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Fund Accountant

Job specification

Fund Accountant – Employee Benefits Administration

Area: GTC Johannesburg

Key responsibilities

Fund Audit’s and Fund Accounting

  • Managing project deliverables
  • Preparation of working papers
  • Preparation of Annual Financial Statements
  • Query resolution

Financial control

Monthly bank reconciliations

  • High priority bank reconciliations sign off by 10th of every month.
  • Standard priority bank reconciliations sign off by 15th of every month.
  • Submit bank recon tasks for checking by month end.

GTC and ex FLA funds

  • Downloading of bank statements for Nedbank from Banking platform.
  • Downloading of bank statements for Standard Bank from Banking platform.
  • Downloading of bank statements for FNB from Banking platform.
  • Request for bank statements to be uploaded on WF tasks.

Everest

  • Importing bank statements into Everest for Nedbank.
  • Importing statements into Everest for FNB.
  • Investigations and reconciliations (PAYE account 2000/178, Management Fee account, Creditors/Investments paid with cash 2000/8) for GTC Group Pension and Provident Main accounts.

Accounts processing

  • Process accounting journals where required (invoices and bank recon)
  • Importing payment to banking system (Standard Bank, Nedbank and FNB)

Quarterly Accounting (preparations)

  • Preparation of Management Accounts
  • Preparation of C48 Form for Retirement Funds
  • Preparation of working papers in anticipation of year end
General communication
  • Query logging and escalation
  • Internal feedback
  • External feedback
General and collation of reports
  • Generate system reports
Activity management
  • Activity Planning
  • Completion, validation and sign off on daily tasks
  • Monitoring of activity progress
  • Management Escalation
Skills and experience requirements
  • Matric with Higher Grade Maths with a minimum C symbol.
  • Minimum of 3 years working experience in similar environment.
  • Good working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel Advanced, PowerPoint, Outlook).
  • Degree or Diploma in Finance completed or in progress.
  • Sound understanding of systems and experience with working with developers &
  • programmers.
Personal attributes
  • Ability to work independently
  • Initiative
  • Time management skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Professional at all levels
  • Friendly and helpful
  • Proactive
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Ability to liaise at all levels, both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to investigate, analyse, reconcile and solve problems
  • Ability to cope well under pressure
  • Proactive
  • Deadline driven
Office hours

GTC’s conventional office hours are between 08:00 and 17:00.

There will be occasions where the incumbent would need to work overtime.

Email your CV and certificates, as well as a copy of your ID to e: recruitment@gtc.co.za and quote ref 892287.

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