Job Description
Assistant Accountant – (2600003B)
Job Purpose and Key responsibilities
Job purpose
The role holder will be responsible for reconciliation of clients’ accounts and ensure queries from intermediaries are promptly responded.
Key responsibilities
Cash flow management – Daily monitoring of customer accounts and ensure adherence to cash before cover policy, handle the collection of premiums and find the resolution of account queries.
Customer retention and loyalty – Timely payment of commission
Verification of premium payment before processing claim- No claim file not confirmed within 24 hours.
Allocating daily receipts to all customer accounts.
Providing accounts information to internal departments.
Intermediaries reconciliation- No unreconciled balances more than 30 days Send monthly reconcile statement to intermediaries.
Liaise with underwriters daily on funds received with no debit for timely postings.
Support all strategic initiatives that are in place which focus on premium collection and credit control issues for head office as well as for all the branches
Ensure all customers and direct clients /Agency queries are responded immediately. Ensure all commission reports are reconciled and paid by 1st week of every month. Ensure all outstanding statement are sent by 10th of every month.
Regional cooperation, expansion & other assignments: Ensure all regional queries on credit control issues are responded immediately and all reports required from receivables are prepared on time
Deliver on performance requirements as defined in the departments’ strategy map, balanced scorecard and Personal Scorecard.
Performing other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Key Performance Measures
Debtors ratio
TAT for commission payment
TAT for allocation of receipts
TAT for reconciliation of intermediary balances
Working Relationships.
Internal Relationships:
Responsible to Management Accountant
Required to liaise and work closely with claims, underwriting & sales departments
External Relationships:
Brokers, Agents, Banks and direct customers
TIRA
Knowledge, experience and qualifications required
Knowledge, experience and qualifications required
1. Bachelor’s degree (Accounting and Business-related options preferred)
2. 2 – 3 years in a similar role
3. Knowledge of insurance regulatory requirements
4. Knowledge of Britam products
Primary Location: Tanzania, United Republic of-Dar es Salaam-Dar es Salaam
Shift: Day Job
Contract Type: Full-time
Job Posting: 21-06-2026
Unposting Date: Ongoing
Number of Openings: 1
How to Apply:
Job type Full-time Job, To submit your application, please follow the link provided below.
