6 Finance/Accounting jobs in Johannesburg on Job Mail

Systems Analyst

Sandton

R650K CTC

Our client, a forward thinking, market leader in the banking industry, well known for their product innovation, are looking to appoint and experienced and innovative Systems Analyst to join their team.

If you, are you seeking a challenge and are ready to take your career to new heights in a solution driven and knowledge sharing space, this is for you - APPLY NOW!!!!

Reporting to the IT Manager, be extensively involved in interpreting the business requirements specification and translate into a detailed system design specification to enable the development of innovative, flexible and efficient solution of a business problem. Work closely with Business Analysts, Architects and Developers in order to design new IT solutions, modify, enhance or adapt existing systems and integrate new features or improvements, with the aim of improving business efficiency and productivity.

Skills and experience required

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field with 5 years’ + work experience as a Systems Analyst;
• Advanced experience in Object Oriented design, Service Oriented Architecture and Java;
• Advanced knowledge of ERDs, process flow charts, sequence diagrams and use cases;
• Ability to document requirements using UML; SQL – Database design, queries, reporting;
• Enterprise Messaging Bus architectures;
• Experience in using Modelling tools (e.g. Enterprise Architect);
• Possess advanced programming logic and ability to write pseudo-code
• Strong skills to investigate and analyze information in troubleshooting
• Good understanding of project management principles and SDLC
• Good grasp of Java coding techniques and the ability to read and understand code
• Thorough understanding of process flows and business rules and how this is modelled in the IT systems
• Exposure to one or more of the following languages XML, and JSON
• TOGAF certification a plus

If this role is in line with your career aspirations, please email karen@set.co.za. Karen Schmoor – SET Consulting on (011) 234-4313.

Do you have a friend who is a developer or technology specialist? We pay a referral fee for successful referrals!

Please note, if you have not heard back from us within 1 week, then please regard your application as unsuccessful.

Client Relationship Management – Senior Specialist – Insurance - Gqeberha / Port Elizabeth

R650K CTC pa

Leading global player in the Insurance Broking and Risk Management industry, with a sound reputation for their global expertise and performance excellence, are looking for a seasoned and astute Client Relationship Management – Senior Specialist to join their team in Port Elizabeth

In this key role, be responsible for the growth, profitability, and client satisfaction of a book of business containing complex priority accounts. Align client strategies and needs to the organisation’s capabilities and resources. This includes managing and developing client relationships, acting as the client's trusted advisor, pursuing new business development, and expanding and diversifying the mix of company products and services the client holds.

AIISA or similar qualification (or working towards), RE and FAIS compliant and a Minimum of 10 years’ experience in short term insurance sales and client service delivery as well as fluency in English and Afrikaans essential

If this role is in line with your career aspirations, email karen@set.co.za – SET Consulting on (011) 234-4313

Please note, if you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks, please regard your application as unsuccessful.

A leader in its industry is currently seeking for an experienced Specialist Benefits Processing Supervisor to join their team.

The main function of this role is to assist the Manager (Claims Processing) ensuring the provision of professional support services to the surviving dependants/beneficiaries (for informed allocation of benefits) to the correct beneficiaries in compliance with the Fund rules, Section 37C of the Pension Funds Act and related Acts.

The successful applicant duties include but is not limited to:

Oversee specialist benefits processing for administrators and social workers

• Prepare up to date, accurate, monthly reports and statistics for the Specialist Benefits Processing Manager
• Ensure that audit controls are in place and audit requests are closed timeously
• Update Benefits Allocation Checklist to ensure fair and equitable allocation of death benefit claims
• Oversee benefits administrators’ responsibilities including;
• Perform quality assurance on claim forms and supporting documents received according to applicable workflow, rules and legislation to ensure claims are accurate and compliant.
• Validate the exit claim form to the exit movement received via company interface.
• Manage the allocation and reconciliation of member contributions to ensure that all contributions are correctly recorded
• Ensure accuracy of all claim documentation and member information
• Verify applicability of member options to Fund Rule and Legislative requirements.
• Ensure that all data is accurately captured by benefits administrators into the system
• Validate the manual calculated Final Average Emoluments to ensure accurate application in the exit calculation in all areas.
• Re- calculate the pre commutation value for the death of a pensioner claim, before loading dependants for a benefit
• Ensure that all death claims are processed accurately and timeously
• Process and monitor pensioners information within given timeframes
• Ensure that all queries and complaints are timeously resolved and escalated where necessary
• Manage the administration system, checking that accurate record keeping and query management is adhered to.
• Attend to enquiries, cooperate and provide information on legal complaints.

Project Management support

• Participate in the Fund’s overall projects e.g., Defined Contribution Conversion, Business Process Re-engineering, amendment of the Fund’s Rules, contributing expertise to enable project objectives to be met.
• Draft reports as part of the project deliverables.

Provide input to Specialist Benefits Processing Manager

• Keep abreast with changes in relevant guidelines and other legislation, to make recommendations where policies and procedures need to be amended.
• Recommend processes and procedures that are relevant to the section and enhance service delivery.

Provision of administration services to beneficiary and guardian cases; implementation of Management Benefits Committee and Benefits Committee decisions and requests / referrals for case investigations from other internal departments

• Coordinate the investigation and implementation of decisions, requests and referred cases, with reports and recommendations being submitted to BC, MP& BP or other internal departments.
• Manage the suspension, addition, termination and reinstatement of beneficiaries (widows and minor children) in compliance With Fund rules and legislation.
• Ensure guardian changes are affected and children are properly placed with suitable guardians.
• Check the accurate payment of benefits to the correct beneficiaries.
• Follow up on needs assessment conducted and guardian cases identified where there is a misuse of benefits.
• Contribute to the compilation of manuals / guidelines for guardians.
• Co-ordinate the submission of trust advance applications and ensure that these are submitted timeously to Corporate Secretariat
• Ensure the timeous payment of the trust advance payments to the beneficiaries
• Monitor the use of children’s instalment lump sum accounts and pension benefits to reduce the number of unnecessary requests for advanced payment.
• Ensure that all customer and stakeholder enquiries are accurately and sensitively resolved or escalated to the appropriate level.

People Leadership

• Manage planning of resource requirements, ensure sufficient capable resources are in place to meet service delivery demands, maintaining the effective and efficient capability of the department.
• Build a high performing team where the best people are deployed in the right roles and deliver against strategy.
• Ensure that all employees are motivated, developed.
• Manage employees’ performance and ensure that their individual and collective performance is of the required standard.
• Implement and maintain an effective system of internal controls and delegations of authority for the department, to ensure that accountability for decisions made.
• Inspires, aligns and engages employees around the vision and strategy of the Fund, maximising employee engagement and willingness to invest discretionary effort.

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant Bachelor Degree. Registered with professional bodies - where applicable
• At least 5 years job-related experience which should include at least 1 year’s experience in a supervisory role.
• Knowledge of any African Language is an advantage
• Working knowledge of Pension Fund Rules
• Basic knowledge of Income Tax Act, Divorce Act, Pension Funds Act, Child Care Act, Marriage Act, Recognition of Customary Marriage Act, Mental Health Act
• Working knowledge of Benefit administration
• Knowledge of Law - Section 37 (C) allocation of death benefit lump sums
• Valid driver’s license

Should you meet the above requirements, please upload your CV onto our website www.hslabour.co.za. [CV’S VIA EMAIL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED]

The full job spec will be provided to shortlisted candidates only.

Candidates will be required to go through assessments, background and vetting processes if shortlisted .

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Senior SQL DBA Houghton R560K Neg

Our client, a leader in the insurance industry - forward thinking and innovative, are looking to appoint a top calibre SQL DBA to join their team.

If you, are you seeking a challenge and are ready to take your career to new heights in a solution driven and knowledge sharing space, this is for you - APPLY NOW!!!!

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the business by ensuring that all SQL environments run optimally, taking responsibility for the capacity management and performance tuning of a data base as well as security and risk management of the SQL estate Tertiary qualification and 5 years+ experience within SQL security and a sound understanding on how to design and implement security roles for enterprise type databases, must have experience in designing and building large / high volume transactional and analytical databases, SQL High Availability (SQL HA) as well as SQL performance tuning experience on large systems and solid T-SQL development skills as well as SSRS, SSAS and SSIS essential. SQL SSAS deployment security models and design knowledge preferable.

If this role is in line with your career aspirations, please email karen@set.co.za. Karen Schmoor – SET Consulting on (011) 234-4313.

Do you have a friend who is a developer or technology specialist?

We pay a referral fee for successful referrals! Please note, if you have not heard back from us within 1 week, then please regard your application as unsuccessful.

The overall purpose of the position is for the SSRS and PowerBI reporting developer to work closely with the internal and external stakeholders in effectively collecting, analyzing, interpreting, presenting and managing quality data and delivering first time resolution on enquiries for the group.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Taking ownership of queries and ensuring they are resolved timeously and effectively.
• Perform complex data analysis in support of ad-hoc and on-going requests in terms of data quality.
• Develop methodologies and methods for analyzing and presenting data in either SSRS or PowerBI, whichever is the most appropriate to solve the need.
• Collecting, analyzing and interpreting data.
• Efficient compilation and presentation of divisional and functional reports, data trends and analysis in the correct visualization tool.
• Interpret and analyze trends in information in order to gain valuable business insight.
• Identify opportunities for improved business performance based on information.
• Identify risks to the company and escalate accordingly.
• Develop effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including 3 rd parties and service providers.
• Maintain broad product knowledge in order to effectively and accurately respond to

customer queries.

• Provide first time resolution on enquiries.
• Deal with customer requests in a competent, efficient and professional manner.
• Ensure Service Level Agreements are met and exceeded.
• Good relationships with team members as indicated by a willingness to assist colleagues.
• Support effective teamwork.
• Engage with appropriate training interventions to promote your own professional development.
• Actively live the company values.

REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• Relevant technology related degree/ diploma is an advantage
• 3 – 5 years’ experience in MIS/Reporting / Data extraction / Data analysis
• Proficiency in MS products, particularly Excel, SQL and SSRS.
• Experience in PowerBI
• Develops, designs or creates new applications, ideas, relationships, systems or products.
• Identifying the underlying principles, reasons or facts or information by breaking down information or data into separate logical parts.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Learn technical and functional skills quickly.

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