Senior Associate- Accounting

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa The Catalyst Group Full time
Innovation Powered | People Inspired

The Catalyst Group is a tech-focused financial services organization that is creating a spark in a one-dimensional industry. Founded in the Cayman Islands in 2020, Catalyst is a privately owned and fully independent group.

We have offices and teams in 5 countries, servicing a global portfolio of clients with a wide range of strategies, structures, and requirements.


Catalyst was founded with a clear mission to reimagine financial services by sparking innovation, harnessing technology, and investing in our people and our communities.


In support of that mission, we have built an award-winning team of highly skilled, innovative, and client-centric individuals that are enabled with best-in-class technology to provide a platform that is unlike anything else in the industry.

We do things differently. We do things better.

Catalyst is a values driven organization.

We challenge our people to think and operate in accordance with a set of core values:
Collaboration, Innovation, Reliability & Accountability, Connected Culture, Undivided Attention, Integrity, and Transparency. These values are part of our DNA; they are the principles that guide everything that we do.

Core Details and Responsibilities

This role is based in our Cape Town Office, in South Africa. As a Senior Associate, you will report to the Associate Director

  • Accounting & Finance. From a highlevel perspective, you will own all the client deliverables, including the development of the product, of the financial statement service line.
Your Daily Tasks

The following are the Tasks linked to the Core Responsibilities that will be expected as part of this role.

You will work as part of the wider financial accounting team and assist in the preparation of:

  • Financial statements for all Catalyst Accounting, Catalyst Fund Administration and Clearwater CFO clients.
  • Financial statements for additional adhoc
  • Own the deliverable process for this function and be accountable for the service offering
  • Assist with developing/customizing technology to produce a product that is scaleable
  • Carry out extensive research into different accounting standards and reporting requirements for entities that report under IFRS or US GAAP
  • Work with the fund administration team to service clients and to manage the data transformation out of fund accounting systems and into the financial statement reporting process
  • Support the Associate Director
  • Accounting & Finance as needed
  • Work with clients on any demand they may have that Catalyst can assist
  • Share insights to enable development of new processes and procedures that will create business efficiency and support delivery of client excellence in service
  • Maintain awareness of industry, regulatory, jurisdictional and other trends that could affect the business.
  • Contribute to the creation, development and implementation of new products and solutions to accommodate changing customer needs.
  • Collaborate crossfunctionally with operations staff, business users, project and implementation managers to achieve desired and elegant solutions.
Strategic Expectations

  • Share insights to enable development of new processes and procedures that will create business efficiency and support delivery of client excellence in service
.

  • Maintain awareness of industry, regulatory, jurisdictional, and other trends that could affect the business.
  • Contribute to the creation, development and implementation of new products and solutions to accommodate the businesses continuous changing needs.
  • Collaborate crossfunctionally with operations staff, business users, project, and implementation managers to achieve desired and elegant solutions.
Required Skills & Experience

  • Internationally recognized professional accounting designation (CPA, ACCA, CA)
  • Minimum 35 years' experience post accounting designation with Big 4 accounting firm
  • Experience auditing or preparing financial statements for investment related entities under both US GAAP and IFRS
  • Experience with fund accounting software preferred
  • Expert level use of Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel, Power Query, Power Automate
  • Fluent in English (writing & speaking).
  • Innovator & selfstarter with high energy and drive.
  • Fluent in English (writing & speaking).

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