Our client manages a range of fixed interest and development funds and play a leadership role in the South African asset management industry and is looking for A Portfolio Specialist. As part of a team, the successful incumbent will be responsible for providing administrative, procedural and risk management support to the Investment team, in particular the Portfolio Managers.POSITIONPortfolio SpecialistLOCATIONWestern CapePACKAGEMarket RelatedRESPONSIBILITIES1. Gaining and maintaining knowledge of all fund mandates, definitions and notes.2. Generating the portfolio exposure reports:o Preparing daily/weekly exposure and other relevant risk reports for PMs; ando Driving projects to enhance/automate/expand existing reports and daily interaction with PMs.3. Generating the house-view trade implementation calculations:o Managing and implementing house-view trade calculations;o Over time, creating systems to ensure that the house-view trade calculations process occurs quickly and succinctly across all funds;o Assisting in the automation of the fair allocation project, with the aim of assisting analysts with all trade allocations.4. Managing the cash management function:o Monitoring fund cash positions and preventing overdrafts; ando Following standing instructions to correct potential overdraft positions.5. Generating the fund rebalance calculations:o Rebalancing bond carve-out portfolios for inflows and outflows; ando Assisting with the rebalancing of interest rate risk exposures across all funds on a regular basis.6. Preparing monthly and/or ad-hoc risk reports7. Providing back-up with the following:o Assisting, and in some cases, running, with selected projects affecting the Investment team;o Attending the Project Forum and Operations Committee meetings when required;o Assisting the Business Development team with ad-hoc client requests.SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREDo Specific knowledge of fixed income instruments, their valuation and how to administer these instruments; how to calculate relevant interest etco Risk management of fixed income assets and funds;o Knowledge of financial mathematics and statistics; ando High-level knowledge of Advanced MS Excel and/or coding skills.Technical/ professional qualificationso B Com or similar qualification essentialo Post graduate qualification or study towards one would be advantageous (e.g. Honours degree or CFA).