Finance Assistant

Sanlam; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group in Cape Town seeks a Financial Administrator to manage financial transactions and accounting records. You will be responsible for reconciliation tasks, invoice capturing, and supporting month-end processes. The ideal candidate should have a finance degree, at least 2 years of experience in a financial environment, and strong Excel skills. Join us to build a successful career and contribute to our diverse, inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience of the financial and accounting environment for at least 2 years.
• Understanding of accounting principles.
• Experience in providing support for month end in a finance environment.

Responsibilities

• Classify and record information for financial transactions.
• Reconcile monthly headcounts between Actuals and Budget.
• Assist with audit queries and provide necessary documentation.
• Capture and reconcile invoices and journal.
• Prioritize work to meet deadlines.

Skills

Recording of Financial Transactions

Accounting Records Maintenance

Accounting Compliance

Strong Excel Skills

Education

Finance degree

Matric

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Job description

Who are we?

Sanlam Group Technology is responsible for the provision of a digitally enabled technology service as a group COE, drive business and transformation and provide group-wide digital and data architecture. We operate the various technology platforms and shared services, ensure Cyber and Information Security resilience, and act as technology governance and risk orchestrator for technology across Sanlam.

What will you do?

Under direct supervision, responsible for the classification and recording of information in respect of financial transactions and the maintenance of accounting records in one of the following areas: debtors, creditors, ledgers, cashbook, reconciliations, treasury. Posts journal or voucher entries, reconciles accounts and checks for accuracy. Verifies, sorts, posts and checks claims, bills, invoices and vouchers.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Investigate variances of Expenditure and Recovery between Actuals and Budget and assist Financial Controller
• Reconciliation of:
  • Permanent headcounts (monthly) between Actuals and Budget
  • Contractor’s listing (monthly)
  • Fixed assets (all) and ensuring that assets are loaded onto assets register and reconciled to ensure budgets are correct for the next budget cycle.
• Provide reasons for over / under spend on recon items monthly.
• Follow-up and obtain approvals from relevant Exco/Manco members on critical time sensitive documents, payments and approvals.
• Assist with audit queries and provide necessary documentation.
• Handling of queries daily
• Contractors Audit Reporting
• Capturing and Recon of Invoices and Journal
• Journals for Accruals and Receipt of Goods on PO’s
• Verify Receipt of Goods
• Prioritise and re-prioritise work to meet deadlines due to changes.
• Ensure that processes are drawn up and kept up to date for consistence in delivery.
• Handling Ad hoc queries or requests from Vendors and Clients
• Assist Financial Controller during Budgeting Process
• Client billing
• Purchase orders capturing

Qualification

• Matric
• Finance degree

Experience

• Experience of the financial and accounting environment for at least 2 years
• Understanding of accounting principles
• Experience in providing support for month end in a finance environment.
• Microsoft Office (strong excel skills)
• Working on SAP will be an added advantage.

Knowledge And Skills

• Recording of Financial Transactions
• Accounting Records Maintenance
• Accounting Compliance

Personal Attributes

• Action orientated - Contributing dependently
• Demonstrates self-awareness - Contributing dependently
• Optimises work processes - Contributing dependently
• Manages conflict - Contributing dependently

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

• Being resilient - Contributing dependently
• Collaborates - Contributing dependently
• Cultivates innovation - Contributing dependently
• Customer focus - Contributing dependently
• Drives results - Contributing dependently

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

Closing date: 6 February 2026.

Our commitment to transformation

The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.