Senior Fund Accountant

TMF Group
Cape Town
ZAR 300 000 - 600 000
Job description

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About TMF

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.

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 and 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 and provide exceptional client service experience
  • Act as a primary client contact, with responsibility for responding to client questions and requests
  • Lead regular scheduled meetings with clients
  • Interface and enhance relationships with various stakeholders such as valuations, treasury, investor relations, custodians, and management company teams
  • Manage, train, and assist manager with developing junior staff members, including onboarding and enforcing company policies
  • Act as point of support for team members
  • Read and understand various agreements, including the Service Level Agreements to determine how the provisions impact 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
  • 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 an advantage
  • Familiarity with tax-efficient European fund structures and related investment vehicles and regulatory requirements – this would be considered an advantage
  • Other characteristics: accurate, self-motivated, able to work both independently and as part of a team, deadline-driven, and able to maintain a portfolio of clients

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
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