Description
As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.
Job Description
SS&C Financial Services – Senior Fund Administrator – Bellville South Africa
About SS&C Technologies
SS&C is a global provider of investment, financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.
SS&C Financial Services
A leading innovator in alternative investment technology solutions and services, SS&C is also home to the industry's largest fund administrator: SS&C GlobeOp, helping funds of all sizes from start-ups to today's largest funds.
Named "Best Administrator: Technology" in the 2020 HFM US Services Awards. Across all of SS&C, we serve nearly $45 trillion in managed assets. We have assembled an exceptional team of fund accounting experts and equipped them with the industry's leading technology, which SS&C built and supports.
Key Responsibilities
1. Trade Support and Lifecycle Management
•Process all transactions across unit dealing, duplication administration, and international trade support.
•Manage trade lifecycles, including trade maintenance and support.
2. Reconciliation and Query Resolution
•Perform daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliations of stock and cash portfolios.
•Investigate and resolve queries within agreed turnaround times.
•Reconcile accrued interest and ensure the receipting of all interest payments.
3.Compliance and Regulatory
•Adhere to company policies, procedures, Client Service Level Agreements, and internal controls.
•Keep all process documentation updated, organised, and easily retrievable.
•Identify and escalate any operational risks or outstanding recon issues to the Team Leader or Manager.
4.Reporting and Analysis:
•Produce Management Information System (MIS) reports on volumes, key controls, and system stress points.
•Support the team manager with incident escalations, drafting, and reviewing incident reports.
SS&C Administration Services SA is an administration services business, providing investment management solutions to leading investment providers. We administer domestic & foreign securities and perform a host of tailored administration functions.
SS&C Administration Services SA is a forward-thinking, progressive, and innovative organisation whose leaders and staff live the company values, empowering our people, partnering with our clients and serving our community at all times.
5. Client Interaction
•Ensure timely and accurate processing of all instructions per client SLAs.
•Address client queries promptly and professionally.
•Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, internal teams, and external counterparties.
6.Stakeholder Collaboration:
•Foster existing business relationships to ensure effective and efficient delivery, working with compliance, and operations teams to gather necessary data and insights.
•Support and guide junior fund accountants, providing training and support to ensure accurate and timely completion of tasks.
7.Process Improvement:
•Streamline fund administration processes to enhance efficiency and reduce errors.
•Identify and implement process improvements to address product, client, and trading growth demands.
•Implement and maintain robust internal controls to safeguard fund assets and ensure data integrity.
•Collaborate with other departments, such as legal, compliance, and portfolio management, to ensure smooth fund operations.
8.Ad-Hoc Tasks:
•Perform ad-hoc accounting and reporting tasks as requested by clients or management.
•Ensure ad hoc requests are handled efficiently and accurately.
9. Training and Team Support
•Train team members using the On-the-Job Training toolkit.
•Act as a backup for team members when required.
•Contribute to the ongoing development of procedures and ensure adherence during audit reviews.
Competencies
•Problem-Solving & Analytical Skills: Ability to identify, analyse, and develop effective solutions for complex issues using critical thinking and derive meaningful insights.
•Judgement & Decision-making: The ability to make informed, timely, and effective decisions through analysing information, weighing potential outcomes, and selecting the best course of action to resolve issues and capitalise on opportunities.
•Attention to Detail: The ability to thoroughly focus on the finer aspects of a task, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and quality in their work.
•Effective Communication: The ability to clearly convey information, ideas, and expectations through various channels, while also listening actively and understanding others' perspectives.
•Risk Management: The ability to identify, assess, and mitigate potential risks that could negatively impact an organisation, project, or process.
•Stakeholder Management: The ability to identify, engage, and maintain productive relationships with key stakeholders that have an interest in or influence over a project, initiative, or organisational outcome.
•Time Management: The ability to effectively manages time and resources to meet deadlines, prioritises tasks based on importance and urgency, balances multiple tasks and projects efficiently and handles interruptions effectively.
•Adaptability: The ability and willingness to be flexible, to adapt to and work effectively within a variety of changing situations and with various individuals and groups.
•Client Focus: The ability to prioritise and address the needs and expectations of clients or customers, ensuring their satisfaction and fostering long-term relationships.
Qualifications and Experience
•Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field.
•Diploma or coursework in South African Financial Market Instruments is an advantage.
•CPA or CFA designation advantageous.
•Good knowledge and understanding of the Financial Markets and Financial instruments.
•Good knowledge of HiPortfolio an advantage.
•Strong understanding of financial services and investment management operations.
EEO Statement / Non-agency Disclosure
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.
Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
Background Checks
All offers of employment at SS&C are subject to background verification checks, including 5-year employment history, proof of eligibility to work in hiring location, proof of address, credit check and criminal record check (where permitted by local law). The accuracy of all information you submit as part of your application is vital and may be used as part of the background checking process should you be successful.
Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
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