FinOps Consultant | Sandton at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• The successful candidate will need to have oversight of Gaialex control accounts, including monthly monitoring of balances and reconciliations and working hand in hand with the in-country teams to clear control account balances.
• This applies to Individual Life and Corporate Business deployments of Gaialex across our Africa Businesses.
• It will encompass training in-country teams as well as compiling training material and knowledge transfer.

What will make you successful in this role?

In this role, you will be expected to deliver the following outputs:

Communication and Collaboration

• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across countries to resolve issues causing balances in the Gaialex control accounts.

Technical skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft tools, including but not limited to excel, access and word, is essential for analysis of Gaialex control account data.
• Understanding the Gaialex accounting and operational processes that trigger the accounting entries to do root cause analysis and fixes required to clear the Gaialex control account balances.

Flexibility and adaptability

• Ability to prioritise work and apply time management strategies to meet committed deadlines.
• Willingness to travel to countries to resolve complex issues identified in the analysis process or provide training to country teams to manage the control accounts effectively in country.

Qualification and Experience

• Any business-related degree 
• 2 to 5 years related working experience

Knowledge and Skills

• Problem solving
• Business knowledge and understanding of Gaialex processes
• Microsoft Office:  Word, Excel & Access
• Ability to manage inputs from various stakeholders
• Provide related support to various country teams

Personal Attributes

• Excellent business communication skills in English (verbal and written)
• Professional demeanor and “can do” attitude
• Ability to function and manage work and deliverables independently
• Ability to manage various activities simultaneously
• Concern for accuracy and order
• Solutions driven
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships
• Influencing and gaining commitment
• Stress tolerance
• Display sound judgement