Main job function
CORE PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To provide support in specific areas of the general ledger, expense control, and financial reporting, which include monthly management accounts and reporting to stakeholders, whilst ensuring adherence to the bank’s policies, and exceptional service delivery.

MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB INCLUDE:
Preparing of the Creditors Requisition and daily payment
• Ensuring that creditors are paid timeously.
• Preparation of monthly payment requisitions and ensuring that they are signed and paid timeously.
• Keeping track of all amounts and advising branches when payments are over-due.
• Dealing with creditors and obtaining information that is necessary to facilitate a payment.
• Capturing daily payments on corporate banking.
• Ensuring beneficiaries are added into corporate banking account.

Preparing of the daily journal and bank statements allocation
• Bank statements allocation
• Preparing bank statements allocation journal
• Preparation of eft payments journal and Samos payments
• Preparation of fee income fee journal.

Month end journals and schedules
• Preparing the monthly journal to allocate prepayments to the correct expense categories.
• Ensures that the VAT is correctly accounted for on each transaction.
• Preparing and balancing the month end schedule to the general ledger.
• Ensuring petty cash journal entries for all branches are passed to close off month end.
• Ensure the suspense accounts are balanced and cleared timeously.
• Prepares month end schedules timeously and follows up on any outstanding items.
• Preparation of monthly working papers and ensure they are balanced to TB.

Back up – on treasury
• Backing up treasury as a capturer on Swift and Samex.

To be involved in the attempt to continuously improve the service levels provided by the Finance department
• Ensure all work is performed in accordance with agreed timings and SLA’s.
• Assist Finance staff with queries from other departments or clients.
• Assist internal & external clients timeously & efficiently.
• Assist in training other staff and aiding where necessary.
• Being part of the finance TEAM.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Diploma/degree in finance/accounting or related studies

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• A minimum of 1-2 years’ experience is required in a well-established firm or bank in all general aspects of banking / reporting.
• Proficient in all areas of finance, including Journal entries, schedules, petty cash recons.

KNOWLEDGE

• Word
• Excel
• iMal
• Corporate Plus / Banking

A Consultant will be in touch if you are shortlisted for the position. Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not have been contacted within 2 weeks. We will keep your CV on our database and contact you should you match the criteria of any other vacancies.