Senior Recons & Accounting Manager at Silica

Job description

Educational Requirements (Educational / academic qualifications)

• Minimum CA or Post graguate degree
• 10 years UT/LISP operational finance working experience

Prior Work Experience / Background:

• Minimum of 10 years working experience within a operational finance UT/LISP environment
• Minimum of 5 years automated bank reconciliation experience essential
• In-depth knowledge and experience of reconciliations
• Minimum 5 years senior management experience
• Good understanding of finance processes and procedures and control environments
• Completed Articles pref

Key Performance Areas: (Specific Description of the job)

• Technical
• Manage the UT finance recons teams, ensuring that the business unit is adequately staffed and meets KPIs and client SLA’s
• Manage and monitor the daily bank recons of Client’s operational and temp accounts.
• Manage and monitor the monthly General Ledger recons (Clearing Accounts) and Age Analysis and ensure that they are accurate and up to date
• Review daily cash forecast and bank holding reports for Clients
• Ensure that daily cash management is tightly controlled
• Monitor the monthly recoveries to/from Clients.
• Regular reporting to Client of recon stats.
• Reporting on KPIs.
• Implement and enforce a Risk Management Program to manage the risks in this team
• Ensure efficiency of audits, both internal and external
• Ensure that the accounting and reconciliation function is managed effectively and efficiently
• Ensure that all the appropriate internal controls are functioning effectively at all times
• Manage the cost effectiveness of the department
• Assist team in terms of problem resolution and troubleshooting
• Liaison with clients and involved with new client take-on’s.
• Ensure timely delivery to the clients – Driving towards achieving SLA turnaround times.
• Understand (and participate in) projects impacting the team
• Attend operational meeting with clients
• Actively participate in the management of the UT division
• Project
• In conjunction with Management conceptualise the architecture of core automated reconciliation and accounting processes irrespective of platforms utlised
• Continuosly refine and engineer the automated approach to efficient and effective bank reconciliation and related accounting processes
• Manage delivery of third party consultants and vendors against pre-defined KPI’s and SLA’s or agreed service offerings
• Be instrumental in the management of the migration of current recons and accounting systems and methodologies to identified future solutions
• Proven ability to manage delivery against agreed gantts, costs and quality outputs. Formal knowledge of project management methodologies and software will be an advantage
• People
• Mature, proven results driven management style
• Team player with the ability to balance company objectives and interests of personnel
• Providing feedback to the teams
• Perform Performance Development Dialogues with team leader/s
• Performance management of individuals where necessary
• Guide, motivate and inspire team members
• Manage the development of staff, mainly through training.
• Strategy
• Design of strategy for the department, and implement
• Communicate strategy and vision to the team
• Drive the Silica culture and values