Senior Fund Accountant - SA (CIS) Fund Accounting at Apex Group

Job Advert Summary

• 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.

Minimum Requirements

•  Have minimum of 1-2 years’ experience as a fund accountant;
•  A BCom or similar, accounting, economics or investments background;

Duties and Responsibilities

•  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 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 deliverables 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 and Competencies

•  Experience in Asset Management portfolio administration and pricing;
•  Experience with investment products (including Unit Trusts, Multi-Manager, Segregated Portfolios, ETF’s, 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);
•  Knowledge of Invest One, Decalog and Xceptor an advantage;
•  Good understanding, knowledge and experience of back office administration processes and accounting;
•  Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal);
•  Confident, enthusiastic and self-motivated;
•  A track record of achievement; and
•  To work independently in meeting deadlines and still work within a team environment track record of achievement.

Reporting structure

• The Senior Fund Accountant – SA (CIS) Fund Accounting will report to the Team Leader – SA (CIS) Fund Accounting based in Cape Town.