Junior Accountant

ACCA Careers; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global company seeks a management accountant to focus on portfolio reconciliations and prepare management accounts. This position offers professional development within an exciting, international environment and requires a degree in Accountancy along with 2-4 years of relevant experience.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Extensive training opportunities

Flat hierarchies with direct contact to management

Qualifications

• Degree holder in Accountancy required.
• 2-4 years job experience preferred.
• Resourceful, independent, and strong problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Production of underlying portfolio reconciliation between Trustee and Investment Manager records.
• Accurate preparation of management accounts for financial reporting.
• Timely completeness and accuracy of accounting records.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Organisational skills

Analytical mindset

Fluency in English

Education

Degree in Accountancy

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Local accounting system

Job description

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About TMF Group

TMF Group is a leading provider of administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. As we’re a global company with 11,000+ colleagues based in over 125 offices across 87 jurisdictions, we actively seek out people with the talent and potential to flourish at TMF Group, whatever their background, and offer job opportunities to the broadest spectrum of people. Once on board we nurture and promote talented individuals, making sure that senior positions are open to all.

Discover the Role

You will be responsible for the provision of a high-quality client service, producing service deliverables in accordance with internal and external deadlines. Your primary responsibility would be the production of portfolio reconciliation, with the secondary function of preparation of management accounts under review and supervision of your team’s manager and team leader, used for preparation of financial statements and filings (like CBI and tax filings). You will be expected to answer basic queries from clients and the internal audit liaison team relating to preparation of portfolio reconciliation and management accounts and provide them with requested information. The secondary function of preparation of management accounts will take place between 1 to 4 months after joining the team with a initial focus on portfolio reconciliations as well as during the first half of the year when most of the portfolio reconciliations are delivered.

Key Responsibilities

• Primary function production of underlying portfolio reconciliation between Trustee and Investment Manager records. This includes corresponding with the Trustee and Investment Manager in ensuring differences in the underlying portfolio are resolved and reconciled.
• Secondary function the accurate preparation management accounts used in the production of accounting statements and reports required by the internal TMF audit/financial reporting team
• roll-forward management accounts and accounting system (IFRS and Irish GAAP)
• Responsible for ensuring the timely completeness and accuracy of the accounting records while using the appropriate functionalities of the mandated systems (like DAX)
• Responsible for meeting the indicated deadlines for each allocated client
• Limited day-to-day contact for clients where sourcing of reports from clients are required.
• Responsible for the accurate booking of all journal entries and accounting documents into the general ledger for allocated clients for a complete financial closure (accruals, prepayments, re-evaluations)
• Assists in the maintenance of the chart of accounts, sub-ledger accounts and other accounting application configurations
• Identifies out-of-scope service and providing respective information to the team leader/manager
• Maintains contact with TMF audit team assisting in resolving client and audit queries
• Keeps up to date with changes in local accounting and tax legislation
  
  

Key Requirements

• Degree holder in Accountancy
• Candidate with 2-4 job experience is preferred
• Resourceful, independent and strong problem-solving abilities
• Excellent written and communication skills, with strong ability to plan ahead and organise themselves
• Analytical structured mind set with ability to follow and build upon existing processes and ensure data is maintained with accuracy and consistency
• Fluency in English is preferred
• Proficiency in MS Excel and MS Word is essential, with experience of local accounting system desirable
  
  

What’s in it for you?

• An exciting opportunity in an international company.
• Professional development opportunities as well as extensive individual further training opportunities, supported by our TMF Business Academy.
• A career within an ever-evolving market.
• Flat hierarchies with direct contact to management and international exchange.
  
  

We’re looking forward to getting to know you!

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