Client-focused, with a passion for process efficiency, I have experience with both the SA LISP and UT business, reinforced with effective team leaderships skills and a strong industry network.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work history
TEAM LEAD - Asset Services
FNZ SA
Johannesburg, South Africa
08.2025 - Current
Key Responsibilities:Skills & Competencies:
Daily Cash Operations: Monitor and manage daily cash balances across multiple client accounts and currencies.
Execute and authorize payments, settlements, and transfers within FNZ systems.
Ensure timely and accurate posting of cash transactions.
Reconciliation & Controls: Perform daily cash and scrip reconciliations between FNZ platform, custodians, and banks.
Investigate and resolve breaks or discrepancies promptly.
Maintain strong internal controls and adhere to audit requirements.
Liquidity & Forecasting: Forecast cash requirements for client portfolios and operational needs.
Support liquidity planning and funding strategies.
Client & Stakeholder Interaction: Liaise with investment managers, custodians, and internal teams to ensure smooth cash operations.
Provide reporting and updates on cash positions and movements.
Risk & Compliance: Ensure compliance with FNZ policies, regulatory standards, and client mandates.
Identify and mitigate operational risks related to cash management.
Strong understanding of cash management, banking operations, and investment administration.
Proficiency in Excel (functions like VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, IF statements).
Analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a high-volume environment.
Operations Team Lead
04.2021 - 12.2025
Strategic team management and planning (queue management, query handling and resolution where analysis required, spot-check health checks, resource allocation of cleanup projects, testing arrangement and quality control of system corrections)
Leave and resource management.
Daily team huddles (discussions on performance of the day before/where we are/what can we do better. Includes closing knowledge gaps and process discussions.)
Tracking and monitoring of overall team performance (presentation of weekly stats - errors, performance)
Escalation analysis and resolution, where cases are deemed business critical and important by the client
Hourly queue monitoring, ensuring strict adherence to SLA and quality of work
Performance development and performance management discussions with team members (both with performing and non-performing individuals)
Process improvements for clients based on trending – documentation & roll-out of new business rules, process updates or system enhancements
Client engagement (Relationship meeting presentation, weekly service review discussions and preparation, ad hoc meeting request setup and discussions to facilitate BAU)
Collaborating with different teams within the business to facilitate a positive client experience.
Subject Matter Expert (SME)
FNZ
Acting as a “go-to” for questions or problems within operations.
Assisting in requirement elicitation
Representing BAU operations in project meetings
Documenting business processes
Assisting in the definition of procedural improvements
Validation of project requirements and deliverables
Proving input and construction of test cases and scenarios
Validation of test results of project teams
Unit Trust (UT) Admin Consultant
FNZ
End-to-end analysts and resolution of investment queries
Resolution of internal and external-origin queries
Queue management
Providing regular updates to management
Ensuring disputes between internal teams and clients are resolved within service-level turn-around-time
Capturing and processing client investments
Documenting processes and procedures of client services consultants
Covid Ward Hostess
Life Hospital
01.2020 - 01.2021
Replenishing patients’ water jugs three times a day to ensure good hydration
Providing patients with hot and cold beverages throughout the day
Collating patients’ menu choices
Preparing patients’ trays for meal service
Adhering to the red tray system when appropriate
Serving patients meals at designated times
Knowledge of patients’ dietary needs
Recording food temperatures at ward level
Delivering snacks to appropriate patients
Washing up of all patients’ crockery
Disposing of waste appropriately
Maintain a high standard of hygiene at all times
Part-time
Brand Ambassador
Chalk
01.2018 - 01.2019
Participating in event marketing
Creating social media content
Assist in marketing campaigns
Increasing brand awareness
Educating customers about products
Collect qualitative feedback from consumers
On-site product sampling and/or brand education
Build rapport with customers and vendors
Sales Agent
UDM International, Blue Mercury Financial Services and Fidelity Group
01.2017 - 01.2018
Educate customers on sales
Explaining products and services
Meeting sales goals
Create compelling sales pitches
Build and maintain relationships with clients
Call Centre Agent
Merchants CellC
09.2016 - 08.2017
Prepaid Customer care consultant
Handling customer complaints
Handling high-volume inquiries
Ensuring customer satisfaction
Providing proactive customer outreach
Delivering information about the company’s offerings
Sales Agent
NuSkin (Qleen)
01.2015 - 01.2016
Selling beauty and health products online
General Assistant
Family Supermarket Takeaway & Fruit and Veg.
01.2014 - 01.2015
Receive, process, and organize deliveries.
Cooking, Serving, and prep for the next day.
Processing payments and providing excellent customer service
Part-time
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Adminitration
Regenesys
South Africa
01.2025 -
Data Engineering NQF 5, Part-time Course - Data Engineering
Explore AI Academy
01.2023 - 01.2024
National Senior Certificate - MATRIC
Hoerskool Jan de Klerk
01.2011 - 12.2015
Skills
Cloud computing for data engineering
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
Team/Resource Management
Oracle SQL Data Querying and Extraction
Problem-solving / Analytical Reasoning
Business Process Modelling Tools
Adaptability
SA Unit Trust and Tax-Free Investment (UT & TFI) Knowledge
Learning speed
Stress Management
Effective Communication
Python for data engineering
Storing big data
SQL for data engineering
Moving big data
Processing big data
REFERENCES
Gavin, Dean, Operations Manager, gavin.dean@fnz.com, +27 84 249 9355, FNZ: Unit Trust and Tax-Free (UT & TFI) Admin Consultant , FNZ: Admin Specialist, Second in Charge (2IC) Ops Team lead
Kelly, Singh, Team Leader, +27 73 073 3101, FNZ: Projects
Manager (Amir), +27 74 662 9817, Family Supermarket Takeaway & Fruit and Veg.
Dawn, Petersen, +27 82 434 5812, Merchants Cell C
Yolanda, +27 82 752 6119, Life Hospital
Timeline
TEAM LEAD - Asset Services
FNZ SA
08.2025 - Current
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Adminitration
Regenesys
01.2025 -
Data Engineering NQF 5, Part-time Course - Data Engineering
Explore AI Academy
01.2023 - 01.2024
Operations Team Lead
04.2021 - 12.2025
Covid Ward Hostess
Life Hospital
01.2020 - 01.2021
Brand Ambassador
Chalk
01.2018 - 01.2019
Sales Agent
UDM International, Blue Mercury Financial Services and Fidelity Group
General Manager, Business Development at National Housing Finance CorporationGeneral Manager, Business Development at National Housing Finance Corporation