About Guardrisk

Guardrisk is a specialist South African cell captive insurance and risk financing solutions provider. It is the market leader in this field in South Africa and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Momentum Metropolitan Holdings (MMH), a large South African financial services group. The Guardrisk specializes in cell captive insurance and alternative risk transfer solutions. A cell captive arrangement allows clients (cell owners) to own their own insurance product(s) within Guardrisk’s licensed framework, ring-fencing their risks and potential profits without the full cost and complexity of setting up a standalone insurance company.

Application Overviews

Job Purpose

• Accurately control and process financial information and prepare financial reports and analysis to enable business processes in respect of client accounting.
• Manage a team of accountants and be able to review, guide and assist where necessary.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Degree in Financial Management or Accounting
• Completed Articles / Traineeship
• Chartered Accountant (advantageous)

Experience

• 8 – 10 years’ experience in accounting (non-CA(SA))
• 3 – 5 years post articles (CA(SA))
• 3 – 5 years management experience
• Insurance experience preferred

Duties & Responsibilities

Coordinate and control financial management process

(Internal Process)

• Management of the accounting function for Guardrisk Life cell captive clients (by portfolio of clients allocated).
• Accurately, efficiently and timely capturing and reporting of transactions for their portfolio of clients.
• Review and /or prepare payments documents and obtain the necessary source documentation and authorisation to effect payments timely and with the determined service level agreement levels.
• Review and approve the general ledger journal allocations based on levels of authority and policy.
• Review all documentation to ensure that the correct level of authority has authorised the document and raise any exceptions with the relevant stakeholder.
• Prepare and review financial transactions and reporting of each client within their portfolio of clients.
• Compile and prepare monthly and year end reconciliations of their portfolio of clients, including the review of the teams reconciliations.
• Identify and report respective accounting or reporting issues.
• Investigate and resolve any outstanding queries in relation to accounting issues.
• Portfolio support and management/servicing by working closely with the portfolio manager and other colleagues.
• Identify and resolve problem sources or escalate to relevant level of authority.
• Special Projects assigned with the group.
• Meeting company and client accounting, payment and reporting deadlines.
• Contribute to the enhancement of systems and processes issues to enhance financial management.
• Continuously develop own expertise in terms of professional, industry and legislation knowledge.
• Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing and implementation of new ideas.
• Identify and reconcile discrepancies and problems.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients as well as internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate and contribute to a culture which build rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service within the organisation.
• Prepare and provide necessary documentation to complete timely audit both for client and Guardrisk.
• Contribute to the audit process and resolve any audit queries within the deadlines set.
• Manage a team of accountants and provide assistance, support and transfer of skills and training.
• Perform the review functions of the cells and provided feedback where required.

Engage with clients in a client centric manner

(Client Services)

• Provide authoritative, expertise and advice to clients and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders.
• Deliver on service level agreements made with internal and external stakeholders and clients.
• Make recommendations to improvement client service within area of responsibility.
• Participate and contribute to a culture which build rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service.

Self-management and teamwork

(People)

• Develop and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with peers and stakeholders.
• Positively influence and participate in change initiatives.
• Continuously develop own expertise in terms of professional, industry and legislation knowledge.
• Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing and implementation of new ideas.
• Take ownership for driving career development.

Manage budget and implement sound financial controls

(Finance)

• Manage high risk and problematic financial issues in area of accountability and contribute to the development of policy.
• Identify solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
• Implement and manage financial risk methodologies, techniques and systems and use to monitor and report on financial activities.
• Implement and provide feedback on the effectiveness of financial policy, practice and procedures preventing illegal, unethical or improper conduct.
• Investigate reported wilful acts of non-compliance to organisation policy and practice and report on findings.