Senior Accountant- Business Services

CO_SANFPL Apex Fund & Corporate Services SA (Pty) Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Accountant to support the Business Services client. You will manage monthly and quarterly management accounts, consolidate group entities, ensure IFRS/GAAP compliance, and partner with the Senior Manager to deliver accurate financial reporting.

You will own key accounting processes, address client queries, and help drive process improvements while working with cross-border teams on an expanding global platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level accounting degree required.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in Finance/Accounting/Audit.
• Experience with group consolidations and IFRS areas such as IFRS 16 and share-based payments desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day accounting and financial reporting services for client accounts.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management accounts.
• Own key accounting processes and entity reporting within the group.
• Ensure data controls and compliance with local law, GAAP/IFRS.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Prioritization

Education

BCom Accounting Degree

Tools

Oracle NetSuite

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

Senior Accountant – Business Services

We are seeking a senior accountant to support a key client in the corporate services team. You will report to the Senior Manager, having responsibility for accurate management accounts preparation. You will be responsible for a number of entities in the group together with certain key processes. This is an excellent opportunity to gain international exposure to a client which has in excess of $40bn assets under management.

Job specification

• Provide day-to-day accounting and financial reporting services to the group of client accounts.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management accounts.
• Take ownership of key accounting processes which drive the group accounts.
• Become an entity owner, taking full responsibility for the accounting and reporting of certain entities in the group.
• Ensure data control is adhered to and all processes are followed with the opportunity to expand and improve current processes.
• Address client and team queries promptly.
• Become an expert user of the client accounting system.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure the planning, coordination, and completion of client deliverables.
• Ensuring reporting complies with entity and statutory requirements including local law, relevant GAAP or IFRS and other reporting principles.
• Ad-hoc client requests and project work.
• You will utilize your excellent organizational skills and sound judgment to meet and exceed client expectations, address their service needs, and meet their deadlines.

Skills Required

• BCom Accounting Degree (or similar).
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in the field of Finance/Accounting/Audit.
• Experience with group consolidations and technical IFRS areas such as IFRS 16 and share based payments desirable.
• Management accounting in the asst management or private credit space will be a distinct advantage.
• Experience with Oracle (NetSuite) a distinct advantage.
• Good analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Ability to prioritize work and meet strict deadlines.
• Motivated and driven.

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.

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