Investment Administrator - London, United Kingdom - Investec

Investec

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We're one of the UK's leading investment management companies, with responsibility for over £44 billion of client assets.

We've worked closely with clients and their trusted advisers for many years and gained a unique understanding of the specific needs of our clients.

Investec Wealth & Investment seeks to deliver exceptional levels of customer service and has been trusted to meet the needs of private investors for almost 200 years.

But our eyes are focused on your future.

Right now we're a team of over 1400 dedicated professionals located across 14 sites in the UK. We're looking to strengthen our team and need you to come on board and make a difference.

Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion.

This creates an environment in which everyone is free to be themselves which helps to drive innovation, creativity and ultimately business performance.

At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation.

Investment Administrator

Location:
London

What are the key responsibilities?

Main tasks

Carry out full range of administrative duties to support the investment team as a whole.
General assistance to Investment Managers, answering phones, taking and passing on messages for other team members.
Liaise with Investment Managers, other administrators and Settlement areas as necessary.
Develop knowledge of, and comply with, all regulatory and organisational requirements / procedures.
Proactively develop familiarity with all aspects of client administration.

Role specific tasks

Prepare proposals and assist with client signup process.
Assist in the process of onboarding clients transferring in from other firms.
Setup new clients including stock/cash transfer; close accounts when necessary.
Prepopulate, review & maintain all relevant paperwork
Ensure new accounts set up correctly and draft Commencement Letters
Liaise with Settlements department in respect of all admin queries and amendments to client information.
Ensure payments are processed in a timely manner
Liaise with Intermediaries and clients adhering to their requests.
Maintain uptodate investment administration and regulatory knowledge as appropriate.
Ensure all activities/actions undertaken meet and comply with compliance standards.
Filing, photocopying, scanning, binding etc.
Docusign management

Team diary management

What skills and knowledge are we seeking?

Competent at working to deadlines and managing own time.
Flexible attitude to work in response to changing workloads and deadlines within the team.
Exceptional focus on attention to detail
Good numerical skills
Highly IT literate with an ability to learn new systems.
Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Working knowledge of Fiscal and Pulse is desirable but not essential.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with Investment Managers and clients.
Excellent telephone manner.
Relevant administrative experience in a financial services environment.

Any other attributes that would be helpful?

Proactive individual who is naturally efficient, organised, can manage time well and competent at working to deadlines.
Able to communicate at all levels and prepared to assist fellow team members in all aspects of the day to day business.
Reliable and enthusiastic individual with a strong sense of integrity.
Strong interpersonal skills.
A team player who is prepared to put in additional hours, if necessary, to meet deadlines.