Position Purpose To maintain the Fundâ??s financial records prudently and diligently, to prepare complete and accurate financial statements for Investment Accounting, provide business decision support to Management Provide operational advice to financial heads of departments and to enhance the services of investment administration processes.

Key Performance Areas

General Administration

• Review daily cash movements to ensure that current account does not go into overdraft
• Ensure that transactions on the custodian accounts are processed accurately
• Ensure that bonds and SDI income is received timeously
• Review daily payments, allocations and derivative exposure
• Participate in departmental projects

Financial Operations Management

• Continuously strive to improve internal workflow processing
• Ensure accurate capturing of transactions on Maitland
• Ensure that internal month-end journals and reconciliations are completed timeously
• Ensure that asset transition processes are accurate and timeously
• Communicate effectively with third parties

 Accounting for Asset Managers

• Receive Asset Manager investment report and reconcile all movements
• Balance investment accounts, debtors, creditors, expenses, income, profit /loss
• Prepare spreadsheet in order to import movements into Omni2Financial
• Compile reconciliation schedules to balance back to asset manager’s report as well as the trial balance
• Monitor daily accurate application on Maitland to ensure necessary adjustments are processed

Financial Reports Management

• Ensure that all reports are produced on time and accurately, management report, flash report and asset allocation report
• Provide information reports timeously, manage fees, riscura downloads, market value movements for actuary
• Assist with annual financial statements by providing detailed investment schedules and relevant data

Investment Administration Support

• Improve technical skills by attending relevant courses
• Introduce more efficient processes and activities
• Assist with utilization of Omni2Financial
• Approve external journal entries

Minimum Qualifications

• BCom Accounting Degree or Equivalent
• Post Graduate Qualification Advantageous

Related Experience

• 3 – 4 years derivative accounting experience and international investment accounting

Technical Competencies

• In-depth knowledge of Financial Management as a discipline
• Knowledge of investment accounting, standards and procedures
• Financial procedures
• Financial reporting and report writing
• Advanced Excel
• Investment systems expertise

Ref: JHB000120/LM