Management Accountant at Sanlam Group

Job Purpose

• To prepare and oversee preparation of financial management reports.

Formal Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

• BCom Honours in Accounting
• Studying towards CA / CIMA. Newly qualified CA will be highly advantageous
• Three years’ experience in a reporting role in the insurance industry
• Computer literacy – MS Office – Excel and Word
• Exposure to financial accounting systems e.g. Sage 300 and HFM will be advantageous
• Accounting principles and policies
• Regulatory legislation
• Basic knowledge of insurance industry
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with the month-end process (including review of month-end journals) and produce monthly management accounts, provide analysis to management
• Review of balance sheet reconciliations
• Timeously and accurately prepares and reports on the company’s financial performance against budget and forecast on a monthly basis.
• Monthly reporting using HFM and reconciling HFM reports to the management accounts on a monthly basis. This includes preparation of report packs
• Prepare annual financial statements in accordance with IFRS, company policies
• Preparation of regulatory returns
• Assist on ad hoc projects within Finance and Business to ensure the success of the business
• Liaise with External and Internal Auditors

Technical Expertise

• Analyses numerical data, verbal data and all other sources of information
• Links and integrates different kinds of information across areas and over time to form ideas
• Breaks information into component parts, patterns and relationships
• Probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem
• Makes rational conclusions from the available information and analysis
• Demonstrates an understanding of how one issue may be a part of a much larger system (systems thinking)
• Produces workable solutions to a range of problems, which relates logically and rationally to the situation / issue / information obtained 
• Formulating Concepts and Strategy
• Works strategically to realise organisational goals
• Sets and develops strategies
• Identifies and develops positive and compelling visions of the organisation’s future potential
• Takes account of a wide range of issues across, and related to, the organization

Team Management

• Provides others with clear direction, goals and objectives
• Sets appropriate standards of behaviour
• Delegates work appropriately and fairly
• Holds people accountable
• Clarifies roles and responsibilities
• Involves team in decisions and actions
• Motivates and empowers others
• Recognises and rewards the contribution of others
• Tends to trust people to perform
• Shares relevant information
• Provides resources and opportunities for development (e.g. challenging and stretching objectives, tasks and assignments; courses; etc.)

Essential Behavioural Competencies

• Analysing
• Relating and networking
• Coping with pressures and setbacks
• Teamwork
• Confidence and decisiveness
• Pro-activity
• Planning and organising
• Quality and detail orientation

Desirable Behavioural Competencies

• Adapting and responding to change
• Interpersonal sensitivity
• Adhering to principles and values
• Persuading and influencing
• Achieving personal work goals and objectives