Fund Accountant - SA CIS Fund Accounting

Apex Group Ltd; Cape Town; Presencial; ZAR 350.000 - 490.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Global business exposure

Competitive remuneration

Descripción de la vacante

Apex Group Ltd in Cape Town is seeking a Fund Accountant for SA CIS Fund Accounting. The role focuses on managing fund valuations, daily valuation files, and maintaining accuracy within set deadlines.

The ideal candidate has 6–12 months of fund accounting experience, a BCom or equivalent, and knowledge of asset management products. The role reports to the Team Leader in Cape Town and offers global exposure.

Formación

• Generation and distribution of daily valuation files.
• Income distribution and TER calculations for clients.
• Identify process improvements and automation opportunities.
• Manage daily fund valuation processes and respond to queries.

Responsabilidades

• Perform valuation quality assurance reviews.
• Liaise with clients and internal teams to resolve queries.
• Ensure timely delivery of valuation outputs.
• Support audit queries and regulatory checks.

Conocimientos

Fund accounting basics

MS Excel

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Independent working

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Time management

Educación

BCom or equivalent

Herramientas

Invest One

Decalog

Xceptor

Descripción del empleo

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/