Job Summary
Zurich Life Assurance Plc is recruiting for a Trainee Accountant to join the Financial Operations team.
Your Role:
* Daily cash management process - monitoring and calculating funding requirements for assigned bank accounts.
* Processing of EFT and cheque payments with responsibility for sourcing the required bank approvers and recording the entries to the relevant cashbooks.
* Processing of returned payments, stale cheques, and placing stops on cheque payments.
* Allocation of daily EFT receipts to the policyholder administration system, reconciliation of the prior day's updates, and preparing notifications for large values.
* Processing of Direct Debit runs and returns along with the daily reconciliation of same.
* Raising weekly and 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.
Skills and Experience:
* Excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
* Ability to work in a team environment and contribute to the performance of the team.
* Good communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
* Well-organised and capable of working to tight deadlines.
* Ability to think clearly and logically.
* Intermediate level of problem-solving skills.
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Outlook.
* Willingness to learn and take ownership of tasks.
* Interested in completing an accountancy qualification.
Additional Information:
* This is a hybrid role which will require 2-3 days in office per week.
* If you value an exciting and varied working environment and meet the above requirements, then we are looking forward to receiving your application.
* This role may be available both part or full-time. Please discuss with us the flexibility you may require.
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.
* In order to deliver our services, we offer a competitive compensation package and interesting opportunities for further training and development.
* As a Zurich employee, you benefit from a multitude of advantages as well as a strong culture, characterised by acceptance, diversity, and team spirit.