Job Opportunities at Apex Group

Role Summary

• The Senior Fund Accountant is responsible for the deliverables for a portfolio of Private Equity funds, mainly the NAV Calculation and financial statement preparations. He/She may be involved in first level checks and reviews required for all accounting related tasks as well as some investor reporting tasks. They will be required to support the CSL offices as and when needed.
• This includes processing accounting info from booking stage to the final NAV stages, the preparation of yearly financials as well as the drafting and review of calls and distribution notices and CAS. There may be requirement to be the point of contact of clients on all accounting related tasks.
• The candidate would ultimately be responsible in assisting his/her manager in managing the day to day operations of the team so as to contribute to the group’s target operating model whilst ensuring a proper control environment is in place to ensure quality and timely deliverables to CSLs offices.

Key Responsibilities

• Interacting with Private Equity Principals and related stakeholders
• Reviewing, understanding and discussing fund governing documents with managers, colleagues and clients
• Taking responsibility for all aspects of operations and controls, including setting up funds on accounting platforms either Investran, Efront or Allvue, processing transactions, and drafting NAVs and financials, amending NAVs for comments received from CSL or clients, preparation and issuing of investor reports, and performing review and quality work.
• Responding to investor, client and internal enquiries
• Adhering to Investor Services procedures and policies in line with regulations globally and Apex’s group policy
• Assisting with the processing of investor requests.
• Checker duties
• Able to work on some complex Private Equity structures.
• May be required to assist the Account Manager in managing the day to day activities in line with internal and external SLA timeframes
• Working as part of a larger global team in the case of outsourced activities

Competencies

• A background in a fund accounting team, for alternative funds at a top tier institutional fund administrator
• Good knowledge of Private Equity Fund Administration systems
• Able to adapt quickly to challenging and changing priorities
• Up to date accounting standards (IFRS/ US GAAP) and Fund industry knowledge
• Strong potential to grow and take more responsibility within the team
• Basic knowledge of Investor services / Transfer Agency, banking and hedge fund accounting concepts
• Good communication (verbal and written) and problem-solving skills
• Good multi-tasking skills
• A good understanding of Private Equity Fund structures and the fund administration business
• The ability to work to tight deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills to develop working relationships with colleagues, clients, other divisions/ offices of the bank and professional intermediaries
• Effective time management
• Display high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to remain calm at busy times
• Ability to identify opportunities for process improvements
• Ability to escalate where appropriate
• Ability to self-motivate and work as part of team
• Ability to take on board constructive feedback
• Flexible in dealing with changing priorities
• Strong excel knowledge
• BCOM Honours in Accounting

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Key Responsibilities

• A product support professional to join the FAC team as we enter the phase of deploying our software into a live production environment that will require high quality and responsive customer engagement to ensure levels of satisfaction are extremely high.

Responsibilities to include:

Playing a pivotal role in customer implementation projects including but not limited to:

• Initial analysis and documentation of customer implementation requirements;
• Providing guidance on the implementation path way including business reengineering and incorporation of the product into existing workflows as required.
• Liaising directly with the FAC product team to ensure customer requirements are met;
• In conjunction with the client,  gather required system reference data;
• Configuration of the required internal system parameters;
• In conjunction with the client ensure that user acceptance testing (UAT) is relevant and complete. This will include support of the UAT process;
• Go live support;
• Be an enthusiastic and flexible part of an evolving team and help us to grow and improve our capabilities as our customer base and product range expands.

 Skills Required:

• An experienced business analyst and or within an systems implementation role ( minimum 5 years’ experience)
• Experience working with Financial Markets software ideally with a  knowledge of Know Your Client, Investor Onboarding and Transfer Agency is preferred;
• A self-starter, able to work independently and as part of a team and has a diligent, organised and detail focused approach to their work;
• Highly motivated with excellent communication skills and  with the ability to work under pressure to deadlines - often in support of clients in different time- zones;
• Experience of business systems testing and implementation projects;
• Be available for international travel as required.

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Role Summary:

• The Fund Accountant is responsible for the deliverables for a portfolio of Private Equity funds, mainly the NAV Calculation and financial statement preparations. They may be involved in investor reporting tasks. They will be required to support the CSL offices as and when needed. This includes processing accounting info from booking stage to the final NAV stages, the preparation of yearly financials as well as the drafting and review of calls and distribution notices and CAS.

Key Responsibilities:

• Learn the Company’s Private Equity Fund Accounting processes.
• Become familiar with the different accounting platforms either Investran, Efront or Allvue, so as to be able to process transactions, and draft NAVs and financials, amending NAVs for comments received from CSL or clients, preparation of investor reports, and performing quality work.
• Adhering to Investor Services procedures and policies in line with regulations globally and Apex’s group policy
• Assisting with the processing of investor requests.
• Able to work on some of the not too complex Private Equity structures.
• Working as part of a larger global team in the case of outsourced activities

Competencies:

• A background in a fund accounting team, for alternative funds at a top tier institutional fund administrator
• Knowledge of Private Equity Fund Administration systems would be an advantage
• Able to adapt quickly to challenging and changing priorities
• Up to date accounting standards (IFRS/ US GAAP) and Fund industry knowledge
• Strong potential to grow and take more responsibility within the team
• Basic knowledge of Investor services / Transfer Agency, banking and hedge fund accounting concepts
• Good communication (verbal and written) and problem-solving skills
• Good multi-tasking skills
• A good understanding of Private Equity Fund structures and the fund administration business
• The ability to work to tight deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills to develop working relationships with colleagues, clients, other divisions/ offices of the bank and professional intermediaries
• Effective time management
• Display high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to remain calm at busy times
• Ability to identify opportunities for process improvements
• Ability to escalate where appropriate
• Ability to self-motivate and work as part of team
• Ability to take on board constructive feedback
• Flexible in dealing with changing priorities
• Good excel knowledge
• BCOM Accounting Degree

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Role Summary:

• The Senior Fund Accountant is responsible for the deliverables for a portfolio of Private Equity funds, mainly the NAV Calculation and financial statement preparations. He/She may be involved in first level checks and reviews required for all accounting related tasks as well as some investor reporting tasks. They will be required to support the CSL offices as and when needed. 
• This includes processing accounting info from booking stage to the final NAV stages, the preparation of yearly financials as well as the drafting and review of calls and distribution notices and CAS. There may be requirement to be the point of contact of clients on all accounting related tasks.
• The candidate would ultimately be responsible in assisting his/her manager in managing the day to day operations of the team so as to contribute to the group’s target operating model whilst ensuring a proper control environment is in place to ensure quality and timely deliverables to CSLs offices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Interacting with Private Equity Principals and related stakeholders
• Reviewing, understanding and discussing fund governing documents with managers, colleagues and clients 
• Taking responsibility for all aspects of operations and controls, including setting up funds on accounting platforms either Investran, Efront or Allvue, processing transactions, and drafting NAVs and financials, amending NAVs for comments received from CSL or clients, preparation and issuing of investor reports, and performing review and quality work.
• Responding to investor, client and internal enquiries
• Adhering to Investor Services procedures and policies in line with regulations globally and Apex’s group policy
• Assisting with the processing of investor requests.
• Checker duties
• Able to work on some complex Private Equity structures.
• May be required to assist the Account Manager in managing the day to day activities in line with internal and external SLA timeframes 
• Working as part of a larger global team in the case of outsourced activities

Competencies:

• A background in a fund accounting team, for alternative funds at a top tier institutional fund administrator
• Good knowledge of Private Equity Fund Administration systems
• Able to adapt quickly to challenging and changing priorities
• Up to date accounting standards (IFRS/ US GAAP) and Fund industry knowledge
• Strong potential to grow and take more responsibility within the team
• Basic knowledge of Investor services / Transfer Agency, banking and hedge fund accounting concepts
• Good communication (verbal and written) and problem-solving skills
• Good multi-tasking skills
• A good understanding of Private Equity Fund structures and the fund administration business
• The ability to work to tight deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills to develop working relationships with colleagues, clients, other divisions/ offices of the bank and professional intermediaries
• Effective time management
• Display high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to remain calm at busy times
• Ability to identify opportunities for process improvements
• Ability to escalate where appropriate
• Ability to self-motivate and work as part of team
• Ability to take on board constructive feedback
• Flexible in dealing with changing priorities
• Strong excel knowledge
• BCOM Honours in Accounting

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Job Summary

• As a Senior RPA Developer, you will provide technical leadership in the design and implementation of RPA (Robot Process Automation) and other automated solutions for the organization.  You will use best practices and process to determine the right-sized implementation for maximum business value, including consideration of licenses, process approach and application, deployment options, and infrastructure.
• This role requires extensive hands-on experience in designing and developing UiPath RPA Implementations as well as a passion for learning and understanding the products emerging in the rapidly changing RPA market.  Experience with both complex and low code solutioning is required along with oversight of solutions designed by the development team and accountability for solutions designed by you.
• This roles requires you to be adept at balancing business needs and automation solution best practice to provide the best possible automated solution.  You will be required to work collaboratively with a variety of members within the organisation including Project Managers, Business Analysts and Business SMEs (Subject Matter Experts).

 Role Requirements

Responsibilities:

• UiPath Architecture. Aid the team with the continual development and management of the UiPath architecture (architecture design, system monitoring, licensing, upgrades etc.).
• Solution development. Design, documentation and development solution including the ability provide accurate timeframes for development timeframes.
• Solution reviews. Partake in solution design thinking and code reviews to ensure best practices are being adhered to and that the best solution is being implemented. Providing guidance on the ideal development methodologies to implement.
• Production support. Be part of the team that monitors and continually looks to improve processes that have moved into the production environment.
• Take responsibility for the design, development and testing of technically challenging projects, or aspects of a larger project being managed by the development team.
• Thought leadership provide though leadership on the topic of process automation – always looking at new ways of work/ technologies to use and encouraging the trial and adoption of them.
• Train and mentor junior development team members

Technical Skills:

• Development skills within the .Net framework - vb.net, C#.
• Knowledge and experience of implementing APIs, SQL, Regex, GraphQL etc. (all things automation).
• Solution design skills. A good understanding of what makes a good end to end process from a theoretical perspective.
• Critical thinking with the ability to show creativity and the ability to think outside-the-box while defining sound and practical solutions.

People/soft Skills:

• Strong people skills with the ability to communicate and work with all stakeholders to successfully implement the automation projects.
• Leadership skills with the ability to lead efforts to promote new RPA projects and opportunities.
• Partner with the Business Analyst to provide input to the automation opportunities in terms of potential solution design, tasks, and estimations
• Assist with risk identification, mitigation, and contingency planning
• Train and mentor junior development team members
• Be a thought leader on the topic of Automation
• Show desire through action to take the initiative, moving projects/ideas forward to successful completion.
• Desire to learn and continually develop your technical and theoretical skill sets.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or similar field.
• At least 5-7 years’ experience within a development environment designing, implementing, and managing automation solutions within the .Net framework.
• Minimum of 2 years designing and implementing UiPath robots and solutions
• Experience designing and implementing UiPath infrastructure solutions.
• Experience working with each stage of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).