Financial Accountant.

Closing Date 2023/03/21

Reference Number HOL230314-3

Job Title Financial Accountant

Business Unit Hollard Group Risk

Department Finance

Job Family Finance

Job Type Classification Permanent

Reporting To Finance Manager

Number of Positions 1

Location - Town / City Johannesburg

Location - Province Gauteng

Location - Country South Africa

Job Advert Summary

Helloan exciting new opportunity has just become available at Hollard Group Risk, within our Finance area. We are looking to recruit a Financial Accountant.

The purpose of this role is to assist the finance department in achieving its financial reporting, operational and

strategic objectives. The role requires a strong and ambitious individual to work closely with the Financial

Manager to ensure that the end-to-end financial reporting requirements, internal projects, and business wide

requirements are met.

The individual is required to have both financial reporting and insurance industry

experience. This person should be a self-starter, be comfortable to lead activities whilst implementing guidance

from management

Assist with financial reporting.

Preparation of general ledger journals, reconciliations, and analysis.

Assist As When Required With Finance Operational Requirements.

Assist with annual budgeting and forecasting process.

Analysis and interpretation of HGRs financial results.

Assist in completion of quarterly and year end reporting packs.

Approval of expense payments, bank transfers, journals, and general ledger reconciliations.

Internal And External Audits

Provide timely information, feedback on queries to both internal and external audit teams, to

ensure efficient and successful audit.

Documentation and updating of internal financial control processes.

Liaise with internal audit and manage the sharing of supporting documentation.

Ensure controls are documented and identify areas of improvement.

Projects And Analytics

System Implementation

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of new policy administration system

Data warehouse reports testing and sign-off.

Identify gaps and system defects, communicate with the project team, and follow up on outstanding

issues.

Identifying areas where process improvements need to happen to enable and efficient process and

automated as far as possible.

Finance Automation identifying process improvement areas and implementing improves processes.

IFRS 17

Assist with the preparation and reconciliation of finance data inputs.

Review data for validations and liaise with IT team to address issues.

Perform User Performance Testing for finance related requirements.

Data Analytics

Extracting and analysing relevant data to support business decision making.

Ability to work with large volumes of data.

Using Power BI, Excel Macros or other tools to enhance reporting and analysis to inform future business

decision making.

Automation of processes and workflow design

Identification of efficiencies and cost saving opportunities across the business

Competitor Analysis

Liaise with Group Reporting Team, Project Team, and other stakeholders.

Participate in team meetings and contribute to the discussions and decisions of the team.

Adhoc projects and requirements in order to meet the Finance Departments goals.

Maintain good relationships with all stakeholders.

Resolve queries and complaints

Required Knowledge And Experience

Good Planning and Organisational skills

Good Interpersonal and Communication skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Time management - Ability to meet deadlines.

Accuracy

Completeness

Ability to engage with various stakeholders.

Ability to work under pressure.

PC Skills (Advanced Excel, Outlook, Word)

Experience using an accounting system Great Plains preferable.

Report writing

Reliable

Positive Attitude

Team player

Attention to detail.

Goal orientated Deadline / Delivery driven

Educational Requirements

B Comm Accounting degree or equivalent will be preferable

At least 5 years experience in a Finance Department in a similar role including, Accounting in a manual environment

Understanding of Line of business systems and their integration into the accounting system

Group Risk or Life Insurance Industry experience will be preferable:

Technical Insurance accounting

Reinsurance accounting and administration