Onsite Senior Financial Accountant

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About the role

  • Senior Financial Accountant supporting Sanlam's financial operations and governance. Responsible for reporting, budgeting, and collaboration with project managers in the finance department.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate the business case development process with key stakeholders
  • Formal financial reviews of business cases
  • Custodian of Business Case financial templates
  • Responsible for KPI driven benefit realization reporting for strategic projects
  • Provide financial support to Project Managers, Business Consultants & Business Owners
  • Custodian of the current & long-term project expense view
  • Engagement with the auditors
  • Expense management, forecasting & maintaining a long-term view of projects
  • Drive the 5-10-year views of the projects BAU benefits & ongoing costs
  • Management of the Future Fit Fund by updating key assumptions
  • Regular financial reporting on Projects
  • Collaboration and alignment with Financial Heads to ensure budgets are closely monitored
  • Assist with Secretariat duties at various Executive level Investment Governance Forums
  • Approval of local and international payments on SAP – SES / PR / PO / FI
  • Pro-active management and control of control Accounts
  • Provide proposals towards continued improvement of current processes
  • Administration, planning and organising of work to ensure successful delivery
  • Monthly preparations / maintaining of reporting file
  • Yearly budget process – preparing input
  • Monthly Cost Allocations and Capacity recoveries
  • Quarterly compile Functional Costs to Group

Requirements

  • Relevant Financial degree/ diploma in Accounting
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in cost and recovery management
  • Business partnering, analytical thinking, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving
  • Reporting experience to senior stakeholders
  • Strong Excel skills
  • MS Office (Outlook, MS teams) experience
  • Financial Reporting & Cost management
  • SAP S4/HANA experience preferable
  • PPO billing system will be advantageous
  • Exposure to projects and IT finance management
  • JIRA workflow system will be advantageous
  • IT environment will be advantageous

Benefits

  • Employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce
  • Development of strategic advantages in the South African market
  • Opportunities for growth and development through business clusters

Job title

Senior Financial Accountant

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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