Senior Fund Accountant

4 days ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Apex Group Ltd Full time
Senior Fund Accountant - SA CIS Fund Accounting

Apply remote type Hybrid locations Cape Town, Apex House time type Full time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago job requisition id JR-0009238

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.

Description

The Senior Fund Accountant - SA (CIS) Fund Accounting will manage and 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.

Job Specification

  1. The main responsibilities of the role will be to:
  2. Update the Apex systems with all the daily prices and verify these prices.
  3. Provide mentorship and guidance to junior fund accountants, reviewing all fund valuations prepared by them and ensuring the accurate calculation of fund valuations.
  4. Generate and distribute daily valuation files.
  5. Be responsible for income distribution and TER calculations, providing them to clients timeously.
  6. Review all processes to assess continuous improvement and automation opportunities, presenting recommendations to management.
  7. Maintain and continuously update the process of documentation.
  8. Communicate and respond to queries internally and from the client, assisting team leaders and managers in resolving such queries.
  9. Deal with client queries and audit queries.
  10. Perform valuation quality assurance reviews and ensure consistent quality of output.
  11. Manage and oversee production schedules and client deliveries in the team leader's absence.
  12. Assist in the implementation of projects, checks, and controls to mitigate risk.
  13. Coordinate the induction program for new joiners.

Skills Required:

  1. The successful candidate will have:
  2. A minimum of 1-2 years' experience as a fund accountant.
  3. A BCom or similar, with an accounting, economics, or investments background.
  4. Experience in Asset Management portfolio administration and pricing.
  5. Experience with investment products (including Unit Trusts, Multi-Manager, Segregated Portfolios, ETFs, Pooled products) either locally or internationally is an advantage.
  6. IT and Systems Skills and Knowledge.
  7. A good working knowledge of systems or an aptitude for working with systems, specifically Invest One.
  8. An excellent working knowledge of MS Office & IT packages (particularly Excel).
Our Story

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fueling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset servicing industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross-asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

Working at Apex

Prepare to accelerate.

We're a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We're expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We'll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you.

We're a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We're expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We'll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own.

When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We'll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues, and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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