Rayaan Adams
Senior Fund Accountant
Cape Town
Summary
Highly motivated senior fund accountant with 8+ years of experience in fund accounting, auditing, financial reporting, accounting, and taxation in South Africa. Meticulous attention to detail and a strong work ethic drive performance. Thrives in collaborative team environments and has honed practical communication skills through dedicated training. Continuously seeks opportunities to expand skill set and approaches every task with a hunger for learning. Known for integrity, consistently strives for excellence and delivers the best possible results in all endeavors.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Fund Accountant
TMF Group
07.2023 - Current
- Producing accurate NAVs for alternative investment funds (private equity), which are domiciled in the United States jurisdiction. Preparation of trial balances and NAV calculations
- Responsible for fund accounting and analysis, processing of transactions, rebalances, fee calculations, hedging, loans, recording calls and distributions, various ad hoc client reporting/queries
- Assist in supervision, training and guidance to team members focusing on task performance, support work allocation and capacity planning
Senior Fund Accountant
Apex Group
12.2019 - 06.2023
- Responsibilities included preparing/reviewing deliverables related to a portfolio of Private Debt funds, mainly the NAV Calculation and financial and capital statement preparation.
- This includes processing accounting information from booking stage to the final NAV stages, the preparation of yearly financials as well as the drafting and review of calls and distribution notices.
Auditor
CA RA MPAKO Inc.
05.2019 - 12.2019
- Provision of auditing and accounting services to both private and public institutions.
Audit Trainee
Auditor General of South Africa
03.2016 - 07.2018
- During my time at AGSA (Auditor General of South-Africa), I took part in numerous PFMA and MFMA audits which included determining the validity and reliability of financial and performance information issued by various municipal and public entities
- Responsibilities included detailed testing of all the major components within the Annual Financial Statements as well as disclosure notes and the reviewing of annexures
Financial Accounting Tutor
University of the Western Cape
02.2014 - 11.2014
- Providing academic support and assistance to accounting students
- Teaching students essential accounting and financial concepts.
Education
BCom (Accounting) -
University of The Western Cape
Cape Town, South Africa 2013.05 - 2016.05
Skills
Meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to multitask
- Team player
- Independent
- Effective communicator
- Strong work ethic
- Time management
- Troika
- Front Invest (eFront)
- QuickBooks
- Investran
- Microsoft Excel (Intermediate) - VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, Pivot tables, Nested IF statements, SUMIF
- Microsoft Word (Advanced) - Hyper linking, inserting tables/images, report formatting
- Accustomed to high pressure
- Analytical ability
- High level of accuracy
Timeline
Fund Accountant
TMF Group
07.2023 - Current
Senior Fund Accountant
Apex Group
12.2019 - 06.2023
Auditor
CA RA MPAKO Inc.
05.2019 - 12.2019
Audit Trainee
Auditor General of South Africa
03.2016 - 07.2018
Financial Accounting Tutor
University of the Western Cape
02.2014 - 11.2014
BCom (Accounting) -
University of The Western Cape
2013.05 - 2016.05
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