Senior Fund Accountant: ICS

4 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Guardian Recruiting (Pty) Ltd Full time
Our Client is looking to add a Senior Fund Accountant: ICS to join their team

Check and supervise the tasks required to successfully complete a NAV 
Produce financial statements in accordance with the most relevant accounting standards for an allocated portfolio of clients

Job Specifications
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 or entities
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 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, 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
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
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 informed 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 and 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 them to checker for authorization in a timely manner
Check and authorize 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

Minimum Requirements 
Completed Articles
A relevant tertiary qualification preferably accounting, finance, or Investments
Excellent numeracy skills
Attention to detail
Good accounting and investment product knowledge
Minimum of 2 to 5 years of investment fund administration or related experience

Kindly note that by submitting your application for this career opportunity, you agree that Guardian Recruiting may use your application for the purpose of the recruitment and selection of the said position and this information may be shared with the relevant stakeholders in the business

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Should you not have heard back within a two-week period, please assume that your application was unsuccessful

All job postings are in accordance with our Client's BEE requirements. Please only send certificates when requested to do so

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