Investment Operations Analyst - South Africa

Career
You are detail‑driven, analytically minded, and comfortable working with financial data. You enjoy reconciling numbers, investigating breaks, and ensuring balances, prices, and positions are correct across systems. With a solid foundation in finance or accounting, you naturally question anomalies and understand the downstream impact of errors on clients, reporting, and regulatory outcomes.

With 1–3 years’ experience in finance, fund administration, audit, or operations, you understand the importance of cash, pricing, and position accuracy, and the impact errors can have on clients and reporting.

This role is ideal for someone looking to build a career in investment operations within a wealth management business, gaining exposure to UK teams, platforms, and industry practices while developing strong technical and control skills.

About the role 
We are a UK based wealth management firm with client support operations in South Africa.

As an Investment Operations Analyst, you will support the accuracy and integrity of client portfolios by performing reconciliations, pricing checks, and cash monitoring across multiple systems and third-party providers.

You’ll work closely with internal teams and UK stakeholders, ensuring that client assets, valuations, and cash balances are correct, and that any discrepancies are investigated and resolved promptly.

This role offers hands-on experience across the full investment operations lifecycle, with structured support and the opportunity to grow within a global business.

Skills and Experience

• 1–3 years’ experience in:

  • Investment operations or fund administration

  • Reconciliations or financial operations

  • Audit or accounting (junior level)

• Strong understanding of:

  • Cash and position reconciliations

  • Pricing and valuations

  • Financial controls and data accuracy

• Intermediate Excel skills (e.g. VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, pivot tables)

• High attention to detail with the ability to identify and investigate discrepancies

• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks

• Clear communication skills, with confidence to escalate issues appropriately

Accountabilities

• Perform daily cash, position, and valuation reconciliations across internal systems and third-party platforms

• Investigate and resolve reconciliation breaks, pricing differences, and missing transactions

• Support pricing validation processes to ensure accurate client portfolio valuations

• Monitor and review client cash balances, including identifying and escalating overdrawn positions or unusual movements

• Liaise with UK-based teams and external providers to resolve discrepancies and maintain data integrity

This work mirrors core accounting controls and is fundamental to protecting client outcomes and maintaining regulatory integrity.

Our agile working environment means you may engage in various tasks and projects, which keeps work interesting and you get to develop and grow.