Premium Clerk

**Main purpose of the Job**

**Supports financial decision-making information by collecting, processing, analyzing, investigating, and reporting financial data.**

**Reporting on Financial Data**
- Processing tasks and determine whether they are New, Pending, In Progress or Completed
- Detecting errors and ensure errors are corrected
- Internal controls function to minimize risks and protect assets, ensure accuracy of records, promote operational efficiency, and encourage adherence to policies, rules, regulations, and laws
- Ensure all documents are properly signed and distributed
- Verify financial and other data
- Monitor financial transactions
- Enter data and maintain updated records
- Perform account reconciliations
- Communicate with vendors, customers and colleagues
- Report the status of accounts and discrepancies
- Maximise DebiCheck functionality
- Understanding the different types of banks and their functions
- Understanding the various bank branch codes and the differences
- Perform verification and reconciliation of accounts
- Process and reconcile transactions of complex nature
- Process, verify and reconcile input documentation
- Maintain appropriate files, reports, documentation and data
- Prepare financial reports that serve as summary information for managers
- Responsible for identifying relevant insights and compiling analytical reports that enable other employees in the company to make sound decisions
- Forward-thinking forecasts based upon financial trends research is typically a key component of the reports that you would need to prepare
- Compile reports based on the data received
- Compares records to check that figures are correct and in agreement
- Ensure data is consistent, accurate, and complete
- Identify problems and develop solutions for all areas in connection with reconciliation reports
- Communicate with customers to confirm and update their personal information
- Customer service entails several qualities like active listening, empathy, problem-solving and communication
- Following best practices when communicating with customers by providing knowledgeable and resourceful resources

**Maintenance of accurate financial records**
- Ensure financial records comply with company policies and accounting principles
- Maintain accurate accounting records
- Prepare and submit reports in a timely and accurate manner.
- Review all financial reports to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Determine accounting errors or discrepancies and suggest necessary corrective action
- Manage proper filing and document archiving.
- Determine and quantify system errors and report accordingly

**Administration**
- Support preparation of Financial Recons and Reports
- Resolving of queries
- Maintaining all internal requirements in full compliance of Oneplan regulatory requirements
- Streamlining accounting functions and operations
- Developing financial reviews

**Work collaboratively**
- Build a culture of respect and understanding across the organisation
- Recognise outcomes which resulted from effective collaboration between teams
- Build cooperation and overcome barriers to information sharing, communication, and collaboration across the organisation
- Facilitate opportunities to engage and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop joint solutions

**Self-Management**
- Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
- Plan and prioritise, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands
- Demonstrate abilities to anticipate and manage change
- Demonstrate flexibility in balancing achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organizational needs

**Minimum Academic, Professional Qualifications & Experience required for this position**
- Advanced MS Excel skills required
- Accounting, Banking or Financial Qualification (Advantageous)
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar position

**Behaviors**
- Energy
- Passion
- Respect for others
- Honest and Fair
- Positive Attitude
- Client Focus
- Tenacity
- Achieves Results

**Essential**
- Evaluating problems
- Investigate Issues
- Building Relationships
- Communicating Information
- Showing Resilience
- Adjusting to change
- Giving Support
- Processing Details
- Structuring Tasks
- Execution and Results
- Customer centered
- Planning and Improvement
- Ethics and Compliance
- Adaptability

**Functional Competencies**
- Good knowledge of data analysis and forecasting methods
- Proficient in the use of MS Office and financial management software
- Advanced MS Excel skills
- Ability to solve problems
- Strong organisational skills
- An analytical mind, comfortable with numbers
- Excellent financial acumen
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Work extended hours when necessary