Job title: Staff Loans Clerk
Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to main purpose of this position is to perform administrative duties and provide support to facilitate the administration of the staff loans and vehicle benefits on behalf of the Company.
Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Engage in short term planning and perform tasks against work plans as defined in conjunction with supervisor.
• Perform work independently within established practices, given processes, rules and regulations ensuring compliance with standards, policies and other guidelines in executing own tasks.
• Identify, evaluate and solve defined, routine and new problems within a familiar context.
• Perform basic accounting duties in accordance with relevant accounting standards, company policies and acts.
• Process and maintain staff loans and vehicle benefits for qualifying employees.
• Prepare and provide staff loans and vehicle benefits information within a defined context to enable effective decision making by employees and other relevant stakeholders.
• Perform general administration, including preparation of payment instructions, data capturing and record keeping in order ensuring the smooth running of the section's operations.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders within the company and external parties, displaying a service orientation in own work and the ability to convey and explain information fluently.
• Proactively broaden knowledge of functional area, displaying willingness to make improvements in own work (including methods and practices)
• Evaluate own performance against given criteria, identify and address task specific learning needs.
• Perform ad hoc tasks when required.

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

• A minimum of a National Diploma in Financial Accounting or an equivalent qualification; and a minimum of one to two years' experience within a financial services environment; and experience in the loans administration would be an added advantage.

Additional requirements are as follows:

Knowledge and skill in:

• Industry, organisational and business awareness.
• Quality assurance; continuous improvement.
• Continuous learning and/or professional development.
• Financial accounting.
• Financial reconciliation.
• Financial reconciliation.
• Taxation knowledge.
• Staff loans and benefits administration.
• Function specific - performance management knowledge.
• Function specific - information systems knowledge.
• Effective communication.
• Drive for results.
• Service and stakeholder
• Building and managing relationships.
• Analysis and problem solving.
• Resilience; and
• Client orientation.

Desired Skills:

• • Building and managing relationships.
• • Effective communication
• • Taxation knowledge.