Investment Accountant - Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa - CA Financial Appointments

    CA Financial Appointments
    CA Financial Appointments Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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    CA Financial Appointments's job vacancy, Career and Recruitment

    Job title : Investment Accountant – City of Cape Town jobs in Western Cape

    Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

    Deadline : May 19, 2024

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    Responsibilities:

  • Perform day-to-day operational processes for various investment accounting, data management and market data activities
  • Work closely with the operational departments (NAV Pricing, Performance, Portfolio Administration) as well as Tax, Institutional Client Services, Legal & Compliance, IT, and Trading
  • Liaising with data vendors (e.g. JSE/Bloomberg) on data quality and other queries
  • Monitoring communications from data vendor regarding changes that may affect fund pricing process and inform business teams where necessary (e.g. Corporate Actions, Trading, Fund Accounting)
  • Assisting with month-end pricing across all portfolios
  • Monitoring and answering queries from the Institutional Data Management and Investment Accounting email queue
  • Involvement in initiatives/project work that seeks to simplify and create efficiencies in existing processes
  • Calculating daily interest accruals
  • Assist with month-end pricing for portfolios
  • Maintain benchmark static data
  • Reconciling static data ensuring accuracy
  • Daily monitoring of instrument classifications for reporting

    Requirements:
  • Minimum of either a newly qualified CA(SA) or an accounting or finance tertiary qualification with honours being preffered
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience within a similar role or financial services articles
  • Must have a strong technical understanding of instrument valuation and pricing
  • Experience in working with these systems would be advantageous: Charles River Investment Management Solution (CRIMS), IHS Markit, Fundamental Portfolio Manager (FPM)
  • Self-starting and proactive
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Strong numeric ability
  • Good team player with can-do attitude
  • Accuracy and attention to detail

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