Senior Fund Accountant

TMF Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent fund administration company in Cape Town seeks a Senior Fund Accountant with at least 3 years of fund accounting experience. The role requires managing tax and audit processes, preparing financial statements, and enhancing client relationships. A Bachelor’s degree in accounting and qualifications like ACCA, CA, or CIMA are preferred. Candidates should be self-motivated, accurate, and able to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in accounting.
• At least 3 years’ experience in Fund accounting for Alternative Funds with at least 1 years’ experience as a reviewer.
• A qualified accountant ideally ACCA, CA, or CIMA.
• Good knowledge of IFRS and ideally other GAAPs.
• Knowledge of Investran and/or Yardi would be an advantage.
• Familiarity with tax-efficient European fund structures and regulatory requirements would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Assist with managing tax and audit processes.
• Provide necessary information to auditors and tax accountants for completion of audits and tax returns.
• Ownership of client product delivery, managing timelines.
• Preparation and review of management fee calculations and financial statements.
• Manage client relationships and provide exceptional client service.
• Train and assist in developing junior staff members.

Job description

Job Title

Senior Fund Accountant

Job Location

Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline

October 30, 2025

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Discover the Role

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 calculationsInvestor registers
• Payments
• Any other deliverables as agreed in administration agreement

Client Relationship & Team Leadership

• 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.

Key Requirements

• 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
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