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Senior Fund Accountant

Senior Fund Accountant

TMF GroupCape Town, ZA
22 days ago
Job description

Job title : Senior Fund Accountant

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline : October 30, 2025

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  • TMF Fund Services is an independent alternative fund administrator with over two decades of experience in providing an extensive range of services, coupled with a very personal approach.
  • We combine our technology, expertise and global infrastructure to deliver a customized package of services to our clients. These include Fund Administration, Investor Services, Portfolio & Managed Account Services, Depositary and Corporate Services.
  • Key Responsibilities

  • Assist with managing tax and audit processes
  • Provide necessary information to auditors and tax accountants for completion of audits and tax returns within scheduled time frames
  • Ownership of client product delivery, managing both internal and external timelines
  • Preparation / review of accurate :

  • Quarterly management fee calculations
  • Management accounts
  • Annual financial statements in accordance with applicable financial reporting framework
  • Distribution calculations and distribution letters
  • Capital call calculations and capital call letters
  • Carried interest and waterfall calculations
  • Equalization calculations
  • Investor registers
  • Payments
  • Any other deliverables as agreed in administration agreement
  • Manage relationships
  • Provide exceptional client service experience
  • Act as a primary client contact, with responsibility for responding to client questions and requests
  • Leading regular scheduled meetings with clients
  • Interfacing and enhancing relationships with various stakeholders such valuations, treasury, investor relations, custodians, and management company teams among other.
  • Manage, train, and assist manager with developing Junior staff members
  • This includes onboarding and enforcing company policies among other.
  • Act as point of support for team members
  • Read and understand various agreements, including the Service Level Agreements to determine how the provisions impacts the operations and reporting deliverables.
  • Key Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in accounting
  • At least 3 years’ experience in Fund accounting for Alternative Funds (Private Equity, Real Estate, Private Debt) with at least 1 years’ experience as a reviewer or
  • A qualified accountant ideally ACCA, CA, or CIMA
  • Good knowledge of IFRS and ideally other GAAPs
  • Knowledge of Investran and / or Yardi– this would be considered as advantage
  • Familiarity with tax-efficient European fund structures and related investment vehicles and regulatory requirements – this would be considered as advantage
  • Other characteristics : accurate, self-motivated and able to work both independently and as part of a team, deadline driven and able to maintain a portfolio of clients
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