Vacancy: Business Development Officer + Senior Accountant

Business Development Officer

Position Overview

As a Business Development Officer, you will be critical in driving growth and expanding our client base by identifying, assessing and cultivating strategic business opportunities. The primary responsibilities will include building and maintaining relationships with prospective clients, promoting our investment products and services, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure a seamless client onboarding process.

Key Responsibilities

Deal Sourcing and Pipeline Management: Actively seek investment opportunities by networking, attending industry events, and maintaining relationships with potential off-takers, intermediaries, and other stakeholders.

Due Diligence: Conduct thorough due diligence on potential investments, analysing financial statements, market trends, competitive landscapes, and other relevant factors to assess the viability and potential returns of investment opportunities.

Relationship Management: Cultivate and maintain relationships with clients, and monitor performance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field.

• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in financial modeling and statistical analysis.

• Proven experience in business development, sales, or relationship management within the financial services industry, preferably with a focus on investment products (alternative investments).

• Proven experience in portfolio management or a related role within the financial industry.

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build rapport and credibility with diverse stakeholders, including clients, prospects, and internal teams.

• Results-oriented mindset with a track record of achieving or exceeding sales targets and business objectives.

• Commitment to professionalism, integrity, and ethical conduct in all interactions and transactions.

• Join our dynamic team and contribute to our growth and success by leveraging your business development expertise to attract new clients and drive revenue growth for our fund.

Senior Accountant

Position Overview

To process, control and report on all accounts of the Business to ensure financial compliances, good practice and accurate treatment of financial transactions.

Key Responsibilities

1. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT:

• Ensure the maintenance of financial functions and records in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

• Preparation of cashflow projections and cash planning for the companies and funds;

• Execute financial processing and reconciliations in line with appropriate corporate governance, audit requirements Government regulations, company policies and procedures;

• Prepare annual budgets in conjunction with the Head: Finance and Administration to ensure that budgets are approved by the respective Boards before the beginning of the financial year for the budgets;

• Prepare monthly management accounts with variance analysis; 

• Prepare Audit files to ensure that annual audits are conducted efficiently and audit queries are attended to;

• Process Cash Book transactions;

• Process general journals;

• Payroll processing;

• Bank reconciliations;

• Processing of payments;

• Updating of interest on Investment Account reconciliations;

• Maintain the Fixed Asset Register;

• Managing Debtors and Creditors;

• Prepare VAT, Import VAT, PAYE, Withholding Tax and Social Security returns;

• Preparation for statutory audits;

• Prepare creditors payments;

• Ad Hoc Duties;

2. ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS:

• Support the Head: Finance with processing and filing of company’s human resources documents, compensation and benefits, performance contracts for subordinates, managing the leave register, staff notices, and attending to administrative matters such as Social Security registrations, terminations and application for social security benefits;

• Supervise the Administration function (Administrator, Office Cleaner and Office Messenger) to ensure efficient and consistent operations;

• Ad Hoc Duties;

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Accounting;

• Minimum of 4 years work experience in the field of financial accounting, including budgeting and financial reporting. Knowledge of accounting standards and procedures and experience in the adherence thereto is required;

• Have knowledge in use of Ms Office, Excel and PowerPoint;

• Must have worked on Pastel;

• Experience in the financial / banking industry;

• Experience in external audit;

• Articles a distinct advantage;

• Must have at least 1 year supervisory experience;

• Have a driver’s license is an advantage.

Required skills, competencies and attributes:

• Financial aptitude and analytic thinking;

• Accuracy and deadline driven;

• Honesty, Integrity, Reliability, Confidentiality;

• Service Orientation;

• Computer Literacy (MS Office Suite and Pastel).