Looking for a Manager - Accounting & Finance Statements (Financial Statement Preparation).

Role is based in Cape Town.

Reporting to the Senior Associate Director - Internal Governance and Financial Accounting and your role will be to: Own all client deliverables, including the development of the product, of the financial statement service line.

On the daily

• Prepare financial statements for all fund clients.
• Prepare financial statements for additional ad-hoc structures.
• Own the deliverable process for this function and be accountable for the service offering.
• Assist with developing/customizing technology to produce a product that is scale-able.
• Carry out extensive research into different technologies and applications that would aid in the development process.
• Carry out extensive research into different accounting standards and reporting requirements for entities that report under IFRS or US GAAP.
• Manage, coach and teach junior staff as needed.
• Work with the fund administration team to service clients and to manage the data transformation out of fund accounting systems and into the financial statement reporting process.
• Support the Founding Partner & Managing Director - Accounting & Finance as needed.
• Additional ad-hoc duties as required.

• Provide ad-hoc day-to-day support on requests that come up.
• Work with clients on any demand they may have that Catalyst can assist with.
• Share insights to enable development of new processes and procedures that will create business efficiency and support delivery of client excellence in service
• Maintain awareness of industry, regulatory, jurisdictional and other trends that could affect the business.
• Contribute to the creation, development and implementation of new products and solutions to accommodate changing customer needs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with operations staff, business users, project and implementation managers to achieve desired and elegant solutions.

• Internationally recognized professional accounting designation (CPA, ACCA, CA).
• Minimum 5 years' experience post accounting designation with Big 4 accounting firm.
• Experience auditing or preparing financial statements for investment related entities under both US GAAP and IFRS.
• Experience with fund accounting software preferred.
• Expert level use of Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel, Power Query, Power Automate.
• Fluent in English (writing & speaking).