Senior Fund Accountant - Fund Services

JTC Group; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 420.000 - 660.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

JTC Group is seeking a Fund Accountant to collate, calculate and sign off NAVs for funds under management. The role involves producing financial statements, cash management, reconciliations and regulatory-compliant reporting in a hybrid Cape Town setting.

You will work with InvestOne and Investran, support audits, and coordinate with clients, dealers and custodians to ensure accurate, timely NAV delivery and finance operations.

Qualifikationen

• A relevant tertiary qualification preferably including Accounting; Finance; Investments.
• Minimum of 2 to 5 years investment fund administration or related experience.
• Prior experience and in-depth understanding of private equity or other alternative investment funds.
• Good accounting and investment product knowledge.
• Excellent numeracy skills.
• Attention to detail.

Aufgaben

• Prepare, monitor and capture cash movements and investment trades for accurate NAV delivery.
• Prepare capital call and distribution notices for review and distribution to investors.
• Perform weekly/monthly cash and stock reconciliations and investigate differences.
• Monitor asset pricing for corporate actions to ensure correct valuation in NAV.
• Prepare and verify expense and accrual calculations for NAV accuracy.
• Prepare NAV and support reviewers to ensure timely delivery.
• Investigate queries with dealers, custodians, auditors and clients for timely resolution.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, SLAs and internal controls.
• Prepare valuation emails and deliver statements to predefined distribution lists.
• Attend pre- and post-audit meetings and update delivery matrices accordingly.

Kenntnisse

Numeracy

Attention to detail

Accounting knowledge

Investment product knowledge

Ausbildung

Accounting/Finance degree

Tools

InvestOne

Investran

Jobbeschreibung

• To collate, calculate, process, investigate and check fund information including being a B signatory in order to produce and sign off the Management Accounts / Net Asset Valuations (NAV) of the specific Funds/Entities which JTC administers within defined deadlines and within regulatory requirements.
• To produce financial statements and other financial related information for client entities accurately and on a timely basis, in accordance with the most relevant accounting standards and client driven requirements.
  

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Permanent
DEPARTMENT: Fund Services
DIVISION: Institutional Client Services
WORKPLACE STRUCTURE: Hybrid

Role Overview

Purpose of Job

• To collate, calculate, process, investigate and check fund information including being a B signatory in order to produce and sign off the Management Accounts / Net Asset Valuations (NAV) of the specific Funds/Entities which JTC administers within defined deadlines and within regulatory requirements.
• To produce financial statements and other financial related information for client entities accurately and on a timely basis, in accordance with the most relevant accounting standards and client driven requirements.
  

Main Responsibilities And Duties

• Prepare, monitor and capture cash movements (cash management), investment trades and update transactions in InvestOne / Investran to ensure an accurate and timely delivery of the Accounts / NAV.
• Prepare capital call and distribution notices for review and distribute to investors.
• Prepare and perform weekly / monthly cash and stock reconciliations including proper investigation of all outstanding issues to ensure a timely resolution of any reconciling differences and no valuation errors occur.
• Monitor asset pricing and pricing sources for corporate actions to ensure securities are updated and valued correctly on InvestOne / Investran and no asset pricing errors occur within the Accounts / NAV.
• Perform and check expense and accrual calculations to ensure that they are reflected correctly in the Accounts / NAV.
• Prepare and produce an accurate NAV to ensure Reviewers or Supervisor discover no errors on work reviewed resulting in the timely delivery of the Accounts / NAV.
• Proactively investigate queries with dealers; brokers; custodians; auditors and clients to ensure a timely resolution of all queries. Where applicable to communicate and escape potential issues in a prompt and effective manner.
• Understand and implement company policies and procedures; client service level agreements and internal controls to ensure compliance thereof.
• Prepare and send out all valuation e-mails to a pre-defined distribution list to ensure all parties have been timely informed of the valuation.
• To produce financial statements for portfolio of clients in accordance with the applicable financial standards, and to ensure that the accounts are produced in accordance with the regulatory deadlines and the deadlines agreed with the client.
• Attend pre and post audit meetings to ensure audit planning, comments and recommendations as well as any post audit adjustments to be made to valuations are discussed. Accurately update and maintain the relevant sections in the delivery matrix to ensure all parties are aware of what has been completed and Oversight can promptly review the NAV where required.
• Prepare and complete all sundry administrative tasks, including (but not limited to) accurate / timely time recording and filing of Accounts / NAV within Viewpoint.
• Coach and supervise other Fund Accountants in the same team to ensure all procedures are adhered to and feedback can be provided to the Manager for yearly reviews.
• Prepare accurate payment instructions and provide to checker for authorisation in a timely manner.
• Review and authorise payments (as a B Signatory) to ensure the correct amounts are instructed.
• Review and approve valuations (as a B Signatory) to ensure all information and calculations have been correctly collated.
  

Essential Requirements

• A relevant tertiary qualification preferably including Accounting; Finance; Investments.
• Minimum of 2 to 5 years investment fund administration or related experience.
• Prior experience and In-depth understanding of private equity or other alternative investment funds.
• Good accounting and investment product knowledge.
• Excellent numeracy skills.
• Attention to detail.