Fund Accountant - Sandton at Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited

Requirements

Experience And Qualifications

• 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
• Teamwork
• Communicating with impact