Financial Accountant (with 2-3 years post articles experience)

About the position

Financial Accountant

Cape Town-based Financial Accountant sought for excellent opportunity with Investment firm.

The duties and responsibilities of this position are, but are not limited to:

• Involved in the accounting of the investment manager, the funds being managed and the South African subsidiary company. This includes working with the third-party fund accountants and depositary as well as external accounting firms.

Fund:

• Daily cash reconciliation and reporting.
• Compiling month end reports required by the fund administrator.
• Providing information requests to the depositary.
• Loading of payments on banking systems.
• Controlling of interest and other fee invoices to partners.
• Compiling month end and quarterly information for reporting fund performance to investors.
• Assisting with compilation of senior management reports.
• Liaising with external auditors and providing information for the annual audits of the funds.

Investment Manager:

• Compiling financial information for monthly management reporting.
• Liaising with the third-party accounting firm and providing information as needed.
• Controlling invoices received from vendors, ensuring payments are made and accounts are reconciled.
• Liaising with external auditors and providing information for the annual audits of the investment manager.

General:

• Assist with finance-related requests from the business and other ad-hoc tasks as required.
• Assist with KYC requests.
• Investor reporting.
• May become involved with the South African subsidiary company over time.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proactive and pragmatic.
• Analytical with good attention to detail.
• Good command of Microsoft Excel and MS Office in general.
• Previous experience working with accounting software.
• Previous experience of preparing presentations and senior reports is advantageous.

ROLE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Relevant Tertiary qualification - Degree in Finance or Accounting.
• Must have good general accounting background - 2-to-3-years' experience in a reporting/accountant role.
• CIMA/SAIPA/SAICA articles advantageous.
• Newly qualified CA advantageous.

Please note: only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Desired Skills:

• completed articles and 2-3 years accounting experience