Banking Administrator

**Who are we**

Bryte Insurance Company Limited is Southern Africa’s premier, proactive business risk specialist. Through its unparalleled industry insights, proven expertise and foresight, Bryte Insurance partners with customers and brokers to protect their businesses and improve their risk profiles. Bryte Insurance Company Limited is a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Fairfax is a holding company based in Toronto, Canada which, through its subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and the associated investment management.

**Our opportunity**

Banking administrator responsible for various banking related functions as noted below.

**Key Tasks & Accountabilities**

Functional Management

**Effective and accurate processing and payment of non-operational expense invoices**
- Ensure accurate processing, i.e. correct allocation of payments to correct cost Centre through adherence to internal processes.
- Ensure cheque requisitions are accurately completed, approved by cost Centre manager, and accompanied with all supporting documentation, i.e. approved supplier statement and/or approved (signed-off) invoice and proof of banking details.
- For large payments, ensure approval by a senior manager.
- Ensure timeous loading of approved payments on the FNB portal.
- Import payments onto SAP system on a daily basis and process the SM35 statement to various GL accounts.
- Ensure accurate vat processing for tax invoices vs. non-VAT vendors.
- Escalate all system issues (SAP / TIA system) to manager.
- Loading of funding requirements (investments, RI payments and other bank transfers and payments
- Loading of all Bryte Insurance funding requirements for approval in line with approved instructions (Investments, RI payments, salaries funding, once-off payments, etc) and posting of journals
- Processing of journals for Bryte Life
- Manage AP rejections by advising the AP team.
- TIA Receipts Allocations
- Capture and allocate premium and claims recoveries received to various debtor’s accounts according to reference detail received from the credit control team.
- Capturing and allocation of receipts to be done regularly and timeously (with the bulk allocation period being between the 15th to cut-off date of each month)
- TIA Receipts Allocations (continued)
- Escalate and resolve claims recovery rejections with the claims specialist responsible for loading the payments.

**Loading of funding requirements (investments, RI payments and other bank transfers and payments**
- Loading of all Bryte Insurance funding requirements for approval in line with approved instructions (Investments, RI payments, salaries funding, once-off payments, etc) and posting of journals
- Processing of journals for Bryte Life
- Manage AP rejections by advising the AP team.
- TIA Receipts Allocations
- Capture and allocate premium and claims recoveries received to various debtor’s accounts according to reference detail received from the credit control team.
- Capturing and allocation of receipts to be done regularly and timeously (with the bulk allocation period being between the 15th to cut-off date of each month)

**TIA Receipts Allocations**
- Capture and allocate premium and claims recoveries received to various debtor’s accounts according to reference detail received from the credit control team.
- Capturing and allocation of receipts to be done regularly and timeously (with the bulk allocation period being between the 15th to cut-off date of each month)
- Escalate and resolve claims recovery rejections with the claims specialist responsible for loading the payments.
- Investigate and resolve internal queries received from the various stakeholders (credit control team, claims department and underwriting teams)

**Preparation of bank reconciliations / Clearing accounts**
- Prepare bank reconciliations on a monthly basis within the timeline period (7th working day post close-off)
- Identify all reconciling items, investigate, follow up on long outstanding items and clear items (items in GL not on bank statement / Items on bank statement not in GL)
- Processing of manual journal entries, i.e. bank charges, interest received and cash movements.
- Investigate and follow up on transactions posted to the TIA clearing account.
- Liaise with the bank regarding transaction queries.
- Match and clear EFT in / EFT out accounts on a regular basis to ensure no long outstanding reconciling items.

**Stakeholder Support**
- Respond and action queries received from the Finance senior management team.
- Query resolution from internal stakeholders - Queries to be actioned and resolved timeously (brokers, credit control, claims team and other internal stakeholders
- Assist with system enhancement testing (TIA related interfaces)

**Qualification & Experience**
- Finance degree.
- Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in banking administration

**Skills**
- Analytical
- Financial management
- Collaborati