Accountant Operational Finance (PPS Mutual) (Fixed-Term Contract) at PPS

Education: 

• Bachelor of Commerce. Com Accountancy degree. 

Experience:

• 4-8 years’ experience within a financial services environment, preferably in the Insurance Industry advantage.
• Strong reconciliation experience is required.
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office applications (Word and Excel etc).
• Proficient in MS Office - Advanced Excel.

Duties and Responsibilities

Collections:

• Prepare daily billing file.
• Correct collection file to IAA billing via Input files daily.
• Maintaining and updating workflows on Service manager.
• Prepare refunds, claims and commission payment files.
• Quality Assurance of documentation and processing of all payments accurately and timeously.
• Process Service Manager workflows within 8hr per SLA.
• Respond to queries and investigations within 8hr per SLA.
• Performing other duties assigned from time to time by the manager.
• Adherence to process control and service levels agreements. 
• Providing support and assistance to team members and to the manager.
• Assistance and finalisation of team projects.
• Monthly reconciliation and maintenance of the suspended report list.

Accounting:

• Prepare daily and month end journals.
• Reconciling the financial data of PPS members processed. 
• Conduct reconciliation of all accounts on an as needed basis.
• Assistance and finalisation of team projects.

Other focus areas:

• Cash control reconciliation to bank account and TB.
• Reconciling bank statements and recording cash payments accurately and timeously.
• Prepare daily and month end journals.
• Assist with year-end requirements and audit queries.
• Assistance with the monthly cashbooks reconciliations.
• Analyse the upload files and process correcting entries where applicable.

Stakeholder Management:

• Provide support to the broader PPS Mutual team.
• Establish, maintain and build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Liaison function with internal and external department.
• Assist with year-end requirements and audit queries.