Operational Controls & Reconciliation Lead

theapexgroup; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group in Cape Town seeks a Specialist to provide high-level oversight across reconciliation and reporting for our clients. You will ensure timely completion of data loads, validation of inputs, and proactive management of exceptions, coordinating with global teams to maintain accuracy and deadlines.

The role emphasizes risk mitigation, client relationship management, and ongoing process improvements across reconciliation platforms and middleware systems.

Qualifications

• Tertiary accounting qualification (minimum B.Com or equivalent) and experience in reconciliations.
• Asset manager background advantageous.
• Experience with monitoring, ensuring quality of output, and process review.

Responsibilities

• Provide high level oversight across reconciliation and reporting processes.
• Ensure data loads (R120, MT940, MT535) completed and trigger requests sent to Reconciliation team in India.
• Manage client data and requests pro-actively within SLA via Cherwell or email.
• Oversee exception reporting and mitigate risks timeously.
• Validate and process manual inputs from Reconciliation team in India, considering funds valuation points.

Skills

Reconciliations

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Process improvement

Audit support

Education

B.Com or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

SSRS

Xceptor

Job description

Apex Group in Cape Town seeks a Specialist to provide high-level oversight across reconciliation and reporting for our clients. You will ensure timely completion of data loads, validation of inputs, and proactive management of exceptions, coordinating with global teams to maintain accuracy and deadlines.

The role emphasizes risk mitigation, client relationship management, and ongoing process improvements across reconciliation platforms and middleware systems.