This role ensures compliance with accounting standards at a group level. This requires the incumbent to interpret and integrate accounting and tax knowledge. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results though staff supervised  over periods of 3 months to a year.

• Accountable for the preparation of financial reports for a number of areas.
• Ensures compliance with accounting standards at a group level.
• Provides technical assistance to business units and liaises with key stakeholders.
• Integrates accounting and tax knowledge in terms of analysis and interpretation of technical issues.
• Guides systems and process development and ongoing improvements.
• Contributes to finance strategy.
• Manages a team of accountants and accounting specialists.
• Keeps abreast of current accounting and tax developments.

Team Effectiveness:

• Individually accountable for others’ time, tasks and output quality, over periods of three months to a year.
• Balances own priorities with directing and motivating others.
• Plans & assigns work over periods of three months to a year.
• Guides and directs staff to achieve operational excellence standards.
• Creates a climate for optimal performance
• Manages performance.
• Selects potential staff to sustain customer/ client service delivery.

Governance & Compliance:

• Ensures compliance with accounting standards, at a group level.
• Contributes to finance strategy.
• Guides systems and process development and ongoing improvements.
• Integrates accounting, actuarial and tax knowledge in terms of analysis and interpretation of technical issues.

Financial Reporting:

• Accountable for the preparation of financial reports for a number of areas.
• Responsible for the Group Financial Reporting process, this includes ownership of the annual year-end and interim reporting processes.
• Provides technical assistance to business units and liaises with key stakeholders.

Education

Bachelors Degree (B) (Required)