Senior Fund Accountant - Asset Allocator

CO_MGSAL Apex Fund Services South Africa Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group seeks a Senior Fund Accountant – Asset Allocator in Cape Town to administer funds efficiently, set up checklists, and ensure adherence to standards. You will assist the Team Leader and support other teams with client reporting and ad-hoc processes.

You will mentor fund accountants, manage NAV inputs across systems, and contribute to process improvements while supporting month-end deliverables and client queries. Experience in asset management necessary.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience as a fund accountant.
• BCom or similar accounting, economics or investments background.
• Experience in Asset Management portfolio administration and pricing.
• Experience with investment products (Unit Trusts, Multi-Manager, Segregated, Regulation 28, Pension, Provident, Pooled Portfolios, ETF’s, etc.)
• Excellent IT and systems skills, with a good working knowledge of Invest One and MS Office, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

• Produce and distribute accurate valuation files.
• Update daily prices in Apex systems and verify them.
• Mentor and guide fund accountants and interns by reviewing valuations for accuracy.
• Understand NAV inputs and systems (Invest One, BEC, EMS, Creations, Expense Calculators, Reconciliations, etc.).
• Deliver under unforeseen circumstances outside standard hours (month-end, client queries, system issues).
• Review processes for improvements and automation and present recommendations.

Skills

Fund accounting

Asset management

MS Office

Education

BCom or similar

Tools

Invest One

Excel

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.

Senior Fund Accountant - Asset Allocator Cape Town, Apex House

Role Summary The Senior Fund Accountant – Asset Allocator will be required to administer funds efficiently, accurately and within daily deadlines, as well as set up and ensure checklists, process documents and standards are adhered to. In addition, you will be required to have end-to-end knowledge to assist other APEX teams in resolving client queries, deliver on client reporting requirements and perform ad-hoc processes that are required from time to time. The Senior Fund Accountant will be required to assist the Team Leader in all aspects that might be required. This includes managing, overseeing and performing all the required tasks within the Institutional Funds space.

Key Responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the role will be to:

• Produce and distribute accurate valuation files.
• Update the Apex systems with all the daily prices and the verification of these prices.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to fund accountants and interns by reviewing all fund valuations prepared by them and ensuring the accurate calculation of fund valuations.
• Ensure a full understanding of all daily NAV inputs and systems. These include, but are not limited to, Invest One, BEC, EMS, Creations, Expense Calculators, Reconciliations, Transition/Asset Transfers, Pricing Macros, etc. Systems, processes and responsibilities could change from time to time.
• Understand and perform ad-hoc APEX processes that might be required by the team. This includes but is not limited to Management Fee Calculator (MFC), income distributions and TER calculations.
• Deliver under unforeseen circumstances, outside of standard working hours, for a short period of time. (ie. Month-end deliverables, ad-hoc client queries, urgent delivery, systems issues, etc.)
• Continuously review processes to assess improvement and automation Opportunities, and present recommendations to management.
• Maintain and update process documentation when processes change or are implemented.
• Communicate and respond to queries internally and from the client, assisting team leaders and managers in resolving such queries.
• Deal with client queries and audit queries. Communicate and answer any queries about the funds from the team.
• Perform valuation quality assurance reviews and ensure consistent quality of output.
• Manage and oversee the production schedule and client deliveries in the team leader’s absence.
• Assist in the implementation of projects, checks and controls to mitigate risk.
• Co-ordination of the induction program for new joiners, including end-to-end training of all deliverables and systems within the team.

Key Requirements

The successful candidate will have:

• Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience as a fund accountant.
• A BCom or similar, accounting, economics or investments background.
• Experience in Asset Management portfolio administration and pricing.
• Experience with investment products (ie. Unit Trusts, Multi-Manager, Segregated, Regulation 28, Pension, Provident, Pooled Portfolios, ETF’s, etc.)
• Excellent IT and Systems Skills and Knowledge.
• A good working knowledge of systems or an aptitude for working with systems, specifically Invest One.
• An excellent working knowledge of MS Office & IT packages (particularly Excel

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. Find out more about us