Finance Operations Clerk

To carry out accounting clerical duties and various administrative tasks within the division. Keep financial records, prepare bills and deliver high-quality customer service. To check the accuracy of figures and calculations pertaining to business transactions. Ensure vendors and suppliers are paid within established time limits.

**Job Functions** Accounting,Administration,Finance **Industries** Accounting,Financial Services,Insurance **Specification**
Financial Accounting skills
Check all allocations of bank transactions before submitting for payments. Processing Recoveries and Salvages banks accounts.
Perform banks’ weekly and monthly reconciliations to bank statements for all the Group companies. Ensure that no payments are processed to any GL Account but that they are allocated to already processed supplier invoices. Ensure that the foreign supplier is created and the invoice to be paid is processed on the system. Process FOREX invoices, FOREX rate (only SARB is to be used).

Financial Management & Control
Accurately process all supplier invoices. Check GL Allocations of each supplier invoice before submitting it for posting. Agree all processed payments documentation and related invoices against records on the accounting system. Keep and maintain a log of common errors identified during batch checking and the proposed corrections. Ensure that all expected suppliers invoice not received are accounted for by means of accounting provisions. Manage and resolve all AP related issues. Accurately recording invoices to ensure completeness of expenses and liabilities on a daily basis Obtain creditors statements on a weekly/monthly basis in order to reconcile and pay vendors according to agreed terms and conditions.

Operational Compliance
Follow a range of mandatory procedures to ensure that work is carried out to the required quality standards and/or to ensure adherence to external regulatory codes and internal codes of conduct. Redirect to accountants any expense reallocation queries relating to prior periods and ensure the current period’s costs are effected by the Ops Team.

Administration
documentation. Maintain the supplier master file: Periodic request to update of supplier VAT, Bank and Registration numbers.
Keep a log of customer master file amendment requests. Ensuring successful payment and timeous submission of remittance advice's in order to reduce unnecessary queries from business and vendors Manage and resolve all AR related issues Accurate processing of receipts and payments from bank statements.

Data Collection & Analysis
Extract relevant data from information provided by others, and input it into spreadsheets or standard formats.

Customer Management
Dealing with both internal and external queries about payments. Dealing with queries from internal and external customers relating to creditors

Account Management
Communicate and follow-up with Accountants regarding the opening of new customers.

Data Management
Use data management systems to access specific information as and when required.

Document Preparation
Prepare routine letters, memoranda, reports and similar documents following detailed instruction. This is likely to involve using the full range of functions within standard office software.

Document Management
Create, organize and maintain files containing the correspondence and records of a senior colleague.

**Requirements**:
General Education
Matric/Grade12/SAQA/ Accredited (Essential);
Diploma in Accounting or Financial Management (Advantageous)

General Experience
1-2 years experience in a financial operations function (Essential)

Employment Equity

The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply. TIH is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values diversity & inclusion.

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About TIH

Telesure Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd (TIH), is the holding company of some of South Africa’s leading financial service providers. Our portfolio includes short-term insurers, a long-term insurer, health insurance as well as an insurance and personal finance comparison platform. We’re pioneers with a hunger for best, bringing customer-focused innovation and service excellence to the financial services industry. We’re an undivided team of diverse thinkers and doers who believe in leading through technology and pushing past their limits.

What we offer

TIH offers an exceptional benefits programme, and competitive compensation packages. You have options for Life Cover, Disability Benefits, Provident Fund, Medical Aid, and more. Office benefits include free undercover parking, free Wi-Fi, ATMs, an onsite gym, subsidised meals, convenience store, coffee shop, free seasonal fruits - every day, and an Active Access walking programme