1 x Vacancy

6 month contract

Job Title: Corporate Accountant
Business Unit: Financial Services
Geographical Area: Gauteng

Job Type: Contract

Purpose: To provide an enterprise wide review, analysis and control function of financial and regulatory aspects. The role requires a strong focus on relationship building and influencing in order to leverage team work and achieve
agreed deadlines effectively and timeously.

Qualification & Experience Required:
- CA(SA) or other relevant accounting qualification
- 3 years post-graduate experience (Banking experience would be beneficial)

Competencies Required:
- Analysis and attention to detail
- Influencing and impact (including negotiation)
- Time and self management
- Excellence/quality orientation
- Commercial and financial acumen
- Consulting and advising
- Building relationships
- Judgement and decision making
- A self-starter who is able to work independently as well as in a team
- Customer service orientation
- Strong problem-solving and investigation skills
- Verbal and written communication (including listening)

Critical Performance Areas
- The successful candidate will join the Corporate Accounting team, being responsible for the central review.

Responsibilities will include:
- Review and analyse the Financial Accounting Schedules (FAS) and Financial BA returns
- Request, collate and analyse commentary on all material variances and items from the review above
- Obtain supporting schedules and recons where required, and review for reasonableness
- Present the financial packs and commentary for review
- Attend and respond to statutory, regulatory and audit queries including supplying commentary required or facilitate resolution of outstanding issues
- Review and analyse the budget submissions
- Preparation and review of consolidation and management reporting journals
- Respond to ad hoc queries and provide data and commentary for consolidated presentations and reports
- Make recommendations to the business to improve on processes and efficiencies where necessary
- Obtain a strong working knowledge of all business units, including the finance process
- Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders, displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue, listen, advise, influence and negotiate to achieve win-win outcomes