Fund Accountant - SA CIS (Cape Town) | Valuations & Automation

CO_MGSAL Apex Fund Services South Africa Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group Ltd. in Cape Town is hiring a Fund Accountant to manage SA CIS Fund Accounting valuations and daily processing with accuracy and timeliness. You will handle valuation checks, income distributions, and client inquiries, while driving process improvements.

Ideal candidates have 6–12 months of fund accounting experience, a BCom or equivalent, and solid MS Office skills. This role offers growth within a global asset servicing firm and exposure to multiple product types.

Qualifications

• Have minimum of 6-12 months experience as a fund accountant or a similar background.
• A BCom or similar, accounting, economics or investments background.
• Experience in Asset Management portfolio administration and pricing is preferred.
• Experience with investment products (including Unit Trusts, Multi-Manager, Segregated Portfolios, ETF’s, Pooled products) either locally or internationally an advantage.
• An excellent working knowledge of MS office & IT packages (particularly Excel); Knowledge of Invest One, Decalog and Xceptor an advantage.
• Good understanding, knowledge and experience of back-office administration processes and accounting.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal); Confident, enthusiastic and self-motivated.
• A track record of achievement; and To work independently in meeting deadlines and still work within a team environment track record of achievement.

Responsibilities

• Generation and distribution of daily valuation files.
• Responsibility for income distribution and TER calculations and providing them to clients timeously.
• Reviewing all processes to assess continuous improvement and automation opportunities and presenting recommendations to management.
• Responsible for all the daily processes that goes into the fund valuation.
• Communicating and responding to queries internally and from the client, working with the Senior and Team Leader in resolving such queries.
• Dealing with client queries and audit queries.
• Communicating and answering any queries on the funds from the team.
• Performing valuation quality assurance reviews and ensuring consistent quality of output.

Skills

Fund accounting experience

MS Excel

Communication skills

Self-motivated

Education

BCom or similar

Accounting background

Economics or investments background

Tools

Invest One

Decalog

Xceptor

Job description

Apex Group Ltd. in Cape Town is hiring a Fund Accountant to manage SA CIS Fund Accounting valuations and daily processing with accuracy and timeliness. You will handle valuation checks, income distributions, and client inquiries, while driving process improvements.

Ideal candidates have 6–12 months of fund accounting experience, a BCom or equivalent, and solid MS Office skills. This role offers growth within a global asset servicing firm and exposure to multiple product types.