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Kylie Janse Van Vuuren

Toronto

Summary

I am a skilled Operations Analyst with 9 years of experience in Asset Management and Investment Banking. I have a solid background in fund operations, cash management, reconciliations and corporate actions. My advanced organizational, problem solving, and time management skills allow me to work well under pressure and meet strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment. I thoroughly enjoy working collaboratively with other people and thrive in the ever changing environment which investment operations offers.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Investment Operations Analyst

Canoe Financial
10.2022 - 12.2024
  • Managed and prioritized multiple projects driven by the business

• Portfolio Manager trade support - including security set-up, corporate action, trade settlement and daily cash forecasting

  • Managed margin calls for various funds

• Prepare reports for Portfolio Manager review

• Resolve security and cash reconciliation exceptions

• Liaise with the Funds Custodian, Prime Brokers and Accounting agents

• Prepare and review performance and attribution reports

Investment Accounting Specialist

Allan Gray Proprietary Limited
09.2021 - 08.2022
  • Company Overview: Dedicated fund management business
  • Daily instrument and portfolio creation, maintenance and valuation/pricing in Charles River
  • Corporate audit requests
  • Ad hoc accounting related queries

Middle Office Operations Specialist

Coronation Asset Management
04.2017 - 08.2021
  • Company Overview: Dedicated fund management business
  • Support to the front office, dealing room and implementation teams
  • Supervising personnel, assigning responsibilities and monitoring task progress
  • Reconciling account holdings and activity
  • Working with brokers, traders, custodians, transfer agencies, fund accountants and other middle office personnel to ensure accurate and timely execution of instructions
  • Instrument set-up and maintenance
  • Identifying data issues and implementing mitigating procedures
  • Bloomberg management: One of four Bloomberg administrators

Retail Client Service Consultant

Coronation Asset Management
02.2015 - 03.2017
  • Company Overview: Dedicated fund management business
  • Assisting customers with queries on unit trusts, tax free investments and retirement savings vehicles over the phone, email and in person

Education

CFA Level One -

CFA Institute
01.2016

Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) - Financial Analysis & Portfolio Management

University of Cape Town
01.2016

Bachelor of Commerce - Investment Management

Stellenbosch University
01.2013

Skills

  • Client Service
  • Corporate Actions
  • Proxy Voting
  • Reconciliations
  • Settlement and post trade operations
  • Cash management
  • Margin and collateral management
  • Stakeholder management - brokers, custodians, clients
  • Portfolio administration
  • Data and integration
  • Investment instruments - fixed income, money market, derivatives, equities, swaps, futures
  • Fund accounting
  • Hedge funds
  • Unit trusts
  • Mutual funds
  • Institutional business
  • Retail business
  • Capital Markets

Systems

  • Microsoft Office
  • Charles River Investment Management Solutions (CRIMS)
  • Bloomberg AIM
  • Broadridge
  • ICE
  • ISS ProxyEdge
  • Reuters
  • Statpro
  • PowerBI
  • JP Morgan Markets
  • InvestOne
  • IHS Markit
  • TLM
  • SmartStream Corona

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Senior Investment Operations Analyst

Canoe Financial
10.2022 - 12.2024

Investment Accounting Specialist

Allan Gray Proprietary Limited
09.2021 - 08.2022

Middle Office Operations Specialist

Coronation Asset Management
04.2017 - 08.2021

Retail Client Service Consultant

Coronation Asset Management
02.2015 - 03.2017

Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) - Financial Analysis & Portfolio Management

University of Cape Town

Bachelor of Commerce - Investment Management

Stellenbosch University

CFA Level One -

CFA Institute
Kylie Janse Van Vuuren