Central Administrator

Who are we?

Sanlam Private Wealth crafts customised investment portfolios for high-net-worth private clients, charitable institutions, trusts and corporate entities.

With assets under management and administration of more than R240 billion, we offer a comprehensive and integrated suite of wealth management solutions. These include equity, retirement and offshore investment portfolios, fiduciary and tax services, an equity-backed finance offering, a global stockbroking service and derivatives trading.

At Sanlam Private Wealth, our clients are at the core of everything we do. For this reason, we employ people with passion – individuals who thrive in an entrepreneurial, high-energy environment.

Sanlam Private Wealth is part of the Sanlam Investment Group – the largest, most diversified investment firm in South Africa, with a growing footprint on the African continent and in India.

What will you do?

LISP Relationship & Process Management

• Assist with engagements and operational relationships with all LISP partners.
• Oversee LISP related processes, ensuring accurate and timeous execution of instructions, account openings, and related queries.
• Perform reconciliations between offshore and LISP payments and transactions.
• Liaise with external vendors, outsourcing partners, and internal stakeholders to resolve LISP related queries.
• Support documentation checks, account opening processes, and routing of instructions.

Client Reporting & Data Management

• Assist with and manage all client reporting processes end to end, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery. This includes trade confirmations, investment statements, and online portal reporting.
• Investigate and resolve client reporting and data related queries, and manage the inflow via the internal ticketing system (4me).
• Ensure data integrity and support data driven decision making by participating in related strategic projects.
• Action client account linking to proxies and other requirements.

Operational Support & Risk Management

• Identify potential risks, gaps, and process inefficiencies, and proactively address them.
• Assist with general operational processes across Central Operations as required, including audit assistance among others.
• Manage shared mailboxes (LISPs, Client Care, Offshore).
• Assist with due diligence and corporate governance requests for SPW and our business partners.
• Maintain data management compliance across systems by checking internal reports and ensuring our regional offices adhere to business rules.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Accuracy and detailed orientated
• Fully bilingual (English and Afrikaans)

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant BCom degree, or BCom Honours
• Previous experience within the Private Wealth industry will be advantageous
• Experience working with BDA will be advantageous
• Strong knowledge of investments and financial markets, including how different asset classes, fund structures, and market movements impact client portfolios

Knowledge and skills

• Computer Literacy (MS Word, Excel) with advanced Excel
• Fully bilingual (English and Afrikaans)
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong numerical skills
• Strong language skills

Personal qualities

• High level of customer focus
• Accurate and detail orientated
• Critical and analytical capability
• Ability to perform well under pressure and show maturity, confidence and resilience
• Ability to adhere to tight deadlines
• Results focused with a strong sense of urgency
• Learning agility and curiosity
• Passionate ownership for results

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth.

Through its business clusters – Sanlam Personal Finance, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Sanlam Investments, Sanlam Corporate, Santam, Mi-way, as well as the Group Office – the Sanlam Group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

• To be considered for the above opportunity please upload your detailed CV on or before 16 March 2026.
• Please note that if you are not contacted within two weeks after the closing date your application has been unsuccessful.

Our commitment to transformation

The Sanlam Group is committed to transformation and embracing diversity, and our employment equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society as well as people with disabilities.