Middle Office Analyst

Primary Role and Responsibilities:

• Monitoring of all trading limits and ensuring all portfolios are trading within their pre-determined limits
• Investigation of all limit breaches which occur intra/end-of-day
• Work closely with the investment and reporting teams
• Support with the on-boarding of new products for internal clients
• Support other teams in investigating and explaining MTM movements
• Monitoring and investigating all trade to ensure they are recorded accurately in the system
• Provide support to Middle Office management across all group projects (including project management, project planning and project implementation)

Qualifications:

• Minimum BCom or relevant degree

Skill and Experience:

• At least 3 years of relevant experience
• Experience working for a linked-life company, CIS/Manco, fund administrator and/or back or middle office of the asset management firm
• Good understanding of portfolio valuation processes, dataflow between the asset manager and fund administrators, and performance measurement of investment products
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills (Expert in MS Excel with VBA, will be an advantage)
• Experience using data portals like Bloomberg, IRESS and Morningstar (not essential but will be an advantage)
• Strong communication, written and telephonic skills
• Analytical thinker with the ability to problem-solve
• Well-organised and results-driven
• Basic project management skills