Fund Accountant

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.