Financial Officer

Financial Officer (Financial Accounting & Reconciliations Experience)

(Permanent: Menlyn Maine, Pretoria)

About the Role:

• Daily Balancing and Reconciliation of all transactions processed via the various Systems as a Financial Administrative service.

• Balancing and reconciliation items to be reflected with 100% accuracy in terms of all transactions processed.

• Ensure immediate corrective actions in terms of reconciliation / balancing items.

What Were Looking For:

Skills and Experience:

• Financial Professional with extensive experience in reconciliations with at least

5+ years experience in a similar role handling Bank and Cashbook reconciliations.

• Experience in general balancing and reconciliation functions.

• Experience in bank settlement reconciliations.

• This role requires the candidate to have strong project management and agile methodology experience.

• Exceptional organizational skills.

Advantageous experience

Extensive experience in:

• Interbank ATM SASWITCH experience.
• Interbank POS - Debit Switch
• Realtime Clearing
• Experience in EFT transactions, reconciliations etc.
• Extensive experience in and a thorough understanding of the Visa, Master Card - very advantageous.
• Extensive experience in and a thorough understanding of the Card Switching and Payments Processing - very advantageous.
• A thorough understanding of Visa, Master Card, other Card Associations as well as Bank Serv Africa Rules, Service Level Agreements and Guidelines in respect of Financial Institutions and Industry participants as both Issuer and Acquiring Institutions very advantageous
• Back office and Reconciliation experience focusing on Interbank related Card Switching and Payment Services advantageous.
• Experience in general balancing and reconciliation functions.
• Experience in bank settlement reconciliations.
• Experience in Dispute Management Systems will be advantageous.
• Banking experience advantageous.
  

Qualifications:

• BCom Degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field - Excellent Marks.
• Matric or equivalent qualification recognized by the Department of Higher Education and Training.

Personal Attributes:

• Strong administrative, financial, and communication skills.
• Good stress and time management.
• Target-oriented, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail, focus, dedication, and ethics.
• Responsible and Accountable.