Accountant (Zestlife) at Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited

Role Purpose    

• Accurately control and process financial information and prepare financial reports and analysis to enable business processes.

Requirements    

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Financial Management or Accounting 

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

• 3-5 years’ experience in accounting, not article only experience
• Intermediate to advanced Excel

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Contribute to the efficient operation and management of the accounting function of the company.
• Meet company and client accounting, payment, and reporting deadlines.
• Accurately and efficiently capture, calculate and report financial transactions.
• Prepare and/or review payments, ensuring necessary source documentation and authorisation are obtained to effect payments timely and within service level agreements.
• Process payment transactions on policy administration system while considering impact on operational processes and clients.
• Perform bank reconciliations and manage bank account balances based on levels of authority and policy.
• Identify, investigate and resolve outstanding receipts and/or payments and related queries.
• Perform reconciliation and completeness checks of policy administration system reports.
• Prepare and/or review payroll transactions and related reporting and deal with queries.\
• Perform and/or review relevant financial compliance functions.
• Prepare and/or review statutory reporting, meet deadlines and deal with queries
• Compile and prepare monthly, quarterly and year-end reconciliations.
• Prepare and provide necessary documentation to complete timely audits.
• Contribute to the audit process and resolve any audit queries within set deadlines.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies and problems within the accounting functions of the company and/or escalate to the relevant level of authority.
• Assist and prepare VAT and IT calculation and returns.
• Contribute to the enhancement of systems and processes to improve financial management.
• Continuously develop expertise in professional, industry, and legislative knowledge.
• Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing, and implementation of new ideas.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders.
• Deliver on service level agreements with internal and external stakeholders and clients.
• Make recommendations to improve client service within your area of responsibility.
• Participate and contribute to a culture that builds rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback, and provides exceptional client service.
• Positively influence and participate in change initiatives.
• Continuously develop your expertise in professional, industry, and legislative knowledge.
• Contribute to continuous innovation by developing, sharing, and implementing new ideas.
• Take ownership of your career development.
• Ability to work independently with excellent work ethic.
• Manage high risk and problematic financial issues in area of accountability and contribute to the development of policy.
• Identify solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
• Implement and manage financial risk methodologies, techniques and systems and use to monitor and report on financial activities.
• Implement and provide feedback on the effectiveness of financial policy, practice and procedures preventing illegal, unethical or improper conduct.
• Investigate reported wilful acts of non-compliance to organisation policy and practice and report on findings.

Competencies    

• Understands how the business operates, key processes, issues and risks.    
• Anticipates, meets and exceeds client’s needs by creating long lasting relationships that support the client value proposition, supports their financial wellness and ensures client centricity.
• Drive a sense of urgency, focus, accountability, agility and execution to deliver business results.
• Actively leads change, does what is right for the business and drives continuous improvement through innovation.  
• Prioritises the business interests and invests in the success of the group by aligning effort across divisions.
• Persuades, convinces, influences and inspires others, both within the company and externally to win support, loyalty and gain commitment to the purpose of the company.
• Manages self and relationships with others effectively and provides perspective in difficult situations.
• Is sensitive to individual and cultural similarities and differences and demonstrates humility and an openness to engage people from diverse backgrounds and cultures to the mutual benefit of all parties concerned.

Closing Date    

• 2026/02/03