Trade matching and settlement of international and localEquity, Bonds & Money Market trades on HiportThird Party Administration (TPA)Lifecycle management – trade maintenance and tradesupportSettlements and confirmations – execution of allconfirmations and instructions via SWIFT messages,OMGEO/CTM, HiportDaily reconciliation around cash, units and confirmationprocessesOpening call accounts with counterpartiesEnsuring all deadlines are met and escalating issues in atimely mannerIdentify and drive process improvement initiatives tomeet demands of a developing product set, client baseand trading growthProduce relevant MIS around volumes, key controls andprocess/system pointsSupport team manager in escalation, drafting and/orreviewing of incident reportsOngoing staff training as requiredEnsure that all clients/dealer queries are beingaddressed in a timely mannerA PPL IC A TION S U PPORT A N A LYSTIn house software/applications end user support: pControl & AccurateWriting SQL queries and scripting updates from a maintenance and support perspectiveData integrity management by use of monitoring SQL script resultsImporting of data from various data sources into financial database softwareUser profile/security maintenance on all applicationFund Accounting system end-user support and administration

User Acceptance testingDesign and set up test scenarios and test cases to implement the test plansSee to the automation of test cases for regression testingCollaborate with business analysts & developers to identify, log, prioritize and verify defectsAttend daily stand ups, weekly tribe sessions and sprint planningJira, HP Quality Center, SQL

Daily cash forecast for Safex and YieldX accountsDerivative position reconciliations and MTM movementsPrepare daily cash settlement report for Futures clearingSubmit daily EFT instructions for margin call paymentsReconcile portfolios in Smac and Futures clearing accounts dailyConfirm, match and settle derivative tradesUpdate interest rates, volatility skewsOpen new accounts with Clearing HouseMonthly interest summary for Safex and YieldX accounts

Execute the production of NAVs for FoFExecution of day to day functions within the teamIdentification and escalation of control gaps in a timely manner.Identification and escalation of operational issues and ownership of daily healthcheck processFoster existing business relationships to ensure effective and efficient deliverySupport management in the change process.Monthly, quarterly income distributionsMonthly Total expense ratios reconsSupport management in ensuring day to day adherence to standard operatingprocedures & controls.Execution of relevant reconciliations between different systems to ensure accuracy ofinformation.Taking ownership of day to day functions within the teamThe rotation of tasks/functions within the team

Derivatives position reconciliations and margin movementsEnsure trades to the fund manager (global) are processed accurately and on the agreed deadlineCash projections for all fundsOn time and accurate preparation of daily foreign bank recons, and recon itemsReconciling daily & monthly call accounts and current account interest reconsTrade administration of scrip and collateralWeekly scrip lending and collateral reconsDerivatives position reconciliations and margin movementsPreparing daily foreign cash settlement instructions & confirmations, draw downs, distributions, rolloversand tax reclaimsSettlement of income and following up on outstanding incomeUpdating yield curves and daily exchange ratesCapture Valuations of local and foreign unlisted instruments dailyBond asset recon between Oberon and AIMS to verify valuation of instrumentsSwap recon to verify that portfolios are in syncReconciliation of reference portfolio to counterparty’s portfolio(instruments and holdings)

Produce Net Asset Value calculations to agreed timelines for equity, fixed interest, derivatives, money marketand mortgage backed securitiesComplete MIS monthly for fundsPrepare audit packs to agreed reporting functionsDaily income checks, to verify interest on WINS ties to BloombergMonth to Date accrual check to show that distribution accruals tie to TAWeekly S&P and Fitch reportingWeekly pay down reconsMonthly Moody reportingDaily futures reconReleasing price filesCash projections for cash fundsReconciling cash differences between WINS and Custody, TLMReconciling holdings differencesProcessing daily trades, FX, futures, TA, interest, dividendsDerivatives position reconciliations and margin movementsEnsure trades to the fund manager (global) are processed accurately and on the agreed deadlineCash projections for all fundsOn time and accurate preparation of daily foreign bank recons, and recon itemsReconciling daily & monthly call accounts and current account interest reconsTrade administration of scrip and collateralWeekly scrip lending and collateral reconsDerivatives position reconciliations and margin movementsPreparing daily foreign cash settlement instructions & confirmations, draw downs, distributions, rolloversand tax reclaimsSettlement of income and following up on outstanding incomeUpdating yield curves and daily exchange ratesCapture Valuations of local and foreign unlisted instruments dailyMomentum Asset Management | 7 March 2011 - 07 July 2014PORTFOL IO AD M I N ISTR A TORReconciling cash positions between Hiport and CustodySettlement of fixed interest and maturitiesCapturing daily cash movements on HiportQuery, investigate and resolve differences on cash reconciliationSet up new securities on Hiport, verify setup against Bloomberg and FTSCapturing executed market trades received from investment managersWeekly fixed interest & unsettled reports for interest & dividendsWeekly scrip holdings reconciliation