Senior Administrator (Reconciliations) - Apex Fund Services
- Majorly contributing to manual bank recons including in-house systems vs. bank statements; and comparing in house systems in order of testing weak area of integration and simultaneously ensuring resolution of reconciliation items
- Playing a pivotal role in reconciling cash accounts on all systems to the bank account for settlement of trades, income and expenses and identifying and resolving unrelated items on the client's account
- Showcasing financial knowledge through reconciling margin reports and distributing to relevant parties whether Custodian or Client
- Executing regular cash management processing and ensuring consistency and accuracy
- Demonstrating accuracy and attention to detail through ensuring that all transfers are processed correctly on Invest one and confirmed with the relevant counter party
- Liaising extensively with SAFEX for opening new accounts and forwarding any relevant new codes including initiating MTM payments
- Fostering cohesive client relationships through continuous liaison regarding corrections
- Successfully progressing from Institutional Client Administrator to Senior Institutional Client Administrator, hence proving outstanding supervisory and leadership skills
Specialist Scrip Reconciliations - Apex Fund Services A Specialist is expected.
- To monitor and identify clients with high recon items, focusing on a large number and aging of breaks
- Report on the cause of spikes or reasons recons deteriorate
- Suggest corrective action to or engagement with internal and external clients
- Specialists should only stabilize the recon and hand same back to BAU
- Try and prevent spikes where possible, by anticipating the impact of changes in the process or projects
- Manage client anxiety around spikes in aged recon items
- Bring down spikes within a reasonable time frame
- Identify areas where matching rate of items is low and implement rules to increase the matching rate
- Review processes and controls and implement improvements (exception reporting)
- Suggest corrective action to prevent future errors - example training; process enhancement, or engagement with internal and external clients
- Engage Team Leaders of recon teams to identify processes that are hindering efficiency and determine training needs
- Monitor the failed trade between accurate and Invest One and update mapping table for trades
- New client setup on Accurate, including requesting swifts from banks and swat team attendance
- Assist in scoping, testing and implementation of projects and client take-ones
- Assisting with training of new and current staff
- Provide statistics to management as and when required/requested
- Regular review/update of process documentation
- Achieving deliverables against agreed deadlines and managing client expectations
- Ensure all checks are done daily/weekly/monthly and signed off
- Reviewing and sign off of Exception reports on a daily/weekly/monthly basis
- Performance of controls to ensure accuracy; quality and efficiency relating to instrument
- Sourcing, verification and updating of prices on the investment system HI portfolio
- Analyze and clear security –valuation exceptions arising daily through use of systems such as MDS; Bloomberg; Interactive Data and INET and also apply knowledge of Financial instruments to ensure securities are correctly valued on the in house investment Administration system viz; Hi portfolio
- Apply knowledge of financial instruments and systems to ensure that securities are correctly valued
- Analyze and clear exceptions arising from price scrubbing routines
- Performing controls to ensure accuracy ,quality. timeliness ,and efficiency
Senior Fund Accountant (Pricing) - Curo Fund Services
(2015-12 - 2016-12)
- Performance of controls to ensure accuracy; quality and efficiency relating to instrument
- Sourcing, verification and updating of prices on the investment system HI portfolio
- Analyze and clear security –valuation exceptions arising daily through use of systems such as MDS; Bloomberg; Interactive Data and INET and also apply knowledge of Financial instruments to ensure securities are correctly valued on the in house investment Administration system viz; Hi portfolio
- Apply knowledge of financial instruments and systems to ensure that securities are correctly valued
- Analyze and clear exceptions arising from price scrubbing routines
- Performing controls to ensure accuracy ,quality. timeliness ,and efficiency
Senior Institutional Client Administrator (Reconciliations) - Maitland Fund Services
(2006-06 - 2015-06)
- Majorly contributing to manual bank recons including in-house systems vs. bank statements; and comparing in house systems in order of testing weak area of integration
- Proactively preparing scrip positions on the Invest One system to the bank scrip depository accounts
- Simultaneously ensuring resolution of reconciliation items
- Playing a pivotal role in reconciling cash accounts on all systems to the bank account for settlement of trades, income and expenses and identifying and resolving unrelated items on the client's account
- Showcasing financial know-how through reconciling margin reports and distributing to relevant parties whether Custodian or Client
- Executing regular cash management processing and ensuring consistency and accuracy
- Demonstrating accuracy and attention to detail through ensuring that all transfers are processed correctly on Invest one and confirmed with the relevant counter party
- Liaising extensively with SAFEX for opening new accounts and forwarding any relevant new codes including initiating MTM payments
- Fostering cohesive client relationships through continuous liaison regarding corrections
- Successfully progressing from Institutional Client Administrator to Senior Institutional Client Administrator, hence proving outstanding supervisory and leadership skills
Work Experience Programme - Moore Stephens BKV Inc
(2005-11 - 2005-12)
Initiating career progression within Accounting and Auditing practice through commencing work experience with Moore Stephens BKV Incorporated
- Responsibilities included pastel processing, completion of tax returns, transaction testing, castings and creditor vouching on actual audits
Manageress - New GP Superette
(2001-01 - 2006-05)
- Fully accountable for all aspects of running a convenience store including managing the premises and housekeeping as well as ensuring all compliance with all procedures and requirements
- Controlling stock levels with due regard for procurement, shrinkage and cashflow
- Accountable for all financial transactions within the store including banking and agreeing/paying wages and salaries
- Developing and implementing improved procedures and processes to ensure better and more consistent service throughout the store
- Daily monitoring of invoicing procedures, purchasing and general bookkeeping of the business
- Effectively dealing with debtors and creditors queries and completing reconciliation of these accounts
Accounts Clerk - RGD Auto Services
(2000-09 - 2000-12)
- Responsible for financial record keeping and organization of office support needs within RGD Auto Services
- Preparing and reconciling of cash book and non cash book and accurately handling all matters pertaining to the petty cash
- Initiating and controlling the reconciliation of the wages and shift sheets
- Liaising, building and maintaining strong business relationships with debtors, creditors and key accounts
