Fund Accountant - SA CIS Fund Accounting

CO_MGSAL Apex Fund Services South Africa Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group in Cape Town is hiring a Fund Accountant – SA (CIS) to manage daily fund valuations within the Institutional Funds space. You will administer funds efficiently, accurately and to deadlines, setting up checklists and ensuring standards are followed.

The role requires 6–12 months in fund accounting, a BCom or similar degree, and strong MS Excel skills. You will interact with clients and internal teams, supporting valuation quality and process improvements.

Qualifications

• 6–12 months experience as a fund accountant or similar background.
• BCom or similar accounting/economics/investments background.
• Experience in asset management portfolio administration and pricing preferred.
• Experience with investment products (Unit Trusts, ETFs, pooled products) advantageous.
• Strong MS Excel and IT skills; knowledge of Invest One, Decalog and Xceptor advantageous.
• Good understanding of back-office administration and accounting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Confident, enthusiastic and self-motivated; ability to work independently and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Generation and distribution of daily valuation files.
• Income distribution and TER calculations and providing them to clients on time.
• Reviewing processes for continuous improvement and automation opportunities.
• Managing all daily processes that go into fund valuation.
• Communicating and responding to queries from clients and internal teams.
• Handling client and audit queries.
• Interacting with the team to answer fund-related questions.
• Performing valuation quality assurance reviews and ensuring output quality.

Skills

Fund accounting

MS Excel

Client communication

Independent worker

Education

BCom or similar

Tools

Invest One

Decalog

Xceptor

Job description

Company Overview

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Company Culture

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you.

Position Summary

Fund Accountant –SA (CIS)Fund Accounting Cape Town. Description Fund Accountant -SACISFund Accounting must manage to perform fund valuations within the Institutional Funds space. The Fund Accountant will be required to administer the funds efficiently, accurately and within daily deadlines as well as setting up and ensuring checklists and standards are adhered to.

Job Specification

• 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 Required

• 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.

What you will get in return

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business;


• Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience;


• Training and development opportunities.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals. We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey. Find out more about us.