Financial Controller: Business Shared Services: Retail Affluent: Finance: PG: 10 at Sanlam Group

Output/Core Tasks:

• Cost management and reporting for Business Shared Services (BSS), including monthly variance analysis and cost investigations.

• Admin expense Budgeting (5-year budget) and forecasting.

• Develop and maintain a cost allocation model for BSS.

• Optimise and influence cost efficiencies in BSS.

• Ensure effective controls and procedures are in place in BSS to adhere to the approval framework.

• Processing journals and payments in accordance with the BSS approval framework.

• Understanding and managing cost allocated to BSS.

• Review and optimize BSS charge outs.

• Monitoring and reporting of expense relating to projects in the BSS environment (incl. longer term projects).

• Relationships with BSS operational managers.

• Maintaining and consolidating the risk schedules on B-wise. Maintain and update the Risk appetite report. Presentation at the quarterly Risk Forum.

• Solving financial enquiries and problems on time and in an effective manner.

• Coordinate BSS input for the quarterly Sanlam Life Retail TCF report and address outstanding feedback items.

• Sign off on BSS trail balances

• Manage open items on reconciliation and control accounts

Role Requirements:

Qualifications:

• Degree with Financial Accounting as major

Experience:

• 3 - 5 years’ experience in a financial reporting environment

• Practical accounting experience.

• SAP 4 Hana GL experience.

• Experience in multiple stakeholder engagement.

• Cost management experience

• Computer skills (Excel advanced level)

Knowledge:

• Strong cost accounting knowledge and abilities.

• Good and proven business acumen.

• Good understanding of Information Technology

Competencies:

• Decision quality

• Analytical thinking

• Cultivates innovation

• Concern for accuracy 

• Plans and aligns

• Collaborates

• Persuades

• Being resilient