Accounts Administrator

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Job Description

Old Mutual Investment Group is seeking to recruit a detail-oriented, analytical, and organised Accounts Administrator to provide effective accounting and administrative support, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of financial transactions and maintenance of financial records.
Reporting to the Accountant, the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting day-to-day accounting activities, including processing and recording financial transactions, maintaining accurate accounting records, performing account reconciliations, assisting with payments and invoices, and providing timely financial information and administrative support to ensure efficient financial operations and compliance with established policies and procedures.

Job Description

•    Accounts Payable and Receivable Management. 
•    Transaction Processing: Accurately capturing, processing, and updating financial transactions in D365, ensuring that all entries are properly supported, correctly coded, and processed within the required timelines. 
•    Bank and Digital Reconciliations: Performing regular bank and digital payment reconciliations, investigate and resolving discrepancies, and ensuring that all transactions are accurately reflected in the accounting records. 
•    Financial Reporting: Preparing accurate and timely financial reports and schedules.
•    Tax Administration: Assisting with the preparation, reviewing, and submission of applicable tax returns and related documentation, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and deadlines. 
•    Regulatory Reporting. 
•    Fixed Asset Management: Maintaining and regularly updating the Fixed Asset Register, ensuring that additions, disposals, transfers, depreciation, and other movements are accurately recorded and appropriately supported. 
•    Payments Processing: Processing supplier, operational, and other approved payments in accordance with established controls and procedures, ensuring that payments are accurate, properly authorised, and made within agreed timelines. 
•    Query Resolution: Respond to and resolve accounting-related queries from internal and external stakeholders in a timely and professional manner, escalating complex or unresolved matters to the accountant where necessary. 
•    Financial Controls and Compliance: Ensuring that accounting activities are performed in accordance with approved policies, procedures, internal controls, statutory requirements, and applicable financial reporting standards. 
•    Month-End and Year-End Support: Assisting with month-end and year-end accounting activities, including reconciliations, journal processing, account reviews, accruals, and preparation of supporting schedules. 
•    Process Improvement: Identifying opportunities to improve accounting processes, strengthen controls, reduce errors, and enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of financial administration.
 

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Skills

Accounting, Action Planning, Budget Management, Calendar Coordination, Computer Literacy, Data Analysis, Database Reporting, Data Compilation, Data Interpretations, Executing Plans, Financial Acumen, Management Reporting, Numerical Aptitude, Oral Communications, Report Review

Competencies

Directs WorkDrives ResultsEnsures AccountabilityManages ComplexityOptimizes Work ProcessesPlans and AlignsTech Savvy

Education

Bachelor of Accounting (BAcc)

Closing Date

19 September 2026 , 23:59

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