About The Role

The Senior Fund Manager is responsible for setting the strategic direction of Sankore’s investment funds, ensuring strong performance, capital efficiency, and optimal risk-adjusted returns. This role involves fund structuring, liquidity management, and investment governance, ensuring that the firm’s investment funds remain well-positioned for long-term growth. By balancing opportunity and risk, the Senior Fund Manager plays a key role in capital deployment, financial structuring, and investment decision-making, driving value for both the firm and its investors.

Reports To

Chief Investment Officer (CIO)

Direct Reports

Fund Management Associate, Fund Management Analyst

Key Internal & External Interactions

• Internal Interactions
  • Board Investment Committee
  • Portfolio Management Team
  • Research Team
  • Quant Team
  • Finance
• External Interactions
  • Institutional Investors
  • HNIs
  • Counterparties & Financial Institutions
  • Industry Experts
  • Investment Partners & Asset Managers

Key Responsibilities

• Fund Management & Capital Deployment
  • Oversee fund structuring, allocation, and capital deployment, ensuring funds align with investment mandates and liquidity needs.
  • Support portfolio manager with developing strategies to optimize cost of funds (COF).
  • Monitor fund performance, ensuring compliance with risk-adjusted return expectations and regulatory requirements.
  • Ensure liquidity management aligns with risk appetite, maintaining stable capital availability for investment opportunities.
  • Prepare and maintain investment strategy pitch books and product sheets for managed products.
• Investment Risk Management & Compliance
  • Implement risk control frameworks, ensuring investment strategies comply with regulatory and internal governance policies.
  • Oversee fund-wide risk exposure, mitigating threats from market volatility, credit risks, and macroeconomic shifts.
  • Work closely with the Chief Quant Economist (CQE) to integrate quantitative risk models, stress testing, and scenario analysis into fund management strategies.
  • Supervise hedging and derivatives strategies, ensuring FX, interest rate, and credit risk exposure is actively managed.
  • Lead counterparty risk assessments, ensuring all financial transactions meet due diligence and risk management standards.
• Research & Market Intelligence
  • Leverage macroeconomic analysis, sector research, and financial modeling to inform fund-level investment decisions.
  • Collaborate with Research team to integrate market insights into fund allocation strategies.
  • Monitor regulatory shifts and economic trends, ensuring investment decisions remain data-driven and forward-looking.
• Portfolio Management
  • Ensure portfolio allocations align with fund-level mandates, collaborating with portfolio managers on strategic adjustments.
  • Provide guidance on liability-driven investment strategies, ensuring portfolio liquidity matches financial obligations.
  • Monitor portfolio performance relative to fund objectives, ensuring fund-wide performance targets are met.
• Trade Execution & Liquidity Management
  • Oversee fund-wide trading activities, ensuring best execution practices and liquidity optimization.
  • Work with portfolio managers and risk analysts to assess trade impact on fund performance.
  • Ensure liquidity thresholds align with capital deployment needs and market conditions.
  • Supervise trade reconciliation and settlements to ensure seamless post-trade processes and regulatory compliance.
• Corporate Actions Management
  • Monitor and assess the impact of corporate actions on fund allocations.
  • Recommend portfolio adjustments in response to corporate actions, ensuring continued fund alignment.
  • Ensure all key stakeholders are informed of relevant corporate actions.
• Workflow Automation & Process Optimization
  • Implement automation tools to enhance fund management efficiency and streamline processes.
  • Leverage technology to improve liquidity monitoring, trade execution, and performance analytics.
  • Drive process improvements to reduce inefficiencies and enhance data-driven decision-making.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Investor Relations
  • Support capital-raising efforts, working with business development teams to align fund structures with investor needs.
  • Ensure clear and transparent investor reporting, providing performance insights and risk assessments.