Job Description

What will you do?Santam is looking for a passionate, proactive, and energetic individual for a position as Treasury Clerk. The position exists in Corporate Services: Group Treasury, based in Tygervalley Head Office, Bellville.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.

Core CompetenciesCultivates innovation - Contributing independentlyCustomer focus - Contributing independentlyDrives results - Contributing independentlyCollaborates - Contributing independentlyBeing resilient - Contributing independentlyAbout The CompanySantam is the leading short-term insurer in South Africa. Along with its subsidiaries, the business transacts all classes of short-term insurance. Santam is a large, diversified, and transforming company and our success is rooted in our passion for our clients. Everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper.Please note this appointment will be made in line with the Divisional Employment Equity targets. People with disabilities are welcome to apply

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