Senior Product Accountant - Investments Controls / Recons at Old Mutual

Responsibilities
Financial Analysis

• Analyses business, financial, control and general operating information to identify trends and opportunities for development and/or correction.
• Provides commentary on financial results and implications and advises on corrective action to be taken.
• Generates financial information.
• Financial Control

Analyse and reports on variances.

• Ensures all controls and working optimally and effectively.
• Ensures all reconciling items are identified and investigated.
• Understand root causes of reconciling items and agrees on remedial action with relevant parties/vendors to eliminate reoccurrence.
• Performs testing and provide sign-off of remedial action before implementation into production.
• Drive implementation of remedial action and ensure that it is delivered successfully within agreed timelines.
• Responsible for the process ownership of key accounting processes on behalf of the wider business, and will thus champion the implementation, measurement and improvement of this/these processes.
• Reviews work performed by team members to ensure that the controls have operated effectively.
• Key involvement in projects.

Governance and Compliance

• Accountable for governance and compliance at an operational level.
• Maintains suitable financial control environment.
• Monitor effectiveness of controls and identify and implement any additional controls required.
• Monitors internal controls and reporting on controls and processes, as well as recommending and implementing amendments to internal controls where appropriate.
• Responsible for audit liaisons as per tax, legislative and statutory requirements and manages the external audit interaction and deliverables.

Management Reporting

• Generates internal management reports to report on internal controls and processes, as well as the financial position of the products.
• Interacts with business unit line managers on financial outcomes, expense trends, etc.
• Provides financial assistance and training to segment finance teams.
• Provides assistance to the actuaries, auditors and other parties requiring information as needed.

Team Effectiveness

• Staff management and development will be a key component outside of the normal delivery.
• Individually accountable for others time, tasks and output quality over periods of three months to a year.
• Balances own priorities with directing and motivating others.
• Creates a climate for optimal performance and guides and directs staff to achieve operational excellence standards.
• Manages performance, plans & assigns work.
• Selects potential staff to sustain customer/client service delivery.

Skills

• Accountable
• Accounting Processes
• Auditing
• Finance
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Analysis and Reporting
• Financial Controlling
• Internal Controls
• Internal Reporting
• Management Reporting
• Patient Outcomes
• Prioritization
• Process Ownership
• Strategic Planning

Education

• CA Qualification, with at least 5 years’ relevant experience preferably in a financial services environment.

Skills

• Accounting
• Action Planning
• Analytical Thinking
• Budget Management
• Computer Literacy
• Data Analysis
• Database Reporting
• Data Classification
• Data Compilation
• Data Controls
• Data Encoding
• Data Modeling
• Evaluating Information 
• Numerical Aptitude
• Solution Analysis

Competencies

• Business Insight
• Collaborates
• Decision Quality
• Financial Acumen
• Manages Complexity
• Nimble Learning
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Resourcefulness

Education

• NQF Level 9 – Masters

Closing Date

• 17 June 2025 , 23:59