Open Vacancies at TransUnion

What You'll Bring:

• Develop, implement and maintain internal processes and SOX procedures to ensure good corporate governance, SOX and other legislation compliance, i.e. Companies Act, Tax legislations.
•  Identify material risks to the company within these processes and implement risk control measures.
• Consistently monitor procedural activities to be compliant to stipulated processes.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors to ensure TU provides accurate information, evidence and supporting documentation to our audited processes and procedures and ensure deficiencies found are rectified immediately.
• Establish sound relationships with suppliers, professional bodies and internal customers to resolve queries in a professional manner.
• Develop and execute on strategies for completing annual goals and objectives of the department.

Impact You'll Make:

Taxation:

• This will include the administration of tax records in accordance with all legislative requirements
• Be an integral part of the development of a tax strategy for TransUnion Global Capability Centre Africa
• Liaise with management and Corporate office in Chicago on various tax related matters
• End to end management of:
• Quarterly income and deferred tax calculations and reporting to Corporate office in Chicago
• Monthly tax computations of current and deferred taxation
• The tax element of audits
• The relationship with South African tax authorities
• External tax reporting (tax returns and submissions)
• Tax payments including provisional, final, top-up’s, penalties, interest
• Secondary taxes (VAT, Dividends tax, WHT)
• Resolving and keeping track of tax queries
• Administration and submission of Local Revenue Authority documents
• Ensure all tax types are paid on time
• Liaise with external Tax Consultants where necessary
• Tax computations for all entities in group for month end, quarterly reporting, forecasts, budget and long term planning reports
• Keep organisation updated on any relevant and applicable changes in tax legislation
• Proactively seek out tax planning opportunities
• Assist and keep track of any statutory related queries until they are resolved
• Other ad hoc duties as required

General ledger management and month end reporting

• Prepare and process all relevant journals with appropriate supporting information
• All accounting entries to correctly reflect IFRS and US GAAP requirements
• Process accurate general ledger postings
• Prepare and manage recurring journals
• Ensure accurate postings of transactions as well as related monthly accruals
• Prepare month end expense variance analysis that is aligned to standard department practices and procedures and manage communication to business in this regard
• Ensure the accounting records correctly reflect the results of business units’ financial position
• Treasury and asset management responsibilities as determined

Reconciliations

• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations in accordance with corporate requirements and in line with Blackline guidance
• Follow up on corrections and clearing of any required balance sheet reconciling items within appropriate timelines
• Maintain on-going reconciliation of IFRS and US GAAP

Statutory and all other reporting requirements

• Comprehensive understanding of IFRS and related accounting principles
• Ensure appropriate document filing and retention is maintained in line with company/statutory requirements
• Preparation of financial statements and all relevant notes in accordance with IFRS
• Manage and support all Audit requirements (Internal & External)
• Prepare and provide support for all regulatory requirements and submissions

SOX, policies and procedures

• Maintain and enforce internal controls as they relate to GL & Accounting processes as well as SOX requirements to ensure good corporate governance
• Identify any control deficiencies and proactively drive root cause analysis and remediation

Ad hoc projects

• Support any required ad-hoc requests and analysis
• Develop solutions to issues and challenges
• Contribute to any specific function projects
• Proactively drive/recommend improvement initiatives within existing role or finance department
• Maximize automation opportunities for day to day activities

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What You'll Bring:

• FCRA knowledge, Regulatory process knowledge including disputes, security freezes and general credit report knowledge
• Fraud prevention and investigations knowledge, fraud strategy implementation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills: ability to clearly articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and creative problem solving skills (familiarly with working large data sets)
• Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritize and contribute to multiple assignments simultaneously
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite

We'd love to see: 

• Familiarity with Databases & Tableau
• Experience working in a heavily regulated contact center setting
• Strong project management skills with the ability to oversee and manage project to meet project deliverables. This includes delegating work, setting clear goals, and managing customer expectations

Impact You'll Make:

• A fraud specialist who will be able to work on projects implementing new ideas, optimizing processes and working through building up an environment where fraud prevention, investigations, and strategy is managed and maintained globally.
• Learning internal systems (Consumer Relations Systems, etc.)and look at problems at a high level and strategically build solutions
• Deliver fraud insights and recommendations in an compelling presentations for internal and external customers at various levels including an executive audience
• Enthusiastic about understanding and maintaining fraud victim processes

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What We'll Bring:

• As a Senior Consultant, you should have 6-8 years of hands-on information security experience, and a Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical field.

What You'll Bring:

You should have expertise and experience in the following technical and professional areas:

• Experience with designing, developing and implementing security processes, controls and technologies
• Knowledge of Secure SDLC practices  
• Working experience with multiple of the following: Vulnerability Management, AV, IDS/IPS, Content Filtering, DLP and Incident Response
• Working knowledge of industry frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001/27002 , PCI-DSS,CIS,NIST cyber security framework
• Ability to operate independently as an information security advisor and a hands-on contributor on technology deployments and other projects
• Experience with performing system audits and security assessments, and in interfacing with external auditors
• Experience with reporting security metrics (dashboards, KPIs, KRIs)
• Understanding of Web applications and Layer 7 network protocols
• Working knowledge in at least two of the following: Windows, Open Systems and TCP/IP network sec
• Working knowledge of public cloud platforms such as M365, Azure, and AWS
• Security certification such as CISSP, GIAC or CISM a plus
• Experience in working at global financial institutions a plus

Impact You'll Make:

How you’ll Contribute:

• Act as a strategic security advisor on application development and technology deployment projects, maintaining a working knowledge of TransUnion’s Information Security Policy and standards and, when needed, collaborate with regional and global Information Security leads and subject matter experts to provide guidance on security posture.
• Monitor threat and vulnerability management tools for alerts or changes in TransUnion’s security disposition and respond to anomalous events accordingly.  This includes assisting the Global Security Operations Center with local security investigations and coordinating with IT leaders and engineers as appropriate.
• Assist in planning, adoption and implementation of TransUnion’s security posture and solutions in Africa’s technology environments and platforms.
• Maintain and test incident response process and ensure its integration with the Global Threat Management framework. 
• Maintain a thorough understanding of current security deviations, open assessment and audit findings, vulnerabilities, and alignment to TU’s security posture. 
• Provide local operational support for information security tools such as Content Filtering, DLP, IDS/IPS, AV, WAF and others