Director Accounting at TransUnion

What You'll Bring:
General:

• Maintain internal controls relating to the relevant processes and Sarbanes Oxley procedures to ensure good corporate governance, Sarbanes Oxley and legislation compliance. Consistently monitor procedural activities to be compliant to stipulated processes.
• Compliance with IFRS and US GAAP requirements
• Co-ordinate, manage and control of all requirements, reports and submissions for statutory and internal audits of local and foreign entities
• Management of annual financial statements
• Management of BEE verification requirements
• Own and maintain finance policies ensuring these are up to date, aligned with the US, communicated appropriately across the business and ensure compliance
• Manage relationships with auditors, bankers, SARB and other relevant external stakeholders
• Liaise with internal as well as external auditors to provide accurate information, evidence and supporting documentation to our audited processes and procedures and ensure deficiencies found are rectified immediately.
• Co-ordinate and manage the delivery of subsidiaries, joint ventures and associate reporting for inclusion in consolidated results
• Establish sound relationships with customers and internal customers to resolve queries in a professional manner.
• Execute on strategies for completing annual goals and objectives of the department
• Other related duties as required

People Management:

• End to end management of direct and indirect reports; which will include recruitment, development, performance management, talent management, as well as coaching and mentorship of the team.
• Constantly review the team set-up ensure that it is operating at maximum efficiency.

General Ledger:

• Manage the GL team to ensure appropriate controls and processes over the following areas:
• Management and oversight of at least 9 legal entities over 4 geographic territories including identifying and driving opportunities for structural optimization
• Review, optimize and rationalize legal entity structures giving due consideration to regulatory, accounting and tax implications
• Management of month end reporting close
• General ledger management including completeness of accruals
• Timely and accurate completion of reconciliations
• Manage and review of company and consolidated results – income statement, balance sheet, cash flow and supporting notes
• Statutory and all other reporting requirements including preparation of Annual Financial Statements
• Implement accounting policy changes as required
• Management of statutory and internal audits, including royalty audits
• General ledger master data management and liaison with group in this regard
• General ledger accounts
• Cost/ profit centers
• Cost elements

Treasury management:

• Management of banking facilities including relationships with bankers
• Cash flow forecasting including working capital adequacy, and dividend policies
• Implement and optimize cash investment strategies
• Master data management and liaison with group in this regard
• Management of foreign exchange transactions including SARB approvals
• Company credit card and disbursement management
• Asset management
• Adherence to asset capitalization policies
• Management of WIP accounts and timely capitalization
• Maintenance of fixed asset register and tax asset registers
• Asset verification processes
• Financial systems and processes management
• Budgeting and forecasting input mechanism
• Reporting, query and data extraction mechanism
• Approvals
• EFT payments
• Urgent payments
• Local and Foreign payments
• Management of reporting requirements for minority shareholders

AP & Procurement

• Effectively manage the AP and procurement team to deliver the following:
• Procurement and supplier management and optimization
• Account payable management including timely reconciliations
• BEE management

Impact You'll Make:
What You’ll Bring:  
We are looking for a minimum CA (SA) coupled with at least 15 plus years’ post articles experience in Accounting and managing a team of 5 or more individuals. Must be able to demonstrate a track record of superior performance, self-initiated process enhancements/ improvements as well as automation opportunities in previous roles. Experience managing a team is critical to the role as well as strong technical competency and sound knowledge of SOX. Advanced Excel skills are essential and prior PeopleSoft experience would be an advantage.

In addition to the above requirements, the successful candidate will have the following competencies:

Functional Competencies:

• IFRS and US GAAP
• Strong technical knowledge is critical
• Knowledge of financial systems (on a technical level) and financial system configuration
• Operational finance
• Understanding of taxation

Behavioral Competencies

• Leadership skills
• Speed and accuracy with figures as well as attention to detail
• Planning and organizing skills with the ability to be proactive and to plan ahead
• Ability to prioritise work deliverables in a complex environment in order to meet multiple, tight and highly pressurized deadlines
• Ability to work independently with limited to no supervision
• Ability to think and move quickly in a dynamic fast moving environment
• Business acumen
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills- upward, downward and lateral
• Conflict management
• Problem solving
• Coaching and mentoring skills
• Systematic and analytical

Personal Qualities:

• Assume full ownership for management of outputs, results and functional improvement initiatives
• Strong communication skills and the ability to engage appropriately with executive stakeholders both locally and in the US, including but not limited to, the International Executive Leadership team
• A strong participative team member, diplomatic, tough and assertive, prepared to stand his/her ground, yet flexible and adaptable to a dynamic and demanding environment
• Quick learner
• Integrity and trust. Absolute integrity and ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive information
• Mature, well-balanced and confident personality who is self-driven, highly motivated and energetic
• Personable, decisive, and confident bearing with the versatility to associate and communicate at all levels.
• Negotiating skills and entrepreneurial spirit
• Ability to effectively manage conflict and drive win-win outcomes
• Drive for results
• Disciplined
• Action orientated
• Practical
• Innovative/ Creative
• Determined
• Interpersonal savvy