Gerret Fortuin

• Ensure accurate processing of TA trades, Payments and New Account setups
• Pricing of funds within the Collective Investment Scheme
• Adhere to internal and external audit requirements, collate and distribute relevant data on investor level
• Sending daily reports to clients and Investment Managers within agreed SLA’s
• Responding to client queries in a timely and accurate fashion
• Completion of EOD checklists to ensure that all tasks have been signed off, ensuring checklists are updated as new tasks arise
• Working on departmental projects e.g., static data clean up, new investor onboarding, Greylisting
• Preparation of ad hoc reporting required by clients
• Daily reconciliation / funding checks
• Assisted in the successful launch of new funds by actively engaging in the operational setups
• Training new starters
• Optimized fund operations by developing policies, procedures, and controls that ensured compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Testing new TA systems and bank platforms before implementation

November 2018 – July 2019 (Company restructure) Filled the role of Team Leader in TA Accounting and Reconciliations

Roles and responsibilities:

• To monitor and assist the team ensuring that daily, weekly and monthly tasks are performed correctly and timeously
• Review of journals, clearing accounts and bank reconciliations
• Communicating with clients and managing any queries, accounting issues as required
• Manage the take-on of new funds and new products
• Authorizing Income distribution files
• Debit order collections
• Setting up and participate in training
• AML Training
• To check Dividend Withholding Tax submission reports after a distribution
• Investigate and provide feedback on all reconciliation items
• Provide input and assistance on Accounting-related projects
• Interact effectively with other teams in the Transfer Agency Services area
• Ensure month-end packs are completed within the SLA and signed off
• Managing daily checklists and sign off

• Authorize new business applications and validating
• Processing and authorizing repurchases/purchases/switches/once-off debit and recurring debit orders/transfers/cessions and CGT rollover events
• To setup new broker accounts – Broker houses and Independent agents
• To process creations and liquidations
• Checking previous days transactions
• Upload price files into client ledger system
• FICA/FATCA and CRS checking and updates
• Capturing dividend withholding tax templates
• Static updates
• AML Training

• Fieldmarketing and Merchandising
• To grow sales targets In-store
• Maintain stock levels
• Negotiate additional shelf space/orders
• Implement promotions In-store
• New product listings