Specialist Fc Systems and Reporting

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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

The purpose of the role is to manage the support, development and maintenance of the financial aspects of the Financial Reporting Systems and General Ledgers. Participate in research, design, development and testing of improvements or new solutions to ensure financial data integrity.

Responsible for daily and monthly Month-End Reporting activities relating the to the General Ledgers including the management of the Master Data.

Assist with strategy and business requirements for FC Systems. Provide leadership, training and support to stakeholders and team.

**Job Description**:
Key Accountabilities

Accountability: Maintain Financial Systems Millennium/Sap ECC/Sap S4 Hana Data Integrity
- Contribute towards financial systems data alignment and integration
- Manage System Parameters
- Manage the update of Master Data conversion tables from Product GL Accounts/Cost Centre to S4 Hana GL/Accounts Cost Centre
- Establish and enforce a stable environment for the maintenance/enhancement of financial processes
- Monitor the enhancement of all conversion and parameter tables for new requirements to ensure that the financial flow of transactions are correct

Accountability: Manage and Maintain Finance Systems Sap ECC/Sap S4 Hana Operations including Master Data and Hierarchies
- Establish and consistently enforce sound system and internal controls to ensure that procedures are correct
- Monitor Master Data Error Reports and resolve Master Data issues
- Monitor and resolve Product Interface transactions posted relating to unmapped Accounts and Cost Centres

Accountability: Millennium/Sap ECC/Sap S4 Hana Operational Delivery, User Support and Access
- Provide guidance, user support and training
- Develop and sustain knowledge and experience regarding product systems and general ledgers, in order to support business units with continuous quality service delivery
- Assist users and colleagues with queries regarding journal posting, transactions, balances and master data/hierarchy queries
- Liaise and escalate any problems/errors that need IT attention
- Manage access and security and maintenance of user authorisation levels
- Assist with the management of the day-to-day operations of the business area

Accountability: Stakeholder management
- Build strong relationships with key role players in order to have a clear understanding of their business requirements
- Understand the impact of the changes and inform business of any risks or impact as a result of changes
- Provide direction and input to enable Business Units to manage and resolve issues
- Ensure the satisfaction of the customer (internal or external) needs by responding efficiently, ensuring high quality of work and by meeting the required deadlines
- Liaising and providing external auditors with required information

Accountability: Accountability: Process Management
- 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

Role/Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills
- Exceptional interpersonal and team-working skills
- Reporting System maintenance and enhancement
- Millennium
- Sap ECC/Sap S4 Hana
- Excel Experience
- Solid financial background
- System life cycle management
- Strong problem-solving skills

Education and Experience
- B Degree in Commerce or Advanced Diploma in Accounting or Advanced Diploma/B Tech in Information Technology (NQF Level 7.).
- 5 - 8 Year’s experience in Banking/Financial and Financial Systems.

Competencies
- Deciding and initiating action
- Problem solving within ambit of responsibility;
- Relating and networking;
- Adapting and responding to change

Education

Bachelor's Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (required)
- Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised_