Internship – Junior Fund Accountant – Fund Services needed at JTC Group

PURPOSE OF JOB

• The 2026 Internship programme is a full-time learning opportunity from January to December with a rotation across teams after 6 months.
• To collate, calculate, process, investigate and check fund information in order to produce the Net Asset Values for the specific Funds which JTC administers within defined deadlines and regulatory requirements.

MAIN RESOINSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Prepare, monitor and capture cash movements (cash management), investment trades and update transactions on the accounting system to ensure an accurate and timely delivery of the NAV.
• Prepare and perform weekly/daily cash and stock reconciliations including proper investigation of all outstanding issues to ensure a timely resolution of any reconciling differences and no NAV errors occur.
• Monitor daily/monthly asset pricing and pricing sources for corporate actions to ensure securities are updated and valued correctly on the accounting system and no asset pricing errors occur in the valuation.
• Perform and check weekly/daily expense and accrual calculations to ensure that they are reflected correctly in the Net Asset value calculation.
• Prepare and produce an accurate NAV to ensure Reviewers discover no errors on work reviewed resulting in the timely delivery of the NAV’s.
• Proactively investigate queries with dealers; brokers; custodians; auditors and clients to ensure a timely resolution of all queries. Where applicable to communicate and escalate potential issues in a prompt and effective manner.
• Understand and implement company policies and procedures; client service level agreements and internal controls to ensure compliance thereof and no Custodian or external audit findings occur as a result of them not being applied.
• Prepare and send out all valuation e-mails to a pre-defined distribution list to ensure all parties have been timely informed of the NAV.
• Monitor client mailboxes on a daily basis and resolving queries where possible or escalating where required.
• Maintain investor registers and ensure only authorized changes are made and that these are done in a timely manner.
• Perform adhoc administration tasks related to clients and their entities.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• A relevant tertiary qualification including Accounting (as a major); Finance; Investments.
• Excellent numeracy skills.
• High level of accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
• Works well under pressure.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.