How to become an Investment Administrator

An Investment administrator is qualified personnel who offers services and manages a fund: a group of people (shareholders) pools their savings to invest in financial assets, typically securities or shares. In addition, an Investment administrator does all the 'back office' financial paperwork processing, ensuring that clients have up-to-date information on their fund's investment performance and that the funds comply with all necessary legal requirements.

• An Investment Administrator processes telephone, fax and emailed subscriptions, redemptions and transfers.
• Resolving dealing-related enquiries by email and by telephone, supplying information relating to funds’ portfolios, dealing procedures, markets and prices.
• Liaising with local offices, clients and shareholders.
• Processes paperwork for trade related activity.
• Maintaining share holder register and investors files.
• Processing dividend payments.
• Preparing and distributing of shareholder statements and investment manager reports.
• Distributing interim and end-of-year financial reports to shareholders.
• Ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering procedures.
• Reporting of fund transactions to fund accountants.
• Reconciling daily cash accounts.

• An Investment Administrator should be confident, determined and self-motivated.
• They should have strong time management skills. In addition, an individual who wishes to pursue this career choice should be good in numerical, analytical, problem-solving and IT skills.
• One must have the ability to work effectively under pressure

• Specific fund management companies
• Insurance companies
• Investment banks
• Stockbroking firms