Senior Trade Specialist (RE5 essential)

Rare opportunity to join this dynamic Investment business team in a senior role within their Operations team, as Senior Trade Specialist.

Core involvements include :

• Implementing and monitoring trades and activities related to client portfolios
• Work closely with the Investment team and other stakeholders involved in effecting changes to client portfolios
• Reviewing and rebalancing portfolios, and addressing queries related to changes and performance of funds
• Accuracy in execution around areas like booking and confirming trades, pre-trade planning analysis
• Strong / fluid people interaction skills - including with Portfolio Managers (trade instructions etc) and your Admin team (guide them on areas like trade execution, rebalances, adding or removing managers, benchmark changes and drawdowns)
• Be the technical knowledge “centre” for complex queries
• And more.

The ideal candidate should have:

• RE5 (essential, and out of supervision for 3 years)
• 4-8 years experience in investment management
• Strong knowledge of domestic and financial markets, and including forex and derivatives trading
• Strong people interaction ability, and accuracy in execution required.

This is a Cape Town based opportunity.

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