Senior Associate – Accounting and Financial Statements
Clearwater Cayman
full-time
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Location: 🇿🇦 South Africa
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Senior
About the role
- Day-to-day management of the company’s reconciliations teams
- Preparation of financial statements for all Catalyst Accounting, Catalyst Fund Administration, and Clearwater CFO clients, including ad-hoc structures
- Collaborate with fund administration team to manage transformation of data from fund accounting systems into the financial statement reporting process
- Take full ownership of the financial statement deliverable process and ensure high-quality service delivery
- Act as main point of contact for annual audit assistance, working closely with auditors and internal operations teams
- Stay informed about industry trends, regulatory changes, and other factors that could impact the business
- Share insights to facilitate development of new processes and procedures to create business efficiencies and enhance client service delivery
- Assist in development and customization of technology to produce scalable financial statement products and research relevant technologies
- Support Senior Associate Director and Manager – Accounting & Finance and perform ad-hoc duties as required
- Build and maintain strong client relationships and work collaboratively with operations staff, business users, project managers, and implementation teams
- Conduct research into accounting standards and reporting requirements (IFRS and US GAAP)
- Supervise, coach, and mentor junior staff
- Represent operational teams with product team for system maintenance, upgrades, and new product/solution implementation
- Operate within governance framework; work with Internal Governance on change controls and internal quality assurance
- Work with Head of Compliance and Governance on compliance culture, operational controls, regulatory assistance, and regulatory business updates
Requirements
- Minimum experience: Mid-level
- Experience managing reconciliations teams and ownership of deliverables
- Experience preparing financial statements for fund administration clients (Catalyst Accounting, Catalyst Fund Administration, Clearwater CFO or similar)
- Experience transforming data from fund accounting systems into financial statement reporting
- Experience acting as main point of contact for audits and liaising with auditors
- Knowledge of accounting standards and reporting requirements, such as IFRS and US GAAP
- Supervisory experience: supervise, coach, and mentor junior staff
- Experience with process improvement and technology development/customisation
- Knowledge of governance, quality control, compliance, and operational controls
- Client relationship management and ability to collaborate with operations, project managers, and implementation teams
- Ability to support senior management and perform ad-hoc duties
- Based in Cape Town, South Africa (hybrid)