Complex Benefit Accounting Officer

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you

Complex Benefit Accounting Officer

Location: Wollongong

Description

This role is responsible for the daily production and authorization of all system and manual payments across all funds administered, the authorization and transmission of EFT and IMT payments processed through various banking interfaces, ensuring to internal and external SLA’s and the completion of other daily Benefit Accounting tasks. We are looking for someone who has worked with similar role handling electronic fund transmission within ideally in the financial service industry.

Job specification

• Authorization of system and manual payments.
• Conduct a reconciliation between admin cashbooks/End of Day Reports to Oracle disbursement reports, ensuing payments that need to be held or replaced are dealt with accordingly and investigate any errors in a timely manner.
• Authorization and transmission of daily EFT and IMT payments for all funds administered by banking cut-offs.
• Ensure all payment files are setup accurately
• Processing of return monies, stop cheque payments, reversals, voids, the processing of manual payment vouchers and redrawing of payments
• Create and upload general ledger accounting journals.
• Authorization of general ledger journals
• Respond to complex inquiries from other parts business as required
• Training of staff members by ensuring staff are correctly trained in their job responsibilities
• Update team procedures amd assist with any project work including end to end system testing

Skills Required:

• Diploma in Accounting would be desirable, RG146 qualified or aptitude and willingness to complete certification
• Experience in SUN GL, Oracle, Capital systems would be useful but not mandatory
• Experience in Commonwealth Bank (CBA), Westpac Bank & Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Applications and/or similar banking interfaces used in electronic fund transmission
• Experience in the financial service industry would be an advantage
• Strong analytical, numeracy and problem solving skills
• High-level written and verbal communication skills
• Strong time management skills with the capacity to maintain attention to detail, manage competing priorities and meet deadlines

What you will get in return:

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business;
• Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience;
• Training and development opportunities

This role is covered by enterprise agreement, which sets out the pay rates and conditions.

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet. For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please https://www.apexgroup.com/corporate-social-responsibility/

“Personal data provided by job applicant(s) will be used for recruitment purposes only and will be treated strictly confidential. Such personal data can be accessed by different Apex stakeholders within and out of country for the consideration of the job application hereunder. Application made by the job applicant(s) constitutes the irrevocable consent of the job applicant for her/his personal data to be used by Apex stakeholders within or outside country for the purpose of this recruitment.”

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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