Vacant Jobs at Apex Group

Description

• The primary responsibility for this position is to manage teams of Fund Accountants who will perform the accounting and administration of all South African priced funds including Unit Trusts, Priced Pooled, Priced Segregated as well as South African Hedge Funds. 
• The individual will be required to manage staff, assisting with issues coming out of the operations, review of staff work and ensure processes are followed and standards are adhered. This individual will also oversee projects aimed at improving the processes within Fund Accounting. 

Job specification

• Deal with client queries and audit queries; 
• Ensuring the accurate calculation of Fund valuations, including NAV’s and accounting to TB. 
• Communicating and answering any queries on the Funds from the team. 
• Manage the output of the team according to the daily production schedule; 
• Perform valuation quality assurance valuation reviews and ensure consistent quality of output. 
• Document all processes, checklists  and controls within the team; 
• Monitor and manage the performance of the team as well as individual team members, including setting up KPI aligned to job description and development of staff;  
• Implementation of projects, checks and controls to mitigate risk; 
• Management of staff in taking on new funds allocated; 
• Participate and lead training applicable for the team; 
• Monitoring and delegating to ensure that recons in fund accounting are clear. 

Skills Required:

• An accounting qualification (minimum B.Com or equivalent) together with either 3 years accounting experience or at least 6 months Fund Accounting experience. 
• 24 months plus Fund Accounting experience in asset management portfolio administration and pricing.  
• In addition, the individual should have experience with the various fund types either locally or internationally

IT and Systems Skills and Knowledge: 

• Advanced level experience in using Excel, InvestOne and other related systems. 
• Proven competence and an aptitude for working with systems. 

Skills and Abilities: 

• Detailed understanding of funds and fee structures. 
• Previous experience in supervising a team and conducting colleague reviews. 
• Previous experience in dealing with clients. 
• Previous experience in mentoring of junior and new staff. 
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal); 
• Confident, enthusiastic and self-motivated. 
• A track record of achievement. 

The ideal candidate will have the following competencies: 

• Ability to analyze and solve problems. 
• Supervise staff and work as part of a team. 
• Assist in process improvement and the develop & implement policies & procedures. 
• Identify problems and delegate effectively. 
• Monitor portfolio; and produce daily and weekly stats on recon items. 
• Establish and manage relationships. 
• liaise with clients and system developers. 

Experience: 

• Managing a team. 
• Knowledge of basic investment product.
• Good understanding of Financial Markets, instruments and systems. 

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Job specification

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to performing and coordinating a variety of administrative duties and tasks including:

• Assisting with the preparation, review and reconciliation of monthly accruals and prepayments
• Maintaining of fixed asset registers
• Preparation of monthly bank reconciliations
• Preparation and assistance in the monthly payroll process
• Issuing of client invoices, maintaining of aged receivables and related matters
• Preparation and reconciliation of all revenue
• Preparation of cash flows and related analysis
• Preparation and assistance in periodic VAT returns
• Assisting in the month end process leading to the submission of accurate monthly management accounts in a timely manner
• Assisting the finance manager with the monthly analysis of variances
• Preparation of reporting and reconciliations for submission to the group’s Financial Planning & Analysis team
• Assistance in capital adequacy requirements and other regulatory reporting
• Assisting in the preparation of financial statements
• Assisting with the annual audits and liaising with auditors
• Assisting the finance manager with any ad-hoc requests

Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance required
• An ability to work to and meet agreed deadlines
• Ability to work under pressure
• Competence in excel, general IT, and accounting packages
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role
• Experience in audit would be ideal, but not necessary

What you will get in return:

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business
• Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience
• Training and development opportunities
• Exposure to all aspects of the business, cross-jurisdiction and to working with senior management directly.

End Date: November 28, 2025 

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Role summary:

• This an exciting opportunity for a Manager at Apex Group, reporting to a Senior Manager within the Alternative Assets team. The Manager will typically be responsible for assisting a small team of administrators that will provide quality and efficient client service to investors.

Key responsibilities:

• Working closely with Managers, Associate Directors and other staff as part of the team;
• Serve as primary point of contact for investor queries, ensuring timely and accurate responses and work with legal and finance teams to review and approve investor related materials Responding, and reviewing responses, to investor services related queries received from investors, clients, consultants and auditors as applicable;
• Proactively manage daily workflow, ensuring that tasks are completed to the highest standards, within agreed deadlines;
• Building and maintaining strong and trusted relationships with investors, clients and other internal operational areas;
• Adherence to internal policies, controls and processes;
• Demonstrate an ability to take responsibility for all aspects of investor/client care;
• Ensuring internal database records are maintained accurately, in relation to investor/client information and/or updated as circumstances change;
• Investor onboarding, including the collation and maintenance of KYC documentation required to meet regulatory requirements;
• Assisting with ad-hoc projects and general team administration and other such tasks as may be required;
• Act in the best interests of the division by supporting and mentoring more junior members of staff as applicable;
• Any other duties in the scope of the role that the company requires.

Skills / experience:

• Third level qualification in business, law, finance or a related field would be an advantage;
• Ideally previous compliance, trust or funds experience in a professional environment;
• Previous experience in a customer facing role with a proven track record of outstanding service;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Ability to prioritise, to adapt to changing business needs and to multitask;
• A professional manner, demonstrating good interpersonal skills and the ability to understand client’s/investor’s needs, responding to these quickly and effectively;
• Good organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Strong attention to detail; diligence and care in all aspects of the role;
• Strong Microsoft Office skills including MS Excel and Word;
• Motivated and driven.

What you will get in return:

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business;
• Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience;
• Training and development opportunities.

End Date: November 28, 2025

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• You will report to the Head of Demand and Portfolio Marketing and play a valuable role in delivering on the global Group’s events agenda and membership and association participation.
• You will be managing a team of 3 people and will be responsible for driving event revenue generation and tracking ROI through the CRM system (Salesforce) while delivering an exceptional event experience to both internal and external stakeholders.
• You'll manage the whole process from the planning stage, right through to running events (often remotely) and carrying out the post-event evaluation. The role is primarily hands-on and often involves working as part of a team.

Role Specification:

• Managing the global events calendar across both sponsored industry events and hosted events (digital and in-person) for the Apex Group globally
• Form relationships with conference hosts to negotiate preferential global prices
• Propose, plan, execute and measure ROI on all third-party conferences and proprietary hosted events (including conference sponsorship, breakfast seminars, client dinners, awards ceremonies etc.)
• Research venues, suppliers and contractors as required
• Mange all pre-event planning, organizing speakers and panelists in collaboration with the sales, product, demand marketing and regional teams as required
• Manage logistics and deliver for all event collateral, booths, banners etc. as required.
• Ensure annual event planning is executed in a timely manner and in collaboration with all key departments, product, sales, regional heads
• Coordinate suppliers, handle client queries and troubleshoot on the day of the event to ensure that all runs smoothly and to budget
• Work daily with the sales team to manage expectations and ensure reporting is delivered to be able to report on ROI, including organizing pre and post event briefings for high spend events
• Produce post-event evaluation to inform future events based on ROI and other metrics
• Research opportunities for co-hosted events in line with regional strategy, working closely with local sales teams in different regions
• Ensure that all events strictly adhere to the internal sign off procedure
• Present event ROI information on global sales call on an adhoc basis as required
• Responsible for ensuring event budget is maximized and maintain ongoing spend management on a daily basis – tracking all spend, Pos and contracts with your team
• Working the other members of the marketing team ie. Demand and field marketing managers to ensure deliverables are met
• Responsible for understanding the requirements for association memberships on a global basis
• Maximizing ROI and opportunities for any association membership, such as ensuring Senior Apex staff are included on working groups, linking the event spend with association activity and monitoring sales participation in association memberships
• Seeking out any editorial opportunities in association publications that are FOC
• Maximising any PR opportunities available with associations keeping in regular contact with stakeholders of the top 10 associations
• Develop team members to ensure a clear succession plan in addition to autonomy that prevents any single point of failure
• Ensure all new sales people are added to any global or regional memberships as required (maintaining the membership list).
• Ensure the associations budget is adhered to and maximized

Skills Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Event Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in event planning and management, preferably in the financial services industry.
• Proven track record of successfully managing a multi event and a global events budget.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• You will be motivated by producing great event outcomes with a particular passion for delivering an ROI
• Experience with CRM and MAP preferred; Pardot and Salesforce experience a bonus.
• Enjoy taking responsibility for lots of projects simultaneously and know how to keep yourself, and others around you, organised and focused on a plan
• Exceptional organization skills are essential with the ability to adapt and react quickly
• Strong relationship building and negotiation skills to manage both internal and stakeholders
• Have a knack for pre-empting situations and coming up with creative and practical solutions
• Enjoy working with a diverse group of colleagues and stakeholders
• The ability to work remotely and manage a complex set of tasks simultaneously
• Deadline driven and the ability to work under pressure is essential

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Role Summary

• The Senior Fund Accountant – Segregated Fund Accounting will be required to administer funds efficiently, accurately and within daily deadlines, as well as set up and ensure checklists, process documents and standards are adhered to.
• In addition, you will be required to have end-to-end knowledge to assist other APEX teams in resolving client queries, deliver on client reporting requirements and perform ad-hoc processes that are required from time to time.
• The Senior Fund Accountant will be required to assist the Team Leader in all aspects that might be required. This includes managing, overseeing and performing all the required tasks within the Institutional Funds space.

Key Responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the role will be to:

• Produce and distribute accurate valuation files.
• Update the Apex systems with all the daily prices and the verification of these prices.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to fund accountants and interns by reviewing all fund valuations prepared by them and ensuring the accurate calculation of fund valuations.
• Ensure a full understanding of all daily NAV inputs and systems. These include, but are not limited to, Invest One, BEC, EMS, Creations, Expense Calculators, Reconciliations, Transition/Asset Transfers, Pricing Macros, etc. Systems, processes and responsibilities could change from time to time.
• Understand and perform ad-hoc APEX processes that might be required by the team. This includes but is not limited to Management Fee Calculator (MFC), income distributions and TER calculations.
• Deliver under unforeseen circumstances, outside of standard working hours, for a short period of time. (ie. Month-end deliverables, ad-hoc client queries, urgent delivery, systems issues, etc.)
• Continuously review processes to assess improvement and automation opportunities, and present recommendations to management.
• Maintain and update process documentation when processes change or are implemented.
• Communicate and respond to queries internally and from the client, assisting team leaders and managers in resolving such queries.
• Deal with client queries and audit queries.
• Communicate and answer any queries about the funds from the team.
• Perform valuation quality assurance reviews and ensure consistent quality of output.
• Manage and oversee the production schedule and client deliveries in the team leader’s absence.
• Assist in the implementation of projects, checks and controls to mitigate risk.
• Co-ordination of the induction program for new joiners, including end-to-end training of all deliverables and systems within the team.

Key Requirements:

The successful candidate will have:

• Minimum of 1-2 years’ experience as a fund accountant.
• A BCom or similar, accounting, economics or investments background.
• Experience in Asset Management portfolio administration and pricing.
• Experience with investment products (ie. Unit Trusts, Multi-Manager, Segregated, Regulation 28, Pension, Provident, Pooled Portfolios, ETF’s, etc.)
• Excellent IT and Systems Skills and Knowledge.
• A good working knowledge of systems or an aptitude for working with systems, specifically Invest One.
• An excellent working knowledge of MS Office & IT packages (particularly Excel)