Job Description

Closing Date 2023/09/25
Reference Number MMH230915-14
Job Title Fund Accountant
Position Type Permanent
Role Family Finance
Cluster Momentum Corporate
Remote Opportunity Some of the time
Location - Country South Africa
Location - Province Western Cape
Location - Town / City Cape Town
Introduction

Through our client-facing brands Metropolitan and Momentum, with Multiply (wellness and rewards programme), and our other specialist brands, including Guardrisk and Eris Property Group, the group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations. We help people grow their savings, protect what matters to them and invest for the future. We help companies and organisations care for and reward their employees and members. Through our own network of advisers or via independent brokers and utilising new platforms Momentum Metropolitan provides practical financial solutions for people, communities and businesses. Visit us at
www.momentummetropolitan.co.za
Role Purpose

You will be responsible for accounting and financial reporting activities to support the growth and development of the Momentum Retirement Administrators (MRA) business.
Requirements

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting as Major)

• 5 - 7 Years' experience in a financial or employee benefit environment

• 5+ Years' Fund Accounting experience

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain the general ledgers

• Reconcile two tier balance sheet items

• Independently prepare monthly management accounts and annual financial statements

• Independently prepare monthly statements of cashflows within agreed timelines

• Independently prepare audit files for annual audits and statutory valuations

• Independently prepare and confirm monthly financial reports

• Ensure that all statutory information for the fund is available at all times

• Respond to audit requirements and queries and ensure audit and valuation recommendations are implemented

• Prepare monthly general ledger reconciliations for the fund

• Reconcile investment trial balances on a monthly basis

• Review and analyse money movement on a daily basis

• Perform bank reconciliations

• Prepare and submit monthly PAYE returns to SARS

• Process journals on the general ledger system within the agreed time

• Comply with the rules of the Pension Fund, the Pension Fund Act and all requirements of the FSCA

• Prepare asset and liability matching on a monthly basis

• Prepare and submit annual financial statements of pension fund

Competencies

• Accountability

• Accuracy

• Attention to detail

• Analytical thinking

• Team work

• Communicating with impact

Policy

We are committed to Employment Equity, diversity and inclusion when recruiting internally and externally. All appointments are made in alignment to our Employment Equity goals and we encourage people with disabilities to apply.

Momentum Metropolitan