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Job Summary
• COO – Commercial Operations, Domestic Payments. To process all vouchers received by capturing on the Bank’s systems.
• Vouchers include financial and non-financial entries received from the various branches/departments.
Job Description
Accountability: Main Accountabilities - (80%)
Outputs:
- Process all vouchers received from the supervisor.
- Ensure that all voucher posted are stamped and properly authorized by the supervisor.
- Ensure vouchers with errors are recorded and MI circulated to stakeholders and dispatched to the originating branch/department.
- Always ensure zero errors and reverse immediately as advised by authorizer.
- Ensure all work posted is secured and keep safely in the Chubb for overnight storage.
- Ensure no one has access to your processed work.
- Daily target of data sheets is posted daily.
- Verify signatures on the vouchers against the signatures advised from the dept. These signatures should be authorized by the line manager.
- If the signature is different return to the Receiving Officer to generate an MI to the originating dept.
- If the signature is matching and stamped verified by the receiving officer.
- Provide coaching to processing staff on how to enter transactions accurately in the bank’s various system.
- Provide first level support and only escalate major items to IT.
Accountability: Other Accountabilities, Risks and Controls (10%)
Outputs:
- Ensure all data sheets received are posted within the agreed SLA.
- Conduct snap checks as assigned by the Team Manager
- Prepare MI on errors from branches, missing vouchers and total numbers received. Submit MI to Team Manager on daily basis.
- Take up additional duties plus any other duties that may be provided by line manager from time to time.
- Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Absa Operational Risk Framework and internal Absa Policies and Standards
- Ensure good records keeping.
- Check, verify and post entries at least and exceed the target for financial statistics as set in PD.
Accountability: Leadership:- (10%)
Outputs:
- Live Group behaviors and inspire others in working together to achieve the strategic vision.
- Pursue own development to increase personal effectiveness, acknowledging strengths and areas of development.
Education
Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
What We Do
Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise growth on the African continent and beyond.
We’re a truly African brand, inspired by the people we serve in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We also have representative offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria and the United States, as well as securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States, along with technology support colleagues in the Czech Republic.
