Senior Fund Accountant - SA CIS Fund Accounting

Apex group; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Fund Accountant to join their dynamic team in Cape Town. This role offers the opportunity to manage fund valuations and mentor junior accountants while ensuring adherence to high standards and deadlines. The company prides itself on empowering its employees and providing a supportive environment for professional growth. If you are passionate about finance and eager to contribute to a global leader in fund administration, this position is perfect for you. Join a forward-thinking organization where your skills will be valued and your career can flourish.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years’ experience as a fund accountant is essential.
• Strong knowledge of investment products and asset management.

Responsibilities

• Manage fund valuations and ensure accuracy within deadlines.
• Mentor junior accountants and review their valuations.
• Handle client queries and ensure quality assurance in outputs.

Skills

Fund Accounting

Asset Management

Investment Products Knowledge

IT and Systems Skills

MS Office (Excel)

Education

BCom or similar

Tools

Invest One

Job description

Senior Fund Accountant - SA CIS Fund Accounting

Senior Fund Accountant - SA CIS Fund Accounting

Apply remote type Hybrid locations Cape Town, Apex House time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id JR-0009804

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

Description

Senior Fund Accountant - SA (CIS) Fund Accounting manage, to perform fund valuations within the Institutional Funds space. The Senior Fund Accountant will be required to administer the funds efficiently, accurately and within daily deadlines as well as setting up and ensuring checklists and standards are adhered to.

Job specification

• The main responsibilities of the role will be to:
• Update the Apex systems with all the daily prices and the verification of these prices.
• Providing mentorship and guidance to junior fund accountants, and reviewing all fund valuations prepared by them and ensuring the accurate calculation of fund valuations.
• Generation and distribution of daily valuation files.
• Responsibility for income distribution and TER calculations and providing them to clients timeously.
• Reviewing all processes to assess continuous improvement and automation opportunities, and presenting recommendations to management.
• Responsibility for maintaining and continuously updating the process of documentation.
• Communicating and responding to queries internally and from the client, assisting team leaders and managers in resolving such queries.
• Dealing with client queries and audit queries.
• Communicating and answering any queries on the funds from the team.
• Performing valuation quality assurance reviews and ensuring consistent quality of output.
• Management and oversight of production schedule and client deliveries in the team leader’s absence.
• Assisting Implementation of projects, checks and controls to mitigate risk.
• Co-ordination of the induction program for new joiners.

Skills Required:

• The successful candidate will have:
• Minimum of 1-2 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 (including Unit Trusts, Multi-Manager, Segregated Portfolios, ETFs, Pooled products) either locally or internationally an advantage.
• 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).

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.