Specialist - Investment Accounting R400 000 CTC P / A

Duties & Responsibilities

Market Data

• Ensuring that the daily instrument valuation / pricing and exchange rate processes run accurately and timeously.
• Ensuring that instrument price files are received from all local and foreign sources (exchange and vendor data).
• Liaising with data vendors (e.g., JSE / Bloomberg) on data quality and other queries (e.g., valuation).
• The setting up of system parameters in Markit (MDS) for certain instruments as and when they are created by the front office team.
• Collaboration with the relevant IT domain teams to maintain, develop and enhance the market data infrastructure to keep systems up-to-date and efficient.
• Monitoring the end-of-day price reconciliation process and investigating any identified price / valuation discrepancies.
• Managing and maintaining data contracts and vendor relationships.
• Managing the benchmark data processes, including :

Creation of benchmarks as required by the Performance team.

Institutional Data Management

Additional Activities

Involvement in initiatives / project work that seeks to simplify and create efficiencies in existing processes.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Determined, engaged and persistent proactive “can-do” attitude that inspires others to do great work.

#J-18808-Ljbffr