Consolidations Accountant - CA(SA) at FirstRand Group

Perform the timely aggregation and consolidation of period end financial information for the Bank.

Responsibilities:

• Provide specialist advice and support to internal and external stakeholders (with input from relevant team members).
• Annually assist in the preparation of annual financial statements and identification of significant issues as well as the segment report.
• Attend monthly meetings to review the Group's financial information prior to reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Perform the timely aggregation and consolidation of period end financial information through:

-Preparation activities for consolidation

-Review, reconciliation, quality control checks and validation of information & commentary

-Querying of movements with franchises

-Passing of relevant journal entries (including audit trail)

-Currency and share capital conversions

-Matching & eliminations (transactions and balances)

• Proactively collaborate with other Group Finance: Group Consolidations and Regulatory team members to share commentary and queries to establish a cohesive picture of monthly financial information.
• Pro-actively engage with Franchise accountants prior to the submission deadline to obtain relevant information regarding the current month's transactions. Provide pro-active guidance to Franchise accountants in dealing with complex transactions.
• Pro-actively engage with Franchise accountants prior to the submission deadline to resolve previous queries, issues and errors.
• Assist and liaise with auditors in their review of the consolidation process and resolution of queries.
• Collaborate with Centre of Excellence teams, consolidated legal entity team (Group Finance: Group Consolidations and Regulatory),Business Insight & Reporting teams and the Advisory team to jointly prepare and deliver compliant, accurate and on-time financial information and reporting.
• It is inherent to the role that the incumbent is honest in dealing with cash and financial transactions. As such, it is a pre-requisite for candidates to undergo consumer credit record checks to enable the Employer to ascertain whether the candidate's credit record is acceptable.

Qualifications and Experience:

• CA(SA) with a minimum of 2 - 3 years PQ experience
• Experience in Financial Services is an advantage
• Experience in Consolidations