Senior Client Accountant

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About TMF Group

TMF Group is a leading provider of critical administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. Our 11 000+ experts and 125+ offices in 87 jurisdictions worldwide serve corporates, financial institutions, asset managers, private clients and family offices, providing the combination of accounting, tax, payroll, fund administration, compliance and entity management services essential to global business success

Job Purpose

To provide support to the Manager / Director on an ongoing basis to ensure seamless delivery of client deliverables.

To safeguard customer relations by ensuring that work is undertaken efficiently and effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Review bookkeeping done by the Client Fund Accountants on a regular basis
• Review management information packs prepared for the client on a periodic basis
• Ensure all supporting documentation is stored in line with the internal policies
• Liaise with the auditors and act as primary point of contact
• Perform initial review of all financial statements for all client entities in the portfolio
• Assist with the monitoring and control of all incoming communication to ensure that it is directed to an appropriately skilled member of the team
• Oversee and control outgoing client communications to ensure correspondence, calculations and presentation of work is of a high standard at all times
• Assist with the monitoring and sign-off on processes carried out in accordance with the procedures and checklists
• Ensure all work complies with the Fund’s documentation, the Company’s policies and procedures and any regulatory requirements.
• Ensure personal compliance with policies and regulations
• Oversee and ensure that the rules, regulations and procedures are adhered to at all times
• Assist with the coaching, development and training of staff
• Develop and maintain effective relationships between individual members of the team
• Develop the capabilities of team members in order to facilitate motivation and empowerment
• Undertake and assist with the bookkeeping workloads as necessary and when required

Experience and Qualifications

• Education and qualifications’ to at least degree level.
• Previous financial statement preparation experience within a financial institution and ideally in a Private Equity Administrative area
• A professional qualification – CA(SA)/ACCA/ACA or ICSA or other similar level qualification or has achieved part-qualified status

What's in it for you?

• An exciting opportunity in an international company
• Professional development opportunities as well as extensive individual further training opportunities, supported by our TMF Business Academy
• A career within an ever evolving market
• Flat hierarchies with direct contact to management and international exchange

Applications close: 26 Dec 2024 South Africa Standard Time

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.