Requirements
Education:
- Matric.
- Minimum 2 years experience with BCom Accounting - previous Fund Accounting experience required
- Fundamental accounting software would be a plus
Experience:
- Experience in accounting/coding is a plus.
- Proficient in Excel.
- Preferable: exposure to working with SQL or other code.
- Preferable: exposure to Google Suite products (sheets, docs, cloud storage, etc).
Skills and Traits:
- Attention to detail.
- High value placed on accuracy.
- Good time management.
- Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Keen to learn and develop.
- Interest in equity markets is an added bonus.
- Embraces change and new challenges.
- Highly self motivated.
Scope
Transfer Agency (Client Services):
- Processing client transactions
- Assisting clients with queries relating to their transactions and balances
- Performing due diligence and FICA checks on clients
Fund Accounting:
- Processing transactions within each Unit Trust.
- Buys and sells of instruments.
- Income and expenditure.
- Cash movements.
- Revaluation of instruments.
- Compiling daily valuation reports for each unit trust.
- Holdings reports.
- Performance contribution reports.
- Price movement reports.
- Assisting with monthly and Quarterly reporting on holdings to various regulatory bodies.
- Assisting with distribution of income within unit trusts to investors.
Assisting with trade middle office duties:
- Capturing trades.
- Reporting trades to custodians.
- Assisting custodians in matching and settling trades.
Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not receive a response within two weeks of applying.
