Summary
Work History
Timeline
Education
Skills
Behavioural Characteristics
Behavioural Characteristics
Languages
Personal Information
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Celina David

Celina David

Senior Administrator
Pretoria

Summary

Accomplished Senior Financial Administrator with 18+ years of experience in insurance and investments operations Expertise in managing client portfolios, reconciling accounts, ensuring regulatory compliance (including KYC/AML and FICA), and streamlining processes to enhance efficiency. Proven track record in stakeholder liaison, including with brokers and custodians, while delivering exceptional client support and driving operational improvements. Eager to leverage analytical skills and proactive mindset in a dynamic role.

Work History

New Business Senior Administrator

Momentum Corporate
11.2017 - 06.2025
  • Managed team mailbox and attendance to emails within 100% SLA
  • Managed tight deadlines
  • Ownership and resolution to escalation queries
  • Delegated tasks, monitored compliance and implemented performance improvement plans
  • Allocation and fair distribution of work to team members
  • AML Compliance, testing KYC system
  • Monitored client accounts for adherence to investment mandates, ensuring compliance with internal policies and financial regulations
  • Performed reconciliations of scheme recons, resolving discrepancies promptly to maintain data integrity and prepare accurate client reports
  • Acted as a key point of contact between clients, investment managers, and internal teams (legal, compliance, finance) to address inquiries and onboard new clients with account setup


  • Team monthly reporting , creation of new reports, align current reports as per new requirements
  • Identified opportunities to streamline investment workflows, implementing best practices that reduced operational risks and enhanced system efficiencies
  • Develop documents, and updates procedures for managing, tracking, and reporting e.g. creating and updating SC/QC checklists
  • Agenda preparation and minute taking of meetings
  • Creation of presentations and presentations online or in person
  • File all signed documents in repository.


  • Kept office operations running smoothly by providing effective leadership and administrative skills
  • Served as a key point of contact between management and employees, addressing concerns promptly and professionally to maintain a positive work environment
  • Assisted in the recruitment process by screening resumes, conducting interviews, and making hiring recommendations based on candidate qualifications
  • Prepare and assist with on-boarding of new staff


  • Evaluated customer needs and feedback to drive product and service improvements
  • Assist investigations to respond to queries by checking if the scheme installations, investment portfolio setup and benefit changes are processed according to the signed instruction
  • Reduced operational costs and mitigate risk by identifying areas for improvement and implementing cost-saving measures across the organization resulting in 80% gains
  • Improvements for best practice on how to improve processes and procedures to improve quality, correctness, meet service level agreements and compliance to business requirements


  • Projects, managed large-scale events from planing to ensuring smooth execution and positive experiences for employees within budget.
  • Co-ordination and administration, following up on outstanding project action items, status reporting, designing and updating of project templates
  • Update and monitor project budgets.
  • Update and monitor Project risks, issues and action Items.
  • Perform reconciliation against purchase order and payment milestones based on received invoice and follow up on payments.

Business Systems Analyst Intern

Momentum Corporate
06.2022 - 02.2023
  • Part of a cross functional team, developed 2 pot savings withdrawal dashboard
  • Increased operational efficiency by identifying and proposing
    solutions to streamline processes
  • Analyzed data from various sources to create comprehensive current and future state process maps
  • Develop clear and concise business requirements specifications, ensuring project alignment with stakeholder needs
  • Troubleshooted complex system errors and user issues, minimizing downtime and improving user experience
  • Executed comprehensive scenario testing and test cases to validate business processes, to ensure adherence to specifications and identify potential issues before implementation
  • Identified opportunities to streamline workflows, implementing best practices that reduced operational risks and enhanced system efficiencies
  • Assisted with regulatory and compliance documentation (e.g., KYC, AML) for investment-related processes
  • Facilitated successful collaboration between cross-functional teams, ensuring project buy-in and smooth execution
  • Stakeholder management and collaboration within teams

New Business Installation Administrator

Momentum Corporate
01.2009 - 10.2017
  • Processing of new scheme installations, benefit changes and reconciliations on the system
  • Allocation of payments to scheme accounts
  • Helped onboard new clients by managing investment account setups and ensuring alignment with mandates
  • Quality checking of installations, benefit changes, investment portfolio setups, recons and payments received
  • Reconciled portfolios and resolved discrepancies
  • Liaising with clients, brokers, sales consultant and various internal departments
  • Deadline driven
  • Resolution of all queries
  • Completion of monthly stats
  • Managed a portfolio of clients, ensuring timely delivery of services and prompt resolution of any issues that arose.
  • Provided exceptional support to customers
  • Provided training to new staff

New Business Pricing Administrator

Momentum Corporate
03.2007 - 12.2008
  • Capturing of info into system
  • Processing of new business and benefit improvement quotes
  • Quality checking of new business and benefit improvement quotes
  • Liaising with clients, brokers, sales consultant and various internal stakeholders
  • Administrative work
  • Managed tight deadlines
  • Completion of quotes within turn around times
  • Completion of weekly stats
  • Assisting with training of new staff
  • Resolution of all queries

Timeline

Business Systems Analyst Intern

Momentum Corporate
06.2022 - 02.2023

New Business Senior Administrator

Momentum Corporate
11.2017 - 06.2025

New Business Installation Administrator

Momentum Corporate
01.2009 - 10.2017

New Business Pricing Administrator

Momentum Corporate
03.2007 - 12.2008

Higher Certificate - Banking NQF - Level 5 - SAQA ID - 84286

UNISA
04.2001 -

Diploma - Financial Accountant - NQF 6 - Fasset - SAQA 20366

Damelin

Diploma - Technical Financial Accountant - NQF Level 5

Damelin

Certificate - CPBA-IIBA Certificate Program In Business Analysis

Faculty Training Institute

Certificate - Mindfulness Practitioner

Academy of Modern Applied Psychology

Advanced Certificate - Project Management

Regenesys

Education

Diploma - Financial Accountant - NQF 6 - Fasset - SAQA 20366

Damelin
Pretoria
10-2017

Diploma - Technical Financial Accountant - NQF Level 5

Damelin
Pretoria
12-2015

Certificate - CPBA-IIBA Certificate Program In Business Analysis

Faculty Training Institute
Johannesburg
01-2023

Certificate - Mindfulness Practitioner

Academy of Modern Applied Psychology
Scotland
06-2020

Advanced Certificate - Project Management

Regenesys
Johannesburg
12-2025

Higher Certificate - Banking NQF - Level 5 - SAQA ID - 84286

UNISA
PRETORIA
04.2001 -

Skills

Planning and organization

Behavioural Characteristics

  • Customer focused
  • Results orientated
  • Conflict resolution
  • Creative and Innovative
  • Self-driven
  • Attention to detail


Behavioural Characteristics

  • Customer focused
  • Results orientated
  • Conflict resolution
  • Creative and Innovative
  • Self-driven
  • Attention to detail


Languages

English

Personal Information

  • Age: 38
  • Gender: Female
  • Nationality: Indian

References

Iris Ngwenya Pricing Team leader 087 742 9345


Amanda Jardien Corporate Specialist 083 293 1127

Celina DavidSenior Administrator