Senior Fund Accountant

ACCA Careers; Cederberg Local Municipality; On-site; ZAR 50 000 - 70 000; Full time

Job summary

A top international fund administration firm in South Africa is seeking a Fund Accounting professional to manage client deliveries and relationships. This position requires at least 3 years of fund accounting experience, ideally with a degree in accounting and qualifications like ACCA. The role offers exciting professional development opportunities in a flat organizational structure that encourages direct interaction with management.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Extensive training programs

International career opportunities

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.
• Manage relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Train and assist junior staff.
• Understand various agreements impacting operations.

Skills

Fund accounting experience

Client relationship management

Attention to detail

Team management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

Tools

Investran

Yardi

Job description

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About TMF Group

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.

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 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 as 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 year’s 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 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 and 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

We’re looking forward to getting to know you!

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