Retirement Funds Fund Accountant

SUMMARY:
Retirement funds fund accounting team seeks a new team member.

POSITION INFO:

Retirement funds fund accounting team seeks a new team member. This role is responsible for the fund accounting of their umbrella provident and pension funds.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of fund accounts aligned with policies
• Banking payments, extracting bank statements ensuring bank recons are accurate and timeous
• Cashflow management and forecasting of cash requirements
• Preparation of monthly recons, review of month and annual working papers
• Liaison with fund managers, custodians and brokers as required
• Accurate loading of daily and cashflow unit prices
• Submission of monthly tax requirements and handle tax queries
• Preparation of audit files and working papers
• Preparation of annual financial statements
• FSCA submissions
• Ensure all compliance reporting submitted
• Preparation of monthly management accounts, cashflow statements
• Compliance and tax reporting as required

Requirements:

• Minimum of a completed degree in accounting, finance or commerce
• Minimum of 2-3 years retirement fund or employee benefits fund administration experience, in a similar role
• Must have excellent level MSExcel skills with VLookups, Pivots etc
• Good pension fund legislation knowledge particularly Section 13A and unitisation
• Highly numerical
• Excellent time management and planning skills
• High attention to detail
• Good team player with a proactive attitude
• Good communication skills both written and verbal

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