Senior Client Accountant

TMF Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join TMF Group, a leading provider of administrative services, as you navigate the complexities of fund accounting in an international context. This role involves overseeing financial processes for Alternative Funds, enhancing client relationships, and leading a team of junior staff. Benefit from professional development opportunities, flat hierarchies, and a dynamic work environment, while contributing to an evolving market.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Access to TMF Business Academy

International exchange

Qualifications

• At least 3 years' experience in Fund accounting for Alternative Funds.
• Qualified accountant ideally ACCA, CA, or CIMA.
• Good knowledge of IFRS and ideally other GAAPs.

Responsibilities

• Assist with managing tax and audit processes.
• Ownership of client product delivery and managing timelines.
• Prepare/review management fee calculations and annual financial statements.

Skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivated

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

Investran

Yardi

Job description

Job ID

29844

Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Work Types

Permanent

Categories

Client Accounting

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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.

TMF Fund Services is an independent alternative fund administrator with over two decades of experience in providing an extensive range of services, coupled with a very personal approach. We combine our technology, expertise and global infrastructure to deliver a customized package of services to our clients. These include Fund Administration, Investor Services, Portfolio & Managed Account Services, Depositary and Corporate Services.

• Assist with managing tax and audit processes

• Provide necessary information to auditors and tax accountants for completion of audits and tax returns within scheduled time frames

• Ownership of client product delivery, managing both internal and external timelines
• Preparation/review of accurate:

• Quarterly management fee calculations
• Management accounts
• Annual financial statements in accordance with applicable financial reporting framework
• Distribution calculations and distribution letters
• Capital call calculations and capital call letters
• Carried interest and waterfall calculations
• Equalization calculations
• Investor registers
• Payments
• Any other deliverables as agreed in administration agreement

• Manage relationships

• Provide exceptional client service experience
• Act as a primary client contact, with responsibility for responding to client questions and requests
• Leading regular scheduled meetings with clients
• Interfacing and enhancing relationships with various stakeholders such valuations, treasury, investor relations, custodians, and management company teams among other.

• Manage, train, and assist manager with developing Junior staff members

• This includes onboarding and enforcing company policies among other.
• Act as point of support for team members

• Read and understand various agreements, including the Service Level Agreements to determine how the provisions impacts the operations and reporting deliverables.

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in accounting

• At least 3 years' experience in Fund accounting for Alternative Funds (Private Equity, Real Estate, Private Debt) with at least 1 years' experience as a reviewer or
• A qualified accountant ideally ACCA, CA, or CIMA
• Good knowledge of IFRS and ideally other GAAPs
• Knowledge of Investran and/or Yardi- this would be considered as advantage
• Familiarity with tax-efficient European fund structures and related investment vehicles and regulatory requirements - this would be considered as advantage
• Other characteristics: accurate, self-motivated and able to work both independently and as part of a team, deadline driven and able to maintain a portfolio of clients

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

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