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Custody Analyst

Posted:Wed at 4:37 PM

Company Details
Name:Absa Bank Limited
Industry: Banking
Website: http://www.absa.co.za/
Description: Absa Bank Limited (Absa) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Africa Group Limited. Absa offers personal and business banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management as well as bancassurance. Barclays Africa Group Limited is 62.3% owned by Barclays Bank … Absa Bank Limited (Absa) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Africa Group Limited. Absa offers personal and business banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management as well as bancassurance. Barclays Africa Group Limited is 62.3% owned by Barclays Bank PLC and is listed on the JSE Limited. The Group is one of Africa’s major financial services providers offering personal and business banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management as well as bancassurance. The Group was formed through combining Absa Group Limited and Barclays’ African operations on 31 July 2013. Reflecting the enlarged group’s pan-African focus, the Group's name changed from Absa Group Limited, to Barclays Africa Group Limited on 2 August 2013. Registered head offices are in South Africa and the Group has majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana,Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (Barclays Bank Tanzania and National Bank of View more View less
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Job Details
Job Type: Full Time
Workplace Type: On-site
Qualification: Diploma
Job Experience: Mandatory
Job Location: Nairobi County, Kenya
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Salary: KES Unspecified / month
Other Pay: Benefits
Job Category: Accounting, Audit
Job Description

Job Summary

Reporting to the Head Operations & Service, the role holder will provide exemplary and effective service through timely processing of all instructions to custodial clients while ensuring compliance with all regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Operations & Internal Business Processes – 50%

  • Instructions management
  • Corporate actions processing and management
  • Instruction execution including call backs and signature verifications
  • Processing of Money Market investments instructions as per SLA’s while prioritizing those earmarked to fund other settlements and primaries
  • Processing of all withdrawals/benefit payments while ensuring end to end processing of customer instructions
  • Processing of fixed income investments in the primary and secondary market as per SLAs
  • Processing equities investment instructions as per SLAs
  • Client queries resolution in line with target TAT
  • Account opening – Cash accounts, Safekeeping and Depository accounts
  • Asset transfers – FOP

Risk and Compliance – 20%

  • Risk and product family reviews
  • Criticality Process assessments
  • Controls testing
  • Regulatory reporting to CBK, CMA, RBA

Reconciliation – 20%

  • Daily reconciliation of the custodial nominee accounts against CASA accounts to ensure accuracy and resolve any discrepancies
  • Daily reconciliation of processing GLs
  • Asset reconciliations with depositories, clients and fund managers
  • Cash and income reconciliation for coupons and dividends
  • Monthly GL reconciliation
  • Deposits reconciliation

Income Management – 10%

  • Monthly fees accrual and reconciliation
  • Invoices generation
  • Custody fees collection
  • Reconciliation of custody fee GLs

Knowledge & Expertise

Qualifications

  • A Business-related degree professional qualification
  • Basic I.T & Accounting Qualification
  • CMA Securities Industry Certification (CISI)
  • CPA OR CFA

Experience

  • Minimum of at least 4 years’ experience in Custodial Services/Securities Services operations
  • Ability to analyse and/or interpret financial statements, and advise accordingly
  • Keen to details and able to interpret fund managers investment instructions and apply them appropriately
  • Computer literate with proficiency in computerized applicable systems
  • Candid knowledge of the financial sector and investment opportunities
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