The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.
Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.
That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.
Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.
For our business, for clients, and for you
Portfolio Administrator
Cape Town, Belville
Description
Perform operations related to a unit trust fund
Job specification
The main responsibilities of the role will be to:
- Setting Up Unit Trust Funds
- Mailbox management and work assignment
- General day to day queries, requests, assisting wherever possible
- Running Reports
- Implementing Fund Changes
- Opening of Offshore Bank Accounts
- Setting Up new classes
- Perform Fund Maintenance
Investigating and resolving Fund Queries:
- Fund Queries from Service Providers and Trustees
- Partner Queries
- Warning Flow Checks
- Fund Pricing Checks and Verification
- Managing of Maitland reporting and distribution list changes for Partners
- Lodging of Instruments in Custody
Following up with the partners to make sure instructions are in place:
- Help to resolve unmatched local and foreign trades
- Help to resolve failing trades
- Corporate Events
- Business Online & Banking Updates
- Processing Payments
- Processing Foreign Payments
- Performing month end management reporting
Updating of registers and ensuring integrity of data:
- Bank Information Sheet
- Fee changes
- Corporate Events
- Rebates
- Pricing Errors
- SARS
- Warning Flows
- Contact Lists
Skills Required:
The successful candidate will have:
- Relevant degree or diploma
- 3- 5 years relevant experience in the financial services/asset management industry with knowledge of CIS Funds.
- Good communication skills
- An ability to work accurately under pressure to meet deadlines.
- An ability to take initiative and work independently;
- Attention to detail
- Ability to communicate effectively at various levels;
- An ability to think analytically and identify and solve problems effectively
Knowledge:
- Basic Excel skills is essential.
- Basic understanding of unit trusts and investments
- Accuracy and attention to detail is absolutely critical
Additional information.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.
- We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.
- For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please https://www.apexgroup.com/corporate-social-responsibility/
Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.
Skills Required
- Relevant degree or diploma
- 3-5 years relevant experience in the financial services/asset management industry
- Good communication skills
- Basic Excel skills
- Attention to detail
Apex Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Apex Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Apex Group.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible benefits are positioned as being tailored by country, with localized packages and perks that can differ by jurisdiction. Mobility options such as the JUMP program add a non-cash element that can increase the perceived total rewards value for those who can access it.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support is described as including EAPs, mental-health workshops, mentoring support, and local lifestyle perks like gym or cycle-to-work schemes. These offerings broaden the benefits mix beyond purely financial rewards.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is described in at least one jurisdiction as including an employer match structure and an additional automatic contribution after tenure. This can strengthen the non-salary portion of total compensation where offered.
Apex Group Insights
What We Do
We are a single-source financial solutions provider dedicated to driving positive change while supporting the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices around the world. Established in Bermuda in 2003, we have continually disrupted the industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in fund and asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals. As a pioneering data and fintech-enabled company, we are a disruptor driving digital tools into fund and asset servicing. However, our vision to drive positive change extends beyond the industry. The Apex Foundation, a not-for-profit entity, is our passionate commitment to empower sustainable change
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