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What will you do?

The public relations consultant will be responsible for assisting the Head of Group PR in building and maintaining a favourable public image for the company, as well as building strong relationships with its clients. This includes generating pro-active, positive, earned media coverage and opportunities by developing and executing effective communications and public relations programs and stakeholder relations.

Exceptional writing, editing and very strong project management skills are non-negotiables for this role.
Public relations is all about taking care of proactive reputation. The work of a Public Relations Officer (PRO) involves planning, organising and conducting activities that will have a positive impact on the company's reputation, policies, products and services and gaining public attention.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Managing all Group brand advertorials
• Building relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Identifying unsolicited PR opportunities
• Co-ordinate group publicity campaigns (working with Group Office and BU leads, through amongst others, strong media contacts and professional writing and providing support on PR strategies and tactical PR campaigns
• Media relations - build, maintain, enhance
• Editing and writing selected communiqués
• Writing - media releases, speeches, content generation (feature articles, thought leadership articles, etc.) briefing docs, etc.
• Collaborating with Group social media team to leverage PR opportunities
• Leveraging of all external PR activities to internal Sanlam stakeholders
• Monitor, analyse and communicate PR results on a daily basis
• Maintaining professional client relationships
• Managing status reports, activity schedules and monthly PR reports
• Collaborating with personnel of Brand, Marketing and Communications across the business
• Devising and coordinating photo opportunities
• Updating PR related news and messages on the company’s website
• Cluster support - guidance/direction; alignment of communication
• Generate media monitoring and analysis reports
• Evaluation and measurement of all PR efforts to ascertain value
• Assisting Head of PR with projects, campaigns and building a positive profile.

Qualification And Experience

• Degree or Diploma with 8 years related experience.

Knowledge And Skills

• Corporate Communications
• Public Relations
• Reporting and Administration
• Quality, compliance and accreditation
• Business Process

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What will you do?

Under limited supervision, responsible for moderately complex accounting activities relating to the maintenance of a complete and accurate general ledger and the resultant managerial reports and financial statements in a branch or division of an organisation.  Reports financial results on a monthly basis to management to enable appraisal of the branch, department or division's actual performance against target.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Drafting of Financial statements and audit files.
• Assisting with audits and peer reviews of audit files.
• Trustee reporting and review of admin information
• Responsible for ensuring timeous bank and triangle reconciliations  and quality thereof
• Assisting with all GL, bank recon and triangle queries
• Review - bank declaration, key GL reconciliations, unit reconciliations
• Management and review of reserve accounts ET approvals
• PAYE payments and submissions, payments of IT88’s
• Gathering of internal audit documents and actuary information
• Updating of daily reconciliation process & review of month-end file
• People Management - Mentoring & coaching of Fund Accountants.
• Compilation of event runs imports and manual trades.
• Reporting – submission of Exco report information
• Compilation and peer review of OLAP reports

Qualification and Experience

• Financial degree or diploma or 5 years  relevant experience
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in the Employee Benefits industry
• Experience in drafting financial statements or conducting audits preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft products (Excel, Word, Outlook etc.)
• Sound knowledge of financial statements and IFRS requirements
• Knowledge of Caseware preferred 
• Knowledge of legislation applicable to the retirement fund industry
• Preference will be given to candidates who have completed their articles

Knowledge and Skills

• Financial Analysis
• Financial Information Processing
• Financial Queries and Recommendations
• Financial Reporting
• People Management

Personal Attributes

• Decision quality - Contributing through others
• Financial acumen - Contributing through others
• Optimises work processes - Contributing through others
• Plans and aligns - Contributing through others