Job Vacancies at Curo Funds Service

NAV Calculation and Review:

• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly NAV calculations for pooled funds, ensuring accuracy and adherence to accounting standards and regulations.
• Review and validate all fund transactions, including security trades, income accruals, corporate actions, and expense allocations, to ensure they are reflected accurately in the NAV.
• Reconcile cash, positions, and market values to external sources and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Execution of relevant reconciliations between different systems to ensure accuracy of information.
• Identification and escalation of control gaps in a timely manner.
• Identification and escalation of operational issues and ownership of daily health check processes.
• Support management in ensuring day to day adherence to standard operating procedures & controls.
• Support management in the change process.
• Support management in responding to internal organizational requests for collation and trend analysis of KPI’s for the function.

Pooled Fund Oversight:

• Monitor pooled fund structures, ensuring proper accounting treatment and compliance with investment mandates.
• Review and process subscriptions, redemptions, and distributions for pooled funds.
• Coordinate with portfolio managers, custodians, and transfer agents to facilitate smooth fund operations and address issues promptly.

Audit and Compliance Support:

• Assist with internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and support to auditors.
• Ensure that all NAV calculations and financial reports adhere to regulatory requirements and company policies.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry regulations and best practices in fund accounting and NAV calculation.

Team Support:

• Taking ownership of day-to-day functions within the team.
• Ensure the rotation of tasks/functions within the team.
• Mentor junior team members and foster a collaborative team environment.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Foster existing business relationships to ensure effective and efficient delivery.
• Liaise with internal teams to address inquiries and ensure smooth fund operations.
• Prepare and present NAV reports, performance data, and variance analyses to senior management and stakeholders where required.

Process Improvement and Efficiency:

• Identify areas for process enhancement within the NAV Pooled Team and participate in implementing efficiency improvements.
• Collaborate with IT and operations teams to automate and streamline NAV calculation processes.
• Develop and ensure standard operating procedures (SOPs) are updated for NAV production and review.

Requirements

Skills Required:

• Accounting or business/industry related qualification
• Preferably have relevant experience in the pooled/life environment (2 years)
• Clear communicator (verbal & written)
• Focused individual who is able to execute effectively and timely
• Individual should be able to work outside of the normal core business hours (potential evening deadlines till 21:00)

Competencies:

• Analytical Skills: Ability to analyse complex financial data and derive meaningful insights.
• Attention to Detail: Ensures the highest level of accuracy and quality in accounting and reporting.
• Time Management: Effectively manages time and prioritizes tasks to meet deadlines.
• Technical Proficiency: Demonstrates proficiency with software and platforms, strong understanding of investment products, fund structures, and accounting principles.
• Adaptability: Demonstrates flexibility in handling changing requirements.
• Effective Communication Skills: The ability to communicate clearly and concisely to the level of audience.
• Client Focus: Prioritizes client needs and ensures high levels of client satisfaction.
• Leadership and Influence: Demonstrates the ability to lead, motivate and drive a team.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a related role within the investment industry.
• Proficient in MS office.
• Good knowledge and understanding of the Financial Markets and Financial instruments.

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Key responsibilities

Client Reporting:

• Preparation and delivery of investment, regulatory and client specific reports via the use of investment systems and reporting applications.
• Reviewing of reports where required.
• Communicating with clients regarding investment reporting.

 Client Support:

• Act as the primary point of contact for client reporting queries, providing exceptional service and addressing any issues promptly.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, understanding their unique needs and ensuring reporting solutions align with their expectations.
• Foster existing business relationships to ensure effective and efficient delivery, working with business support and operations teams to gather necessary data and insights.
• Liaise with service level suppliers, including external vendors.
• Support and guide team members, providing training and support to ensure accurate and timely completion of tasks.

 Process Improvement:

• Streamline fund administration processes to enhance efficiency and reduce errors.
• Implement and maintain robust internal controls to safeguard fund assets and ensure data integrity.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Foster existing business relationships to ensure effective and efficient delivery, working with business support and operations teams to gather necessary data and insights.
• Liaise with service level suppliers, including external vendors.
• Support and guide team members, providing training and support to ensure accurate and timely completion of tasks.

 Compliance and Regulatory Reporting:

• Preparing and maintaining of management information (stats and ad hoc reports).
• Ensure compliance with company policy/procedures and client service level agreements.

 Adhoc Tasks:

• Support and participation in related projects and change requests
• Ensure ad-hoc requests are handled efficiently and accurately.

Requirements

Competencies

• Attention to Detail: Ensures the highest level of accuracy and quality in accounting and reporting.
• Effective communication skills: The ability to communicate clearly and concisely to the level of audience.
• Numerical skills: The ability to understand, interpret, and work with numbers effectively.
• Decision-Making Skills: Makes rational, realistic, and sound decisions based on consideration of all the facts and alternatives available.
• Time Management: Effectively manages time and prioritizes tasks to meet deadlines.
• Problem-Solving & Analytical Skills: Ability to identify, analyse, and develop effective solutions for complex issues using critical thinking and derive meaningful insights.
• Adaptability: Demonstrates flexibility in handling changing requirements.
• Client Focus: Prioritizes client needs and ensures high levels of client satisfaction.

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• SA Unit Trust experience required i.e. SARB and TER reporting.
• Good knowledge of the asset management environment, including but not limited to financial instruments, unit pricing and cash mechanics.
• Good knowledge and understanding of the Financial Markets and Financial instruments.
• 2 years related Fund Administration experience.
• Good knowledge of HiPortfolio an advantage