Job Summary
Zurich Life Assurance Plc is recruiting for a Trainee Accountant to join the financial operations team, part of the Zurich finance team.
This role is a controlled function under the CBI Fitness and Probity Standard.
Your Role
* Daily cash management process - monitoring & calculating funding requirements for assigned bank accounts.
* Processing of EFT & cheque payments with responsibility for sourcing the required bank approvers and recording the entries to the relevant cashbooks.
* Processing of returned payments, stale cheques & placing stops on cheque payments.
* Allocation of daily EFT receipts to the policyholder administration system, reconciliation of the prior day's updates & preparing notifications for large values.
* Processing of Direct Debit runs & returns along with the daily reconciliation of same.
* Raising weekly & monthly cashbook journals to the SAP system.
* Responsibility for resolving assigned bank reconciliation differences.
* Investigate and reply to any queries assigned to you from the Finops queries mailbox.
* Other ad-hoc duties.
Your Skills and Experience
* Excellent accuracy & attention to detail.
* Ability to work in a team environment & contribute to the performance of the team.
* Good communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
* Well organised & capable of working to tight deadlines.
* Ability to think clearly and logically.
* Intermediate level of problem-solving skills.
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel & Outlook.
* Willingness to learn and take ownership of tasks.
* Interested in completing an accountancy qualification.
About Us
Zurich is one of Ireland's leading insurance companies providing a wide range of general insurance and life insurance products and services.
The company employs over 1,000 people across its locations in Dublin and Wexford.
Zurich is a strong brand.
Zurich in Ireland is part of Zurich Insurance Group, a leading multi-line insurer that serves its customers in global and local markets.
Our 55,000 employees worldwide form the basis of our success, helping our customers in 210 countries and territories to understand and protect themselves from risk.