Associate - Real Estate Fund Accounting - JHB at Apex Group

Job specification

• Performs Fund Accounting/Property Accounting related activities of Real Estate Funds/Properties.
• Performs Net Assets Value calculations and Financials of the Real Estate Funds / Properties for variety of client needs as well as different fund structures.
• Perform Management Accounts and various client reporting that include booking journal entries/accruals/adjustments and various fund level fee calculations.
• Perform and sign off Interim/Annual NAV packs/Financials for Real Estate Funds/Properties including the consolidated accounts/financials for SPVs and Properties.
• Perform Fund/Property/Lease set-up, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable related activities in accounting platform.
• Verifies complex fund transactions, audit comments within scheduled timeframes and resolves exceptions on a timely basis.
• Ensure that you comply with all controls, checklists and general company policies.
• Collection/verification of relevant information for Fund/Property/Lease set-up and to facilitate the Net Assets Value calculation and preparation of NAV pack.
• Prepare Cash/Position/Market Value/Inter-company Reconciliations.
• Ensure all scheduled work is completed by agreed deadlines and flag any service delivery issues to Management as early as possible.
• Identify and implement process improvement techniques to improve the process efficiency and team productivity.
• Support in migration of Real Estate Funds from onshore location independently and ensure SLA targets are met.
• Support conversion of Real Estate Funds from other accounting applications to Yardi.
• Managing the client relationships for the Funds and individually handle the deliverable requirements on daily/weekly/monthly/Quarterly basis.
• Liaising with Onshore team, clients and Auditors on various requirements and ensure all supports are provided to the auditors to get the financials approved on the agreed timeline.
• Support operations on projects related to Automations / Work migrations / Conversions etc.

Skills Required

• Experience working in Fund Accounting, Property Accounting, NAV calculation and Financial Statement preparation of Real Estate Funds.
• Experience in Transition of Real Estate Funds from onshore locations.
• Worked on on-boarding new clients and develop reporting templates for the clients
• Good Experience in handling the client relationships and should be good in written and oral communication.
• Good conceptual knowledge in accounting principles and financial statement preparation.
• Able to understand impact of changes in financial information/figures.
• Experience in handling audit requirements and ad hoc client requirements in Real Estate Fund accounting.
• Good experience working on Yardi Voyager, AccountView ,MS Office and Macro enabled workbooks.
• Relevant Experience, minimum 2 years of experience preferably into Real Estate Fund Accounting and Property Accounting.
• Accounting degree, Finance related degree , SAIPA