(1669) Accountant: Pensions Administration - FSD at South African Reserve Bank

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Prepare the monthly management financial statements, annual financial statements and the annual report of the SARB Retirement Fund.
• Present the SARB Retirement Fund’s monthly management financial statements, annual financial statements and the annual report to the Board of Trustees and its subcommittees.
• Review and perform first-level authorisation of reconciliations, payments, accounting transactions and data entries captured by the pension administrator, ensuring accuracy and completeness. 
• Communicate complex pension-related accounting matters clearly to ensure stakeholders understand fund processes and policies.
• Keep abreast with developments and changes to pension legislation, to ensure alignment of the reporting to the new legislative requirements.
• Enforce adherence to controls and processes ensuring that team tasks are completed within compliance standards.

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a Bachelors’ degree (NQF 7) in Accounting or an equivalent qualification; and 
• five to seven years’ job-related experience in a financial services environment, specifically in pension fund accounting.