret and assimilate information