Melissa Sobikazi

Responsible for the accurate preparation, accounting, and administration of client portfolios by way of;

• Cash and scrip reconciliation to custodian statements, investigation of cash and scrip breaks.
• Daily monitoring of trades and ensuring trades have been booked correctly.
• Ensure correct valuation of financial instruments; equities, fixed income, exchange traded futures, private equities, and derivatives.
• Processing all fund transactions and ensure correct booking of corporate actions.
• Processing investor transactions such as subscriptions, redemptions, and transfers.
• Preparation of investment reports and KPI reports on monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc basis.
• Review of financial reporting such as trial balances, financial statements and Regulation 28 before dissemination to relevant parties.
• Calculating and setting up accruals as per legal agreements.
• Preparing payment instructions and ensuring payment is made timeously.
• Responsible for writing up process documentation and continuously updating process documentation.
• Ensuring all client documents and invoices are saved and maintain accurate record keeping.
• Performing valuation quality assurance reviews and ensuring consistent quality of output.
• Managing client expectations, by ensuring valuations are completed accurately and timeously, resolve client queries and maintain client satisfaction.
• Assisting auditors with queries pertaining to funds.
• Assisting with client onboarding, setup of new funds and new instruments.
• Assisting with implementation of projects, testing, and improvement initiatives.
• Providing training and guidance to junior fund accountants.

• Keep records of invoices received from service providers.
• Verify supporting documents received from service providers prior to payment execution.
• Processing all invoices for payment.
• Investigate and resolve any payment related queries.
• Reconcile various accounts monthly.
• Report compilation for budgeting purposes.
• Reconciliation of payments made vs service provider’s records.
• Loading quotes for approval and distributing purchase orders.
• Following up with service providers on outstanding invoices.

• Daily NAV valuation which includes processing daily accruals, units in issue check, reconciling cash and scrip, confirmation of securities and processing of payments accurately.
• Ensuring that trades and transactions are valid, accurate and complete by inspecting trades/ transactions loaded and comparing these to client instructions, applicable rates, and amounts.
• Calculation of accruals for period and adjusting existing accruals if applicable based on invoices and prospectus.
• Dissemination of daily prices after fund has been approved.
• Communicating and responding to queries internally and from clients timeously, assisting team leaders and managers in resolving queries.
• Maintaining relationships with clients, custodians, and other third-party participants.