Responsible for ensuring the financial reporting processes are conducted in accordance with both Local and Group accounting & Financial Control policy and regulatory requirements.

Main accountabilities and approximate time split

Participate and assist on month end closing process and ensuring that all the financial reports are accurate and reliable for use to all finance stakeholders
Take ownership and custodian of all month end journals processed in a particular month. All the journals processed in brains, SAP, and Analyst
Perform GL/Cost centre/MGC codes maintenance and ensure that at all the time GL are available for business uses. This includes, opening, changing, closing the bank general ledger/cost centres and MGC codes, in both brains and SAP and SRM
Manage the ETA process and ensure that all the inter group recharges receivable/payables are locked in the system and follow up to the payment process
Assist and work closely with financial reporting manager/accounts payable team and ensure that cost reporting is accurately done by looking at cost on weekly basis and challenge accounts payable team.
Assist financial reporting manager on monthly account ownership and reconciliation process, ensure that all bank general ledger is reconciled, and FD attestation is done on consigno
Assist financial reporting manager in running MDM engine and update the mappings daily
Assist financial reporting manager to run the Brains to SAP reconciliation on monthly basis
Assist/participate on periodical audit exercises done by conformance/BIA/External auditors
Suggest changes/improvements to increase efficiency, accuracy in financial control team
Participate in finance related meetings such as BSRC and address the issues raised there on.
Perform any other duties as assigned by financial control or Director of finance

Technical skills / Competencies

Financial reporting experience
Accounting experience
Strong understanding of Bank of Tanzania reporting principles
Ability to manage large sets of data
Strong analytical skills
Interpersonal skills
PC skills
Ability to work to tight deadlines without compromising accuracy

Risk & Control Behaviour

Manage risk and control effectively by applying applicable risk frameworks and embedding a positive risk culture
Understanding of own role in the end-to-end processes in which you play a part, including applicable risks and controls.
Adhere to Absa’s policies and procedures applicable to own role, demonstrating sound judgement and responsible risk management.
Report all risk events / incidents / issues using the defined process for your business area and help to understand why these happened and how to prevent them in future. Proactively look for ways to improve the control environment by considering what could go wrong in the processes you operate and how errors could be prevented.
All mandatory training completed to deadline

Knowledge, Expertise and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in accounting (BCom Accounting), BAF, etc.)
CPA/ACCA preferable
Team player
Proactive

Absa Values

Absa’s Values and Behaviours represent the set of standards which governs the actions of all of us who work for the bank and against which the performance of every one of us in Absa are being assessed and rewarded:

Trust
Resourceful
Stewardship
Inclusive
Courage

Education

Higher Diplomas: Financial Sciences (Required)