Deputy Director: Investments:
Retail
Minimum Requirements
- Undergraduate qualification in Investment Management/ Finance/ Accounting/ Economics/ an investment-related field of study at NQF Level 7 as recognized by SAQA.
- Five (5) years working experience, of which three (3) years must be functional operational experience in an investment environment and two (2) years at an Assistant Director/Junior Management level in an investment environment.
- Knowledge: PFMA, NT Regulations, Treasury Instructions, UIF Act, UICA.
- Financial Markets Act, FSRA.
- IPS and investment governance frameworks.
- Investment markets, instruments, and portfolio management.
- GRAP (GRAP 1,16, 20, 24, 36, 37, 38, 104, etc.).
- IFRS, GAAP.
- ESG principles, PRI, GIPS (advantageous).
- Risk-management frameworks and methodologies.
- Public-sector governance and reporting frameworks.
- Skills: Investment analysis and financial modelling.
- Portfolio management and oversight.
- Valuation of listed and unlisted instruments.
- Risk management and scenario analysis.
- Financial reporting and GRAP compliance.
- SLA and contract management.
- Data analysis and investment systems proficiency.
- Governance writing and policy formulation.
- Strategic capability and leadership.
- People management and empowerment.
- Programme and project management.
- Financial management.
- Change management.
- Problem-solving and decisionmaking.
- Stakeholder management.
Responsibilities
- Manage investment portfolio services and ensure alignment with investmentrelated prescripts, legislation, and policies.
- Manage investment accounting, valuation, and disclosure in accordance with GRAP standards.
- Monitor investment risk management, linking actuarial risk appetite, tolerance, duration to investment portfolio limits, exposures, and duration.
- Ensure governance, compliance, and reporting, to internal and external oversight structures and stakeholders.
- Manage financial, human, and physical resources of the Subdirectorate.
