Accounting Control Subject Matter Expert

3 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Absa Bank Limited Full time

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- With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.Job Summary

To act as the support function for EF/HO/Treasury and be the link between Business Finance, Financial Controller and Accounting Control for this area. To ensure a sound Control Environment and work closely with other areas of finance to adequately manage risk.

Accounting Control owns the processes that enables sustainable, accurate and timeous financial information in support of reporting to external and internal stakeholders.

**Job Description**:
Key Accountabilities

Accountability: Managing Accounting Control engagement model and resolution of cluster related issues (80%)
- Primary contact person for accounting control process issues, resolution of issues and ad hoc requests from stakeholders including:
o Cluster Financial Controller

o Cluster CFO/BP&A team members

o Other Financial Control functions
- Obtain technical accounting opinions when required for ad hoc questions and accounting issues
- Accountable for execution of ad hoc activities that do not fall within an Accounting Control process
- First level review of results (income statement, balance sheet and off balance sheet) and month end cluster level issue resolution where resolution resides in an Accounting Control process
- Review of monthly and quarterly supplementary disclosure
- Accounting Control representative at key Financial Control forums relevant to cluster
- Team member and cluster level input for accounting control process improvement initiatives
- Accountabilities related to Accounting Control key processes:

- Engagement with process teams to ensure awareness of delays in month end close and/or journal issues and communicate these to relevant stakeholders
- First level review of impact of journals on month end results (income statement, balance sheet and off balance sheet) and resolution of issues as a result of journals (e.g. missing journals, duplicate journals, errors in journals)
- Execution of cost centre owner responsibilities as per the Account Ownership and Reconciliation policy for cost centres where Accounting Control is cc owner
- Co-ordination and resolution of GLRS action items
- Awareness of issues in interdiv/elimination process and be involved in resolution of cluster related issues
- Awareness of issues in tax process and be involved in resolution of cluster related issues
- Execution of the accounting control input to cluster NPA processes
- Cluster input to accounting functions activity and process improvement

Accountability: Drive performance through motivation and employee engagement (20%)
- Senior leadership role within AC, responsible for leadership, guidance and enablement of team, either directly, or as an SME where leadership and management responsibilities include that of significant influence across the Financial Control function
- Play role in strategic vision formulation process, in conjunction with Functional /Cluster Heads
- PD input for process team members that input to and assist in resolution of cluster related issues

Role/Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills
- Exceptional academic track record
- Team management experience (Advanced)
- Understanding of financial reporting processes and related controls (Expert)
- Ability to identify control gaps and weaknesses (Expert)
- Ability to analyse and interpret financial data (Expert)
- Ability to write concise effective reports (Expert)

Education and Experience
- B degree/similar qualification in a financial/related discipline or CA(SA)
- Non CA with 8 to 10 plus years relevant experience or CA with 6 to 8 plus years PQE
- Extensive management experience essential (3-5 years of managing a team), or extensive experience as a SME with the ability to influence across teams, functions and processes
- Business experience in a Banking environment gained from a Finance, Product Management or Front /Middle office role preferable.

Competencies
- Deciding and initiating action
- Driving performance through employee engagement
- Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
- Relating and networking
- Adapting and responding to change
- Persuading and influencing
- Creating and innovating

Education

Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Financial Sciences (required)
- Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised_



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