Fund Accounting Manager - Cape Town, South Africa - Apex Group

Apex Group

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Cape Town, South Africa

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Fund Accounting Manager

Location:
Cape Town, South Africa

Date Posted:
Mar 15, 2023

Description

Fund Accounting Manager

Location:
Cape Town, South Africa

Role summary:

Key responsibilities:

Joint responsibility for assisting in the development of the Alternative Asset Teams in Cape Town and for the daytoday financial reporting and management of portfolios of clients across these teams;
Assisting in the Management of specialised services teams on all aspects of financial reporting, including working directly with Apex's customers to ensure their structures are run efficiently in compliance with the relevant laws and contractual obligations, and being involved with the management team to strategically build the Alternative Asset business;
Working with the management team and Directors to ensure the planning, coordination and completion of NAVs, Management Reporting and Statutory Reporting of the structures to ensure the team complies with all of its accounting and regulatory obligations;
Ensuring quality control prior to the further review and approval of Apex's authorised persons including payments, calculations and transactions;
Preparation and implementation of entity customer specific procedures in relation to the reporting requirements;
Ensuring reporting complies with entity and statutory requirements including local law, relevant GAAP or IFRS and other reporting principles;
Development and maintenance of divisional and departmental policies and procedures, and support implementation of new structures;
Ensuring that all daytoday matters required to be completed are performed in a timely and satisfactory manner including monitoring tasks and delegating these across the relevant managers team; Support the implementation of new structures;
Act as primary point of contact with auditors in respect of the planning and coordination of the audits;
Be able to provide sound, quality, and technical guidance to clients and assist with the training of junior staff;
Perform other duties as necessary to support the strategic development of the client team including client meetings, new business pitches and new business proposals.

Skills / Experience:

Professional qualification
CA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent;
Ideally three four years' experience in a similar relevant capacity in the finance industry;
An understanding of regulatory and financial reporting regime and IFRS;
Ability to motivate and influence a team, high level of managerial skills.