Financial Officer

BARRY INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LTD.; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in Pretoria is seeking a seasoned financial professional with over 5 years of experience in bank and cashbook reconciliations. The successful candidate will be responsible for daily balancing and reconciliation of transactions, ensuring accuracy and prompt corrective actions as needed. A BCom degree in Accounting or Finance is essential, along with strong project management and organizational skills. This permanent role offers an opportunity to enhance financial administrative processes in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a similar role handling reconciliations.
• Experience in general balancing and reconciliation functions.
• Strong project management and agile methodology experience.

Responsibilities

• Daily balancing and reconciliation of transactions.
• Ensure immediate corrective actions for reconciliation items.
• Maintain 100% accuracy in all processed transactions.

Skills

Bank and Cashbook reconciliations

Project management

Agile methodology

Organizational skills

Dispute Management Systems

Education

BCom Degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field

Matric or equivalent qualification

Job description

About the Role

Permanent: Menlyn Maine, Pretoria

• 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 We're Looking For

Skills and Experience:

• Financial professional with extensive reconciliations experience; at least 5+ years 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.
• Interbank POS - Debit Switch
• Realtime Clearing
• Experience in EFT transactions, reconciliations etc.
• Extensive experience in and a thorough understanding of Visa, MasterCard – very advantageous.
• Extensive experience in and a thorough understanding of Card Switching and Payments Processing – very advantageous.
• A thorough understanding of Visa, MasterCard, other Card Associations as well as BankServ 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 – 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.