Senior Investment Operations Analyst

About the role

A Senior Analyst is needed in Harare, Zimbabwe, to track fund performance, reconcile daily fund activities and manage outsourced service providers. The role also supports regulators, sets up trading, valuation and reporting structures for new products, and works on investment performance measurement and data analysis.

Key responsibilities

• Track fund performance by monitoring NAV and comparing it against market levels
• Reconcile daily fund activities, including cash, trades, settlements and investor transactions, and ensure the accuracy of fund NAV
• Manage external service providers such as executing brokers, custodians and administrators
• Support responses to regulators and the preparation of legal documentation
• Help set up trading, valuation and reporting structures for new financial products or sub-funds
• Assist in investing and trading cryptocurrencies and derivatives, including options and futures
• Analyse large datasets to identify trading signals and improve investment strategies
• Calculate profit and loss, perform shareholder-specific valuations and review trade capture for accuracy
• Work with product teams on client change requests and maintain client support logs and process documentation

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, economics, finance, computer science, mathematics, engineering or a related quantitative field
• 6+ years of previous investment operations experience in a back office or middle office within wealth management, asset management or outsourcing
• Strong knowledge of equity, fixed income, real estate, unit trusts/collectives and alternative investments, and of capital markets and financial instruments
• Experience in a time-sensitive investment operations environment
• Proven ability to meet strict periodic deliverables; strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills

Required skills

• Previous experience with asset management and accounting platforms (key)
• Investment performance measurement and SQL skills preferred
• Proficiency in Python and experience with APIs
• Task management tools preferred
• Trade support experience with SSI, SWIFT, DTCC CTM and TradeSuite
• Knowledge of the investment life cycle and performance measurement and analysis (desirable)