Specialist AC Process Executor – ABSA Regional Office (ARO) at Absa South Africa

Job Summary

• Specialist AC Process Executor for ABSA Regional Offices (ARO) | Stakeholder Management: Build and Maintain effective Relationships with relevant stakeholders | People Management: Develop a high performing Team | Risk and Control: Adherence to Policies, Procedures and Regulations.

Job Description

Accountability: Manage financial information completion process (60%)

• Act as a process executor for completion of financial information, including the accountability for the following key processes:
• Journals and month-end close

Reconciliation

• Completion of Supplementary information
• Interdiv and Elimination
• Tax
• Accounting Functions
• Support to Subject Matter Expert (SME) on processes, resolution of issues and ad hoc requests from stakeholders including:
• Cluster Financial Controller
• Cluster CFO/BP&A team members
• Other Financial Control functions
• Support SME on obtaining TAG opinions and ad hoc queries on accounting issues;
• Act as the process executor for implementation of new standardised processes where relevant;
• Provide feedback to stakeholders on results reflected in the financial accounting system, as well as issues identified where there are potential risks to numbers;
• Act pro-actively in correcting issues and implement a sustainable process;
• Ensure that principles of the Financial Control Operating Model are complied with and sustained.
• Maintain and enhance processes
• Identify areas of improvement in completion, review and or submission processes to drive and implement a sustainable and effective process in support of quality and accuracy.
• Identify synergies between different reporting processes and implement new and or enhanced processes.

Accountability: Provide support to other process executors through motivation and employee engagement (20%)

• Understanding and managing team dynamics to maximize performance;
• Escalate issues around allocation of resources to process architects tasks to ensure delivery of team objectives;
• Ensure continued development of resources, through coaching and mentoring, to empower value added delivery of tasks.

Accountability: Process Execution (20%)

• Execution of processes as designed;
• Constantly review, improve and maintain own activities to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of processes;
• Recommend areas for improvement in order to reduce cycle times, improve productivity, create capacity and improve process reliability and customer satisfaction;
• Assist in the implementation of new and/or enhanced processes;
• Identify activity-specific risks and work with Process Owner / Process Architect to mitigate risks;
• Maintain awareness of own activities and the impact thereof on related / interdependent activities.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Financial Sciences (Required)