Accountant; Zestlife

Overview

Zestlife is seeking a detail-oriented and driven Accountant to join our Finance and Risk team. This role plays a key part in ensuring the accurate processing, control, and reporting of financial information to support sound business decision-making. If you are passionate about financial excellence, enjoy working collaboratively, and thrive in a dynamic, client-centric environment, this opportunity offers the chance to contribute meaningfully to a growing and values-driven organisation.

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Accurately control and process financial information and prepare financial reports and analysis to enable business processes.

• Degree in Financial Management or Accounting

• 3-5 years’ experience in accounting, not article only experience
• Intermediate to advanced Excel

• Contribute to the efficient operation and management of the accounting function of the company.
• Meet company and client accounting, payment, and reporting deadlines.
• Accurately and efficiently capture, calculate and report financial transactions.
• Prepare and/or review payments, ensuring necessary source documentation and authorisation are obtained to effect payments timely and within service level agreements.
• Process payment transactions on policy administration system while considering impact on operational processes and clients.
• Perform bank reconciliations and manage bank account balances based on levels of authority and policy.
• Identify, investigate and resolve outstanding receipts and/or payments and related queries.
• Perform reconciliation and completeness checks of policy administration system reports.
• Prepare and/or review payroll transactions and related reporting and deal with queries.
• Perform and/or review relevant financial compliance functions.
• Prepare and/or review statutory reporting, meet deadlines and deal with queries.
• Compile and prepare monthly, quarterly and year-end reconciliations.
• Prepare and provide necessary documentation to complete timely audits.
• Contribute to the audit process and resolve any audit queries within set deadlines.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies and problems within the accounting functions of the company and/or escalate to the relevant level of authority.
• Assist and prepare VAT and IT calculation and returns.
• Contribute to the enhancement of systems and processes to improve financial management.
• Continuously develop expertise in professional, industry, and legislative knowledge.
• Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing, and implementation of new ideas.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders.
• Deliver on service level agreements with internal and external stakeholders and clients.
• Make recommendations to improve client service within your area of responsibility.
• Participate and contribute to a culture that builds rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback, and provides exceptional client service.
• Positively influence and participate in change initiatives.
• Continuously develop your expertise in professional, industry, and legislative knowledge.
• Contribute to continuous innovation by developing, sharing, and implementing new ideas.
• Take ownership of your career development.
• Ability to work independently with excellent work ethic.
• 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.

• Understands how the business operates, key processes, issues and risks.
• Anticipates, meets and exceeds client’s needs by creating long lasting relationships that…