Senior Financial Controller: Retail Affluent: Finance: Bellville at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

Core Tasks

• Cost management and reporting for Business Shared Services (BSS), which include 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.
• Supply input for the quarterly Sanlam Life Retail TCF report and address outstanding feedback items.
• Engage with multiple stakeholders within business.

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualifications

Role Requirements:

• Degree with Financial Accounting as major.

Experience

• 3 - 5 years’ experience in a financial reporting environment.
• Practical accounting experience.
• SAP 4 Hana GL experience will be an advantage.

Knowledge

• Strong cost accounting knowledge and abilities.
• Good and proven business acumen.
• Good understanding of Information Technology will be an advantage.

Competencies

• Communicates effectively
• Decision quality
• Analytical thinking
• Cultivates innovation
• Concern for accuracy
• Plans and aligns
• Customer focus
• Collaborates
• Drives results
• Persuades
• Independence
• Nimble learning
• Being resilient
• Computer skills (Excel advanced level)