Treasury Clerk at Santam Insurance

The main responsibility for this position will entail executing and accounting for Treasury transactions which includes, but not limited to the following:

• Perform accounting for banking transactions for premium collection and claims bank accounts
• Liaise and support internal stakeholders /divisions to ensure that allocations are performed timeously and accurately
• Assist and resolve banking related queries by engaging with various banks 
• Prepare month end banking reconciliation summaries/reports
• Support on Treasury process improvement and automation initiatives

What will make you successful in this role?

• This position requires working closely with the various Finance teams and business partners.
• Reconcile General Ledger accounts and process journal entries in JD Edwards accounting system 
• Prepare monthly summary of the ageing of unreconciled items 
• Resolution of reconciling items and variance analyses on bank reconciliations

Qualification and Experience

• Minimum of B Tech Degree/Accounting diplomas with Financial Accounting major (non-negotiable)
• Experience in preparing journals/ accounting allocations using e.g., JD Edwards / SAP / Oracle system experience (non-negotiable)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience performing bank reconciliations and accounting within a large corporate Finance environment
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with large volume of transactional data
• Understanding, improving and maintenance of all accounting entries w.r.t bank reconciliations and classes of transactions per bank account

Skills

• High numerical skills and attention to detail.
• Team player who is proactive with an agile mindset.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong co-ordination, organisational and planning skills.
• Results orientated, pro-active and deadline driven.
• Strong quality and client service orientation.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.