Accountant: Management Reporting: Job Grade 11: SLS Finance: Bellville: Fixed-Term Contract

What will you do?

• Expense reporting which includes consolidation of expenses, Corporate expense reporting.
• Review & analysis of expense reports (e.g. IT costs, Functional costs) submitted to Group.
• VNB & PVP reporting, preparing of VNB report and loading numbers on HFM for Group submissions.  
• Assisting and supporting Senior Financial Manager with Profit reporting for SLS, which includes but is not limited to monthly, quarterly, interim, and year-end reporting as well as bi-weekly rolling forecasts delivery to Group Finance.
• Budget & Forecast reporting with a specific focus on VNB, PVP & expense reporting.  Preparing SLS consolidated reports for VNB, PVP & expenses.
• Loading of Actual, Budget and forecast profits & PVP & VNB info on HFM.  
• Assisting with preparation and review of SLS Management & SLS Budget reports e.g. CFO reports, Budget presentations & Budget reports.
• Quarterly Economic shock submissions to Group Actuarial.
• Interim & year end – Preparation of reports to External audit on Fixed Assets 
• Submission of Fixed Assets, Expense notes and any other assigned notes info to HFM (i.e. PPE note, etc) for including in reporting to the market.
• Process review & process automation opportunities.

Qualification and Experience

• Chartered Accountant (CA), CIMA or equivalent qualification.
• Post articles experience in a financial reporting environment.

Knowledge and Skills

• Good technical accounting knowledge.
• Knowledge of Sanlam’s financial reporting systems (Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) & SAP) will be an advantage. 
• Understanding of IFRS17 profits and value of new business (VNB).
• Computer literate (MS Office with advanced Excel skills in practice)
• Planning and organisational skills: Organises and schedules events, activities and resources
• Good interpersonal skills:  Building and maintaining relationships.  Interacts with others in a sensitive and effective way. Respects and works well with others.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills in English.

Personal Attributes

• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Quality orientated:  Shows awareness of goals and standards. Follows through to ensure that quality and productivity standards are met.
• Deadline driven.
• Strategic orientated:  Demonstrates a broad-based view of issues, events and activities and a perception of their long-term impact or wider implications.
• Stress Tolerance – deliver well under pressure.
• Able to perform independently and as part of a team.
• Problem-solving and analytical Thinking:  Makes systematic and rational judgements based on relevant information.
• Adaptive thinking:  Application of principles to variety of circumstances
• Flexible:  Successfully adapts to changing demands and conditions
• Persuasive:  Influences, convinces or impresses others in a way that results in acceptance and agreement.

Core Competencies

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. 

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