General Ledger Controller

1 day ago

Bellville, South Africa Santam Full time

GENERAL LEDGER OFFICER
Santam is seeking a General Ledger Officer to perform a variety of routine and non-routine accounting functions with significant focus on general ledger accounting. This exciting opportunity is available within Corporate Services, Financial Management based at our head office in Tyger Valley this position is responsible for supporting key activities such as month-end, fixed assets processing, account reconciliations and audits. The successful incumbent will participate in continuous improvement initiatives within the general ledger process area and proactively seek opportunities to improve service delivery to business stakeholders.
The purpose of the role is to ensure the integrity of the general ledger with the aim of enabling the provisioning of accurate and up-to-date financial reporting. PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE:
INTERFACES & JOURNALS (Month-end)

**Implement and enforce procedures to ensure that**:
All data from source systems is correctly imported into JDE
All data from JDE is processed correctly
All the relevant information from external sources are received and correctly processed into JDE
All Fixed Asset transactions are correctly processed in JDE
All Investment transactions are correctly processed in JDE
Month-end deadlines are met

VALIDATION OF GENERAL LEDGER INFORMATION
Review all allocated General Ledger reconciliations to ensure correctness. Verify that all reconciling items are cleared timeously.
Review and authorise General Ledger Journals prepared by other teams.
Generate a final Trial Balance per company for use by the Reporting Department.

EXPENSE ALLOCATIONS
Understand process and rationale for expense allocations
Review and authorise outcome of allocation process
Explain outcome to stakeholders
Assist with implementing changes to VAT and SASRIA legislature in the Santam systems

FIXED ASSETS
Implement and enforce controls to ensure that all relevant fixed asset documentation is received and correctly processed in JDE
The Fixed Asset Register must be a true reflection of all fixed assets in Santam
Review and authorise all Fixed Asset reconciliations
Preparing of Reporting Schedules
Frequently review the effectiveness of the Fixed Assets system and implement improvements where needed.

REALiSED/UNREALISED FOREX
Prepare and process journals relating to realised and unrealised foreign currency transactions.
Summarise, reconcile and review foreign currency transactions. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Matric.
Relevant tertiary qualification e.g. B Com Accounting or equivalent.
Minimum 5 years’ of working experience in a financial environment is required.

KNOWLEDGE
JDE knowledge is advantageous or any other large general ledger system such as SAP or Oracle.
Short-term insurance knowledge would be advantageous.
Awareness of IFRS 17 would be advantageous.

SKILLS
Analytical ability and logical reasoning.
Strong client service orientation.
Ability to work under pressure.
Deadline driven.

**MS Office**: Strong Excel skills, general Word, PowerPoint and Outlook skills.

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