Ca(Sa) Financial Reporting Fund Accountant

Rory Mackie & Associates; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm in Cape Town is seeking a CA(SA) qualified candidate to oversee fund accounting and financial reporting for various funds. Responsibilities include managing third-party administrators, reviewing financial statements, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Ideal candidates will have auditing experience at a global firm and familiarity with the mutual funds industry. This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead and implement efficient financial processes.

Qualifications

• Newly qualified CA(SA) with previous asset management auditing experience.
• Experience in the mutual funds industry or financial reporting role is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of the third-party fund administrator for outsourced functions.
• Review statutory financial reporting and manage the report and audit process.
• Keep up to date with regulatory changes and implement in reporting processes.
• Prepare and review fund Board Papers including budgets.
• Ensure fund accounting costs are correctly calculated and processed.
• Develop and maintain effective systems and procedures.

Skills

Asset management auditing

Financial reporting

Regulatory compliance

Relationship management

Project management

Education

New qualified CA(SA)

Experience at a global auditing firm

Job description

About our client’s team

You will be primarily responsible for the oversight over fund accounting and financial reporting and related functions for all our client’s funds, domiciled in various jurisdictions globally, as performed by the third-party administrator.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of the third-party fund administrator responsible for the outsourced fund accounting and financial reporting functions
• Be responsible for the review of statutory financial reporting and project management of the report, account and audit process, including liaising with the third-party administrator, auditors, printers and typesetters for the various fund ranges
• Keep up to date with regulatory changes in the various regions and project management of implementation thereof into the financial reporting processes
• Prepare and review fund Board Papers including budgets and monitoring of costs on an ongoing basis
• Review industry and regulatory reporting across various fund jurisdictions such as Ongoing Charges, Portfolio Turnover Ratios, transaction cost calculations and Cost Transparency Initiative templates
• Take responsibility for fund accounting accounts payable function, to ensure all fund related costs are correctly calculated and allocated, duly authorised and payments processed
• Support the business processing product changes, including fund merger and amalgamation activity
• Maintain relationships with internal stakeholders across the investment, client and operational teams, providing technical assistance and understand, resolve and respond to queries in an effective manner
• Assist the business with implementing product changes from a fund accounting perspective
• Assess and review KPIs and overall services level of the administrator, in terms of the agreed SLAs
• Develop, implement and maintain effective systems, processes and procedures to ensure service standards are met, reducing risk and improving efficiency

You should consider applying if you have

• New qualified CA(SA), with previous asset management auditing experience
• Experience at a global auditing firm
• Experience in the mutual funds industry or a financial reporting role would be beneficial

Some of the attributes we look for in a person are

• The ability to build and maintain meaningful relationships
• The ability to ‘approach and own’ and continuously looks for opportunities to develop
• Driven by results
• Intellectual curiosity
• Recognise that the engine of career growth is driven by the individual