Senior Manager, Private Equity at SANNE

The Role

Management of a portfolio of clients and sub-teams within the Private Equity division, located in Cape Town. Senior Manager will be reporting to the Associate Director and Director.

Key Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide high quality service to a set portfolio of Private Equity clients;
• Review periodic reporting such as management accounts, capital accounts and investor reporting;
• Planning of audit process, maintenance of the audit files and communications with the auditors;
• Ensuring all ISAE audit requirements and queries of the business are addressed on a timely manner;
• Take responsibility for the delegation of work within multiple teams, ensuring work is being undertaken by individuals at levels appropriate for their charge out rate;
• Ensure policies and procedures are followed and checklists completed and authorized in a timely manner;
• Respond to client queries in a timely manner and ensure deadlines are monitored and met;
• Actively monitor client requests and advise senior management of instances falling outside the scope of agreed fee structure;
• Act as an escalation point into the local senior management team, clearly communicate any issues, or concerns immediately.
• Monitor tasks and discuss on a weekly basis clearing them down with team members;
• Promote a risk management culture within the business by proactively highlighting areas where improvements can be made to reduce operation risk;
• Be responsible for and supervise team members work loads, their adherence to policies and procedures;
• Ensure the team has personal development plans, clear understanding of their role and responsibilities and formal and professional evaluations which are reviewed each year.

Requirements

Skills / experience

• Qualified with a CA professional qualification or equivalent;
• A minimum of 5 years post qualification accounting experience in a professional environment;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Demonstrated ability of managing a team and escalating to Senior Management.
• Excellent critical analysis and problem-solving skills;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Ability to work deadlines independently;
• Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.