Senior Fund Accountant

Purpose of job

• To collate, calculate, process, investigate and
  check fund information including being a B signatory in order to produce and
  sign off the Accounts / Net Asset Valuations (NAV) of the specific Funds/Entities
  which JTC administers within defined deadlines and within regulatory
  requirements.

• To produce financial statements and other
  financial related information for client entities accurately and on a timely
  basis, in accordance with the most relevant accounting standards and client
  driven requirements.

• Prepare, monitor and capture cash movements
  (cash management), investment trades and update transactions in InvestOne /
  Investran to ensure an accurate and timely delivery of the Accounts / NAV.

• Prepare and perform weekly / monthly cash and
  stock reconciliations including proper investigation of all outstanding issues
  to ensure a timely resolution of any reconciling differences and no valuation
  errors occur.

• Monitor asset pricing and pricing sources for
  corporate actions to ensure securities are updated and valued correctly on InvestOne
  / Investran and no asset pricing errors occur within the Accounts / NAV.

• Perform and check expense and accrual
  calculations to ensure that they are reflected correctly in the Accounts / NAV.

• Prepare and produce an accurate NAV to ensure
  Checkers or Supervisor discover no errors on work reviewed resulting in the timely
  delivery of the Accounts / NAV.

• Proactively investigate queries with dealers;
  brokers; custodians; auditors and clients to ensure a timely resolution of all
  queries. Where applicable to communicate and escalate potential issues in a
  prompt and effective manner.

• Understand and implement company policies and
  procedures; client service level agreements and internal controls to ensure
  compliance thereof and no Custodian and external audit findings occur as a
  result of them not being applied.

• Prepare and send out all valuation e-mails to a
  pre-defined distribution list to ensure all parties have been timely informed
  of the valuation.

• To produce financial statements for portfolio of
  clients in accordance with the applicable financial standards, and to ensure
  that the accounts are produced in accordance with the regulatory deadlines and
  the deadlines agreed with the client.

• To project manage the client audit process
  internally according to an agreed timetable to ensure all parties are
  delivering as agreed and the manager or supervisor is inform of any obstacles
  and/or delays.

• Attend pre and post audit meetings to ensure
  audit planning, comments and recommendations as well as any post audit
  adjustments to be made to valuations are discussed.

• Prepare and complete all monthly/quarterly KPI
  spreadsheets and/or statutory returns to ensure specific funds regulatory
  requirements are fulfilled.

• Accurately update and maintain the relevant
  sections in the delivery matrix to ensure all parties are aware of what has been
  completed and Oversight can promptly review the NAV where required.   

• Prepare and complete all sundry administrative
  tasks, including (but not limited to) accurate / timely time recording and
  filing of Accounts / NAV within Viewpoint.

• Coach and supervise other Fund Accountants in
  the same team to ensure all procedures are adhered to and feedback can be
  provided to the Manager for yearly reviews.

• Prepare accurate payment instructions and
  provide to checker for authorisation in a timely manner.

• Check and authorise payments (as a B Signatory)
  to ensure the correct amounts are instructed.

• Check and approve valuations (as a B Signatory)
  to ensure all information and calculations have been correctly collated.

• A relevant tertiary qualification preferably
  including Accounting; Finance;
  Investments

• Competed SAICA articles

• Good accounting and investment product knowledge

• Minimum
  of 2 to 5 years investment fund administration or related experience