Record to Report GPO - Sandton at Blue Label Telecoms

Job Purpose

The Process Owner - Record to Report owns the end-to-end process design and drive change initiatives related to system, process and policy, including involvement in the delivery of the change initiatives as part of a transformation program and a steady state Business As Usual (BAU) specific to the Record to Report functionality. This role will be part of a process owner team responsible for driving and delivering sustainable, streamlined processes with exceptional controls. The key emphasis of this role will be to drive standardization and accountability by building strong working relationships with stakeholders and ensuring service delivery in accordance to defined SLA’s/KPIs.

Responsibilities 

Business Process Activities

• Primarily responsible to standardize, automate, and optimize processes within the Record to Report team which includes all month end activities, statutory reporting, audits and compilation of financial statements
• Should ‘Own’ and “drive” the process design and drive the changes required from start to finish to make the new processes work
• Authorize and oversee the system requirements
• Gather business requirements and translate them into functional requirements for improvement and enhancement
• Support appropriate changes or updates to policies to enable the optimum process design, including the required liaison corporately
• Ensure that the right quality and quantity of resources are assigned to the process teams to drive the design
• Work with other process owners to ensure the process designs integrate as a whole
• Acting as a member of a Design Authority team to ensure that the process design is approved as meeting the needs of the business and the supporting functions
• Secure buy in of key stakeholders and members of the relevant functions throughout all business units to the new process design

Change Management

• Collaborate with technical experts and business units to determine the best possible reporting mechanisms
• Proactively monitor and anticipate changing business, regulatory, and financial requirements, processes and practices
• Manage and coordinate all change activities within the project

Governance and Compliance

• Drive accountability through process controls and by leveraging technology
• Manage relevant policies and procedures affecting processes
• Be a champion to drive standardization across key processes
• Ensure compliance to internal and external regulations, procedures and accounting standards
• Ensure process workflows and documentation are properly maintained and up to date with the current processes
• Proactively mitigate risks and timely resolve escalated issues

Self-Management

• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
• Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures
• Plan and prioritise, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands
• Demonstrate abilities to anticipate and manage change
• Demonstrate flexibility in balancing achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organizational needs

Behavioral Competencies

• Manages Complexity
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Ensures Accountability
• Action Oriented
• Business Insight
• Collaborates
• Balances Stakeholders
• Drives Engagement
• Customer Focus

Requirements:

Education 

• Post graduate qualification preferably with Major in Business Analysis or Commerce or Project management

Experience

• 5-10 years of professional experience across functions within accounting and finance disciplines
• Detailed process understanding for the area of responsibility
• Knowledge of best practice process and latest digital technology in area of responsibility
• Experience managing large and complex projects and ensuring changes are embedded into business-as-usual process
• The ability to build strong working relations with stakeholders, utilizing your influencing skills along with your change leadership expertise
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Process engineering capability will be relevant for this role