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ACCOUNT ASSISTANT at Bahrain National INSURANCE

• Bahrain
• January 2006 to June 2013

Company Name: Bahrain National INSURANCE
Period: January2006-Present
Job Title: ACCOUNT ASSISTANT


1. Primary responsibilities include: • Prepare and issue receipts and banking all collections the following day.
• Prepare petty cash vouchers and data entry and payments after ensuring appropriate approval.
• Agree Cash Balance daily and notify discrepancies if any to Supervisor.
• Daily processing of Visa/Master Card/Amex and Debit Cards.
• Filing of all receipts and PCVs.
• Preparation of bank deposit slips.
• Preparation of all IBR related payments and assisting Payables Section in hand over of cheques, etc.
• To check all transactions entered through Journal Vouchers are to ensure they are properly authorised.
• Perform detailed check on all Journal Vouchers to ensure that these are correctly entered.
• Preparation of bank reconciliation and daily cash flow position and receipts cash control before the 12th of the following month.
• Updating the branch receipts daily and advising the Manager-Finance on delays from the branch.
• Provide required assistance to Internal/External Auditors.
• Checking daily cash/cheques before lodgement.
• Preparation of monthly premium gross control summary - Bordereaux and general ledger tally report, to ensure that, all premium and commissions are correctly accounted.
• Prepare/Receive periodic reconciliation statements and follow - up the outstanding items.

• Corresponding with all Insurance and Reinsurance companies all accounts related matter.
• Extraction of Insurance Companies/Brokers statements of accounts from the system and scrutiny of Insurance Ledger.
• Provide assistance to the Internal/External Auditors.
• Provide necessary assistance in preparation of quarterly accounts, treaty statements and statistical Information.
• Prepare Insurance companies MIS report for business ceded class-wise.
• Ensure timely settlement and receipt of inter-company balances.
• Weekly cash flow projections for payables.


2. Shared responsibilities include: • Assist the Bills Payable Section in preparation of Garages and Suppliers details, preparation of Cash Loss Payments, and distribution of checks (by calling customers or attending to them promptly when they come to collect their checks)


3. Back up duties
• To act as back up during leave of absence of other department staff and to perform tasks such as payment of non-motor and cash loss settlements.