Senior associate - fund administration (fund accounting) - middle office specialist

This role is based in our office in Cape Town as a Middle Office Specialist – Fund Administration; you will report to the Associate Director - Fund Administration (Reconciliations) - Hedge Daily

The Middle Office Specialist is primarily responsible for designing, building, and implementing automation solutions across the Middle Office within the Catalyst Group, with a primary initial focus on the end‑to‑end automation of the reconciliations function — covering cash, positions, and trade reconciliations. The role is focused on reducing manual effort, increasing scalability, and improving accuracy across the reconciliation process through automation. While the core focus is automation delivery, the specialist will retain a working knowledge of the underlying reconciliation processes to perform reconciliations, ensuring business continuity. The role is thus a hybrid automation/operations role with day‑to‑day operational responsibilities in addition to the automation activities...