Specialist Financial Accountant at Liberty Group South Africa

Job description

Job Purpose:

To perform financial analysis and provide financial accounting services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct research and collate data to serve as input to operational reporting and decision making related to area of specialisation.
• Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process optimisation.
• Plan for value-added process improvements, initiatives and services to deliver on operational strategy and objectives.
• Draw on own technical or professional knowledge and experience to identify and develop solutions to improve process service delivery and quality.
• Understand and apply existing best practice frameworks to assist in the implementation of identified subject matter processes and standards.
• Analyse operational records, trends and costs related to estimated and realised revenues to project future revenues and expenses.
• Source, collate, analyse and interpret financial information in order to support the review of the financial performance of the business.
• Contribute to and assist in the effective execution of internal and external audits, financial statement generation and regulatory submissions.
• Ensure accurate reconciliation of financial transaction records to supporting documentation to enable verification of the validity of transactions.
• Build relationships and interact positively with clients and act as ambassador of the organisational brand.
• Provide sound consulting services and recommendations based on customer and client needs, current information and trends analyses.
• Monitor and enforce effective financial control, governance and compliance throughout area of specialisation.
• Forecast financial risks and escalate as required.
• Participate in specialist communities of practice and contribute positively to own and organisational knowledge improvement.
• Implement and provide input into the development of governance, compliance, integrity and ethics processes within area of specialisation.
• Ensure that established accounting standards, procedures and processes are adhered to, in compliance with legislative regulations.

Qualification:

CA(SA) 

Experience:

2 - 4 years’ experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level.

Knowledge:

• Financial Acumen
• Financial Management
• Understanding GAAP
• Regulatory Awareness

Competencies:

• Efficiency improvement.
• Reporting and Interpretation
• Professional/Technical learning
• Conceptual Thinking
• Innovative Thinking
• Risk Management
• Results Orientation