Fund Operations Officer at Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc(GTCO)

Job Summary

• The Fund Operations Officer handles the day-to-day fund operations and full administration of all actual and potential clients of the business, as well as the key contact point for fund administration.
• S/he will execute fund trading-related orders for clients and prepare fund accounts and related reports to regulatory bodies.

Responsibilities

• Ensure prompt processing of client’s requests within agreed timelines; this includes subscriptions, and redemptions.
• Liaise with investment managers for provision of cash for clients’ withdrawal and forward to funds account for payment to clients.
• Monthly reconciliations - ensuring all public funds registers are up to date by the responsible officer.
• In-house Registrar Function - e.g. banker’s confirmation verification, nominal transfer approvals, conversion to estate account etc. The dispatch takes necessary documents to bank and other external parties required for the completion of these tasks.
• Ensure dividends/interest payments schedule for public funds are done as at when due.
• Completion monthly & quarterly SEC Report
• Liaise with Funds Accounting Unit for clients’ inflows and payments to ensure an up–to-date valuation of All Funds.
• Liaise with professional bodies, regulatory parties, and other stakeholders to ensure business activities are adhered to.

Skills and Knowledge Required 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or other Business-related fields
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in asset management firms.
• Excellent analytical skills and good mathematical knowledge, Strong proficiency in MS Office and general computer use, SQL/relational databases.
• Ability to effectively manage competing deadlines for projects in a high-pressure work environment, with varying degrees of supervision.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to notice discrepancies in data.
• Impeccable understanding of financial statements, spreadsheets, ratios, and concepts.