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We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.\n\nAbout Discovery Life\n\nDiscovery Life is an ever growing fast-paced and dynamic environment that provides innovative risk assurance to individual clients. This environment thrives on customer engagement and customer experience as well as mutually beneficial relationships with our brokers and other stakeholders. It is important for our employees to provide a world class service to our internal and external clients, thereby ensuring long and sustainable relationships\n\nKey Purpose\n\nThe primary function of this role of Finance Administrator Intern is to effectively perform the tasks of the Cash Control Team for Individual Life, Invest, Group Risk and Umbrella Funds\n\nAreas of responsibility may include but not limited to\n\nTo be able to understand the requirements and processes of the Life Cash Control department as per Training and Standard Operating Process documents provided for Individual Life, Invest, Group Risk and Umbrella Funds\n\nReview of the Task schedule assigned by ensuring delivery of the Life Cash Control tasks are completed\n\nEnsuring that daily Billing and Collections are reconciled with exceptions investigated that does not conform to business processes or regularity requirements\n\nTo make certain Bank Statements are reviewed daily and reconciled to system and to investigate and correct any imbalances identified\n\nEnsuring the daily submission files for Debit Orders and Payments are reconciled to corporate database before files can be released to the Bank and verifying the Bank’ responses\n\nAllocation of daily premiums from Bank Statements and ensuring that all unidentified deposits are investigated and reported\n\nCoordinating business requirements and queries to relevant stakeholders and to ensure any failures are logged and reported to management\n\nEnsuring delivery of daily and monthly reporting to business and ensure all reports are securely and correctly stored for management reviewing and audits\n\nActive participation in weekly Team Meetings and monthly One on One sessions where issues are identified and resolved and to record the progress of team and individual staff\n\nEducation and Experience\n\nEssential:\n\nTVET N6 Financial Qualification\n\nAdvantageous:\n\nMatric Qualification\n\nTechnical Skills and Knowledge\n\nEssential:\n\nIntermediate proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook.\n\nGood mathematical and analytical skills.\n\nGood interpersonal skills.\n\nAdvantageous:\n\nKnowledge of the Life Insurance market.\n\nEMPLOYMENT EQUITY \n\nThe Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. 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