Bank and Cash Controller – Trust and Investments at Adams & Adams

Duties and responsibilities

• Capture trust EFT’s on CMS for payment on various banking platforms
• Print proof of payments and send to the requestors
• Scan and save all payment requests and associated proof of payments
• Calculate trust transfers (Monthly and daily)
• Send crunching closure notification to receipting and debtors
• Manage bank and cash mailbox daily
• Identify and process bank charges on various trust bank accounts daily
• Ensure that receipting instructions are issued to the receipting department
• Reference request numbers on foreign payment documents to bank statements and communicate as necessary

Section 86(4)

• Open and close investment accounts and ensure compliance to legal requirements
• All movements/adjustments on investment accounts, to be verified and captured daily
• Validate interest on client investments, balance to the bank accounts and process to CMS
• Adjust interest on daily investment closures
• Ensure FATCA compliance and maintain the FATCA control schedule daily
• Send out monthly manual crunching schedules to partners and ensure that they are received back and actioned efficiently
• Checking and ensuring that the Commission Accounts are actioned and transferred.
• Sending of Investment balances once a week and ensure/monitoring of an even split between the Investment banks.
• Assist with downloading of IT3(b)s on a yearly basis.

General

• Cover leave within the division as required
• Efficiently deal with adhoc duties and queries as required

Requirements

Skills and knowledge

• Good communication and writing skills with good command of the English language
• An accurate and meticulous person with the ability to multi-task
• A hardworking, dedicated and reliable person
• Ability to use initiative and to work independently
• Ability to deal with people at all levels
• Knowledge of Attorneys Trust accounting would be advantageous

 Qualification/s

• Matric
• Bookkeeping Diploma would be advantageous
• 2 years relevant experience in a finance environment
• Clear Criminal and ITC record