Fund Accountant - Cape Town at Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited

Role Purpose    

• You will be responsible for accounting and financial reporting activities to support the growth and development of the Momentum Retirement Administrators (MRA) business.

Requirements    

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting as Major)
• 5 - 7 Years' experience in a financial or employee benefit environment
• 5+ Years' Fund Accounting experience

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Maintain the general ledgers
• Reconcile two tier balance sheet items
• Independently prepare monthly management accounts and annual financial statements
• Independently prepare monthly statements of cashflows within agreed timelines
• Independently prepare audit files for annual audits and statutory valuations
• Independently prepare and confirm monthly financial reports
• Ensure that all statutory information for the fund is available at all times
• Respond to audit requirements and queries and ensure audit and valuation recommendations are implemented
• Prepare monthly general ledger reconciliations for the fund
• Reconcile investment trial balances on a monthly basis
• Review and analyse money movement on a daily basis
• Perform bank reconciliations
• Prepare and submit monthly PAYE returns to SARS
• Process journals on the general ledger system within the agreed time
• Comply with the rules of the Pension Fund, the Pension Fund Act and all requirements of the FSCA
• Prepare asset and liability matching on a monthly basis
• Prepare and submit annual financial statements of pension fund

Competencies    

• Accountability
• Accuracy
• Attention to detail
• Analytical thinking
• Team work
• Communicating with impact