KEY ROLE
The main responsibility of this position will be to ensure effective employee benefit (EB) Funds administration. The incumbent will be required to manage employee benefit funds and will work closely with the current Funds Administrator who is due to retire.
Areas of responsibilities for this position will include but are not necessarily limited to:
• Council fund returns administration
• Provident Fund administration
• Death and Disability benefit funds administration
• Medical scheme fund administration
• Holiday Bonus Fund and Leave Pay Fund administration
• Home and Emergency, Trauma, Disaster and Educational Funds Loan administration
• Beneficiary Trust Investments administration
• Involvement and support with other management functionalities as required
• Accumulation and preparation of all documents relating to statutory requirements.
• Management of 25-30 administration staff
• Other administration duties
KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• Matriculated with Degree (BCom-Financial or similar degree)
• Minimum of 10 years hands-on employee benefits administration experience, not only Provident/Pension funds
• Computer literate: MS Office, in-house computer systems
• Excellent command of the English language and a fair command of the Afrikaans language (verbal and written)
GENERIC SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS
• Good interpersonal skills - able to communicate and liaise professionally on all levels
• Natural administration ability - organised, structured and methodical with good time management
• Professionalism and confidentiality is a requirement
• The incumbent must have the ability to work independently and to control, supervise, direct and coach a large team of employees
• The incumbent must be able to absorb pressure well, work according to deadlines, and not be afraid of taking the lead and getting things done
• The incumbent must be a strong, independent individual with at least 5 years hands-on employee benefit fund accounting experience.
• Own transport and drivers licence is a necessity.
• The incumbent must be unimpeachable with no criminal record.
CORE COMPETENCIES
The incumbent will need to exhibit the following core competencies (not negotiable):
• Member Service Orientation: Being proactive and understanding member behaviour; and anticipating and providing solutions to member needs
• Time Management: The ability to organise, plan and manage available time; and to adequately allocate and divide time between various responsibilities.
• Administration and Clerical skills: To be competent to organise/plan/ systematise/handle administrative matters in general; to assist superiors in obtaining reports and information.
• Quality Orientation/Attention to detail: Accomplishing tasks with due concern for all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking and monitoring processes and tasks.
• Stress Tolerance: Maintaining stable performance under pressure.
• Analytical Thinking and Attention to Detail: The ability to be precise, systematic and rule-orientated.
• Excellence / Quality Orientation: The capacity to ensure that the highest standards of quality and efficiency are consistently maintained.
• Rule Orientation: The orientation to adhere to standard rules, processes and procedures in achieving results.
• Communication: The capacity to listen attentively, present information in a clear and concise manner and respond appropriately to the verbal and written communications of others.
• Applied Business Numeracy: The ability to reason quickly and accurately by applying numerical functions.