Senior Fund Accountant

2 months ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Apex Group Full time


The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world's largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That's why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply 'empower' you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we'll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you.

Senior Fund Accountant - SA (CIS) Fund Accounting
Cape Town

Job specification

The main responsibilities of the role will be to:
  • Update the Apex systems with all the daily prices and the verification of these prices.
  • 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.
  • Responsib le 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 Required :
  • Have minimum of 1-2 years' experience as a fund accountant.
  • A BCom or similar, accounting, economics or investments background.
  • 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 ).


What you will get in return:
  • A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business.
  • Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience.
  • Training and development opportunities


Additional information :

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability . Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please visit

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