Fund Administrator
Recruit'd · Gauteng
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- 4+ years of back office, fund administration, or investor operations experience in financial services.
- Working knowledge of AML/KYC onboarding.
- Excellent telephone manner and client-facing confidence, including with high-net-worth investors and intermediaries.
- Strong organisational and coordination skills; able to hold many threads at once without dropping detail.
- Proficiency in Excel.
- Comfortable with CRM and document management systems.
- Clear, professional written communication.
- Familiarity with distributor and IFA channel operations (advantageous).
- Experience supporting a senior executive (advantageous) .
Main Accountabilities
- Raise execution and coordination
- Work closely with the CFO and Business Development Team on day-to-day execution of the raise; keep all moving parts synchronised and surface what needs attention before it becomes urgent.
- Track workflow across investors, distributors, and advisors; hold the master view of status and next actions.
- Coordinate diaries and deadlines across the CFO, distribution partners, and counterparties.
- Investor onboarding and administration
- Process subscriptions and onboarding documentation from receipt to execution.
- Run AML/KYC verification on every investor and connected party; escalate exceptions.
- Maintain complete, audit-ready investor files and an accurate investor register.
- Client and distributor liaison
- Act as first point of contact for investor and distributor queries — confident and professional on the phone and in writing.
- Set up and coordinate meetings between distributors and IFAs; manage invitations, scheduling, and follow-up so distributors can attend prepared.
- Chase incomplete applications through to close-out.
- Client support
- Support clients in assembling and preparing their tax documentation (administrative support only; substantive queries escalated per protocol).
- Support the distribution of statements, confirmations, and tax certificates.
- Records and controls
- Apply the onboarding checklist and control framework on every file.
- Maintain records to regulatory standards and support audit requests.
- Keep document version control across the subscription pack and templates.