Portfolio Accountant - Guardrisk

Role Purpose

Accurately control and process financial information and prepare financial reports and analysis to enable business processes and management of the accounting function for Guardrisk Insurance cell captive & contingency policy clients (by portfolio of clients allocated.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Accurately, efficiently and timely capturing and reporting of transactions of their portfolio of client
• Review and /or prepare payments documents and obtain the necessary source documentation and authorisation to effect payments timely and with the determined service level agreement levels
• Review and approve the general ledger journal allocations based on levels of authority and policy.
• Review all documentation to ensure that the correct level of authority has authorised the document and raise any exceptions with the relevant stakeholder.
• Prepare and review financial transactions and reporting of each client within their portfolio of clients
• Compile and prepare monthly and year end reconciliations of their portfolio of clients
• Identify and report respective accounting or reporting issues
• Investigate and resolve any outstanding queries in relation to accounting issues

• Portfolio support and management/servicing by working closely with the portfolio manager and other colleagues
• Identify and resolve problem sources or escalate to relevant level of authority
• Special Projects assigned with the group
• Meeting company and client accounting, payment and reporting deadlines
• Contribute to the enhancement of systems and processes issues in order to enhance financial management
• Continuously develop own expertise in terms of professional, industry and legislation knowledge
• Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing and implementation of new ideas
• Identify and reconcile discrepancies and problems
• Build and maintain relationships with clients as well as internal and external stakeholders
• Participate and contribute to a culture which build rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service within the organisation
• Prepare and provide necessary documentation to complete timely audit both for client and Guardrisk
• Deliver on service level agreements made with internal and external stakeholders and clients
• Continuously develop own expertise in terms of professional, industry and legislation knowledge
• Implement and manage financial risk methodologies, techniques and systems and use to monitor and report on financial activities.

Requirements    

• Diploma in Financial Management or Accounting
• Degree in Financial Management or Accounting (preferred)
• CA/SA Qualification
• At least 2 years’ experience in accounting

Competencies    

• Analytical 
• Collaborative 
• Business acumen 
• Attention to detail