Cash Book Administrator at Virgin Active South Africa

Job Description
Your Purpose...

• To make exercise irresistible
• Focus on giving our customers an irresistible payment experience
• Keep Virgin Active relevant in banking
• Build a trusted brand in terms of payment settlement

Your Duties and Responsibilities...

• Cash Book Responsibilities
• Daily processing of bank transactions.
• Daily batch posting and reconciliation of all bank accounts.
• Investigation and allocation of all unknown receipts in banking suspense accounts.
• Journal preparation.
• Performing cash book period end procedures.
• Fulfil supplier bank verification requests from procurement.
• Payment Processing
• Timeous loading of payment batches across all banking platforms on request, once all relevant information has been provided;
• Timeous loading of approved beneficiaries across all banking platforms on request, once all relevant information has been provided;
• Ensuring payment requests are approved in terms of authority and before cut-off.

Club & Member Support

• Investigate and allocate all unknown receipts in member deposit accounts.
• Daily action on all treasury service tickets/requests in the treasury mailbox within agreed SLA timelines.
• Assisting clubs and head office with treasury related queries.

Banking Administration Support

• Assist the Cash Book Specialist with administrative documentation required by the banks and service providers.
• Daily action on all debit order dispute requests.
• Liaise with partner banks and service providers on service delivery issues and technical challenges.

System Related Tasks

• Troubleshooting system issues.
• Proactive identification, escalation, investigation and follow up with IT on system issues;
• Input on system development projects.

Reporting

• Open communication and regular reporting to the Cash Book Specialist and Treasury Manager on cashbook issues and progress on meeting deadlines and responsibilities.

Other

• Assisting the Cash Book Specialist/Treasury Manager with ad-hoc treasury-related tasks;
• Assist the Cash Book Specialist/Treasury Manager with data for reporting and forecasting on daily and monthly cash flows;
• Assisting with audit requests.

Our Minimum Requirements...

We can't live without...

• Matric with Accountancy as subject;
• 2 to 3 years’ experience within a similar finance role;
• Analytical abilities, organised, adaptive, meticulous and motivated;
• Accurate and efficient;
• Pro-active problem solver;
• Deadline driven;
• Proven experience with finance systems (e.g. Microsoft Dynamics) and online banking platforms;
• Passion for customer service;
• Respect for others;

Honesty and accountability.

• We'd like you to have...
• Cash book experience
• Strong communication skills
• Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
• Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
• Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
• Must be motivated to achieve success.
• A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
• A Growth mindset
• The ability to work independently.
• Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
• A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
• The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
• Action orientation

We'd love you to have...

• A tertiary qualification
• Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
• The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
• The ability to be agile.
• The ability to be collaborative.
• High Interpersonal skills (EQ)