Fund Accountant - SA CIS Fund Accounting

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

Description 

Fund Accountant - SA CIS Fund Accounting must manage to perform fund valuations within the Institutional Funds space. The 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   

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. 

• Responsible for all the daily processes that goes into the fund valuation. 

• Communicating and responding to queries internally and from the client, working with the Senior and Team Leader 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. 

Skills Required:

• Have minimum of 6-12 months experience as a fund accountant or a similar background. 
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• A BCom or similar, accounting, economics or investments background. 

• Experience in Asset Management portfolio administration and pricing is preferred. 

• Experience with investment products (including Unit Trusts, Multi-Manager, Segregated Portfolios, ETF’s, Pooled products) either locally or internationally an advantage. 

• An excellent working knowledge of MS office & IT packages (particularly Excel); 

• Knowledge of Invest One, Decalog and Xceptor an advantage. 
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• Good understanding, knowledge and experience of back-office administration processes and accounting.
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• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal). 
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• Confident, enthusiastic and self-motivated. 
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• A track record of achievement; and 

• To work independently in meeting deadlines and still work within a team environment track record of achievement. 

 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.

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.