Fund Accountant - SA CIS Fund Accounting

CO_SNFSL Apex Group Fiduciary Services; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unique global business

Competitive remuneration commensurate

Job summary

Apex Group in Cape Town is seeking a Fund Accountant for SA CIS Fund Accounting to manage daily fund valuations within Institutional Funds, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery. You will set up checklists, maintain standards, and support queries from clients and audits.

The role reports to the Team Leader SA (CIS) Fund Accounting based in Cape Town. We offer a unique global business environment with opportunities for growth and competitive remuneration.

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 (Unit Trusts, Multi-Manager, Segregated Portfolios, ETF's, Pooled products) either locally or internationally an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Confident, enthusiastic and self-motivated.

Responsibilities

• Generate and distribute daily valuation files.
• Take responsibility for income distribution and TER calculations and provide them to clients on time.
• Review processes for continuous improvement and automation opportunities; present recommendations.
• Handle all daily fund valuation processes.
• Communicate with clients and internal teams, resolving queries with guidance from senior staff.
• Address client and audit queries and provide timely responses.
• Perform valuation quality assurance reviews to ensure output quality.

Skills

Fund accounting basics

Excel proficiency

Client communication

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

BCom or similar accounting/economics

Tools

Invest One

Decalog

Xceptor

Job description

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.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

Fund Accountant - SA CIS Fund Accounting

Cape Town

Description

Fund Accountant - SA CIS Fund 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.

Reporting structure.

The Fund Accountant - SA (CIS) Fund Accounting will report to the Team Leader - SA (CIS) Fund Accounting based in Cape Town.

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;

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability.

Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experinces.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please https://www.apexgroup.com/corporate-social-responsibility/