The first Woolworths store opened its doors to the public in Cape Town in October 1931. And it was founder Max Sonnenberg who captured the public’s imagination with dynamic store policies that set Woolworths apart from its competitors.
Three years later, a second branch opened in Durban, with another two in Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg a year later. And...
To support the Finance business unit with the objective of producing effective, reliable and timely financial performance management information that is aligned with the company wide financial goals and balanced scorecard. To ensure that there is financial integrity across the financial planning and reporting systems for management and financial reporting and to provide input into financial design to ensure that the finance objectives, in particular, control objectives are achieved.
Job description
Ensuring the financial data integrity of the reporting environment across the various financial reporting systems
Have a keen eye and passion for process improvement and reconciliation as we build the future in OneStream
Ensuring the non-financial and statistical data integrity, received from multiple business sources
Managing the financial data integrity checking process and providing resolution
Supports the month-end reporting period close process through:
the segmental allocation reporting process (actuals, forecasts and budgets)
Branch profitability and key statistical reporting
Supports the annual and quarterly financial planning process through budget loads and financial system checks
Co-ordination and integration with ITS to facilitate financial systems requests, data integrity and issue resolution
Workshop complex processes with cross-functional stakeholders to understand and communicate finance's business requirement across multiple departments/divisions
Responsible for the design, development and testing of enterprise-wide financial information delivery
Ensuring that finance processes are incorporated into the design and documentation of cross-functional business processes, in particular:
Master Data requirements
Business Rules
Control requirements
Reporting requirements
Preparing adhoc business requirement specifications for new reporting standards and business initiatives, and project managing financial process system enhancements and resolution of system defects.
Developing effective and efficient testing plans, the co-ordination of testing and the evaluation of test results for all system upgrades, patches and system improvements.
Supports the build of complex business models to provide information to key stakeholders around forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, branch profitability, segmental analysis, balance scorecard and ad-hoc reporting by developing and maintaining cube views, dashboards and reports for internal stakeholders.
Continuously identify opportunities to improve and streamline finance system processes across the finance community
Analysing process changes, risks and impacts and facilitating communication thereof
Responsible for feedback on status reporting, issues and risks
Co-ordinate the development of training material and reviewing thereof and provide training
Pro-active involvement in resolving implementation issues and supporting the processes until systems have stabilized
Minimum requirements
Financial Accounting Diploma/Degree
3 years' experience within a systems accounting role that included exposure to Process Design
System implementation
EPM Systems- OneStream advantageous
Project management
Financial process design
Process change
System Audit
Personal effectiveness and time management to be able to deliver to strict deadlines
Excellent numerical, analytical and interpretive ability with a passion for business analytics to be:
Able to develop and produce clear financial management information
Able to develop and use financial reporting models
Excellent level of computer literacy with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Excellent level of financial system literacy with Oracle, Hyperion, with training to be provided for Onstream
High attention to detail and accuracy
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strategic and proactive approach to problem solving
Relationship management skills
Change management skills
Decision-making ability
Business acumen
Business Analytical and Process Design experience
System testing and implementation experience
Understanding of project management tasks
Sound general IT knowledge and understanding of systems analyst skills
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