South Africa Job Openings
RisCura
Fund Accounting Specialist
Cape Town
September 17, 2024
Applications Close 27 September 2024
Location
Cape Town, South AfricaReports To
Team Leader: Fund Accounting & Reporting, Ris Cura InvestApplication Criteria
- Undergraduate degree in accounting required
Experience
- 4-6 years’ relevant experience in investment management or related industry.
- Proficient in MS Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook, and Teams
Purpose of Job
- Responsible for producing and reviewing fund accounting and reporting on client investments.
- Assist with embedding knowledge, processes and procedures in the Fund Accounting and Reporting team.
Key Competencies, Skills and Attributes
- Strong reconciliation skills.
- Strong numeric and analytical ability.
- Interpret, analyse and able to handle large quantities of data.
- Attention to detail and have a methodical approach to own work.
- Ability to plan for and meet own deadlines.
- Able to work independently but also be a team player.
- Take initiative and work proactively to solve challenges.
- Quick learner.
- Communicate clearly and professionally, both verbally and in writing.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Thinks in a structured way and can document processes.
Monthly/Daily Tasks
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Prepare and/or review deliverables before sending out to clients, including:
- Daily reconciliation of investment accounting records to different sources
- Monthly reconciliation of unitisation data to asset manager data
- Statement Ms
- Monthly client performance reporting
- Investment Accounting Reports
- Quarterly Regulatory reporting (e.g. SARB Asset Allocation Reports)
- Annual audit reconciliation and statutory reporting.
- Assist with resolving queries and escalations related to activities performed by the Fund Accounting and Reporting team.
- Attend client meetings, when appropriate, and in support of the Team Manager, to address queries related to the deliverables produced by the Fund Accounting and Reporting Team.
- Assist in preparing other ad hoc queries / reports.
- Assist with producing documentation of processes and procedures for the Fund Accounting and Reporting team.
- Work closely with and assist other team members in the Fund Accounting and Reporting team.
- Contribute to the shared knowledge of the team by attending training and sharing insights with team members.
- Contribute to internal improvement initiatives in own team and within the Invest department to ensure continuous business improvement.
- Perform user acceptance testing of enhancements and change requests on systems and applications used by the team as required.
- Develop a relationship with clients and understand their requirements.
- Co-ordination of the induction program for new joiners.
- Identify areas for process improvement or enhancement.
- Mentor junior staff.
- Team task allocations.
Renumeration
Market-related. EE disclaimer: Ris Cura complies with the Employment Equity Act and will fill all roles in accordance with our Employment Equity strategy and to the specification of the business area. Applicants who have not heard back from Human Resources within one month of the closing date should consider their application unsuccessful.
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