Senior Fund Accountant - Asset Allocator

Apex Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group in Cape Town seeks a Senior Fund Accountant - Asset Allocator to administer funds accurately and within daily deadlines, supporting the team with end-to-end fund accounting processes and client reporting.

You will mentor junior accountants, manage NAV inputs, and collaborate across systems like Invest One and Excel to ensure quality output and risk controls in a dynamic asset management environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years’ experience as a fund accountant.
• BCom or similar accounting/economics/investments background.
• Experience with asset management portfolio administration and pricing.

Responsibilities

• Produce and distribute accurate valuation files.
• Update daily prices in Apex systems and verify accuracy.
• Mentor fund accountants and review valuations for accuracy.
• Understand NAV inputs and systems (Invest One, EMS, Creations).
• Assist in ad-hoc processes and client reporting requirements.

Skills

Fund accounting experience

Mentorship/Team support

Education

BCom or similar

Tools

Invest One

Excel

MS Office

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.

For our business, for clients, and for you

Senior Fund Accountant - Asset Allocator

Cape Town, Apex House

Role Summary

The Senior Fund Accountant – Asset Allocator will be required to administerfunds efficiently, accurately and within daily deadlines, as well as set up and ensurechecklists, process documents and standards are adhered to. In addition, you will berequired to have end-to-end knowledge to assist other APEX teams in resolving clientqueries, deliver on client reporting requirements and perform ad-hoc processes that arerequired from time to time.

The Senior Fund Accountant will be required to assist the TeamLeader in all aspects that might be required. This includes managing, overseeing andperforming 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 theseprices.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to fund accountants and interns by reviewing allfund valuations prepared by them and ensuring the accurate calculation of fundvaluations.
• Ensure a full understanding of all daily NAV inputs and systems. These include, butare not limited to, Invest One, BEC, EMS, Creations, Expense Calculators,
• Reconciliations, Transition/Asset Transfers, Pricing Macros, etc. Systems, processesand responsibilities could change from time to time.
• Understand and perform ad-hoc APEX processes that might be required by theteam.
• This includes but is not limited to Management Fee Calculator (MFC), incomedistributions and TER calculations.
• Deliver under unforeseen circumstances, outside of standard working hours, for ashort period of time. (ie. Month-end deliverables, ad-hoc client queries, urgentdelivery, 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 areimplemented.
• Communicate and respond to queries internally and from the client, assisting teamleaders 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 ofoutput.
• Manage and oversee the production schedule and client deliveries in the teamleader’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-endtraining 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