Associate - Real Estate Fund Accounting - Johannesburg, South Africa - Apex Group

Apex Group
Apex Group
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Johannesburg, South Africa

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Associate - Real Estate Fund Accounting


Location:
Johannesburg, South Africa


Date Posted:
Mar 15, 2023


Description

Associate
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Real Estate

Fund Accounting

Johannesburg -

South AfricaReporting**- The position reports to AVP - RE Fund Accounting
About Apex
The Apex Group is a global financial services provider with 11,000 staff across 50+ offices globally.

We look to recruit bright, articulate and numerate employees who are not afraid of a challenge and are prepared to work hard and love what they do.


Every employee plays a part in making Apex who we are today and the more that we grow, the more important that becomes.

Whatever your career path or specialism Apex provides a global platform to allow you to thrive.


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  • Performs Fund Accounting/Property Accounting related activities of Real Estate Funds/Properties.
  • Performs Net Assets Value calculations and Financials of the Real Estate Funds / Properties for verity of client needs as well as different fund structures.
  • Perform Management Accounts and various client reporting that include booking journal entries/accruals/adjustments and various fund level fee calculations.
  • Perform and sign off Interim/Annual NAV packs/Financials for Real Estate Funds/Properties including the consolidated accounts/financials for SPVs and Properties.
  • Perform Fund/Property/Lease setup, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable related activities in accounting platform (Yardi).
  • Verifies complex fund transactions, audit comments within scheduled timeframes and resolves exceptions on a timely basis.
  • Ensure that you comply with all controls, checklists and general company policies.
  • Collection/verification of relevant information for Fund/Property/Lease setup and to facilitate the Net Assets Value calculation and preparation of NAV pack.
  • Prepare Cash/Position/Market Value/Intercompany Reconciliations.
  • Ensure all scheduled work is completed by agreed deadlines and flag any service delivery issues to Management as early as possible.
  • Identify and implement process improvement techniques to improve the process efficiency and team productivity.
  • Support in migration of Real Estate Funds from onshore location independently and ensure SLA targets are met.
  • Managing the client relationships for the Funds and individually handle the deliverable requirements on daily/weekly/monthly/Quarterly basis.
  • Liaising with Onshore team, clients and Auditors on various requirements and ensure all supports are provided to the auditors to get the financials approved on the agreed timeline.
  • Support operations on projects related to Automations / Work migrations / Conversions etc.

Skills Required:


  • Experience working in Fund Accounting, Property Accounting, NAV calculation and Financial Statement preparation of Real Estate Funds.
  • Experience in Transition of Real Estate Funds from onshore locations.
  • Worked on onboarding new clients and develop reporting templates for the clients
  • Good Experience in handling the client relationships and should be good in written and oral communication.
  • Good conceptual knowledge in accounting principles and financial statement preparation.
  • Experience in handling audit requirements and ad hoc client requirements in Real Estate Fund accounting.
  • Good experience working on Yardi Voyager, MS Office and Macro enabled workbooks.
  • Relevant Experience 04 years of experience preferably into Real Estate Fund Accounting and Property Accounting.
  • Post graduate in Commerce, MBA Finance, CA/CMA/CFA

What you will get in return:

  • A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business
  • Exposure to all aspects of the business, crossjurisdiction and to working with senior management directly
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