Finance Data Governance & IFRS Analyst

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd is seeking a Finance Analyst to support Finance Data Governance and Accounting. The role bridges Finance, Data, and Technology to ensure data integrity, governance, and compliant financial reporting.

You will interpret IFRS, define data governance standards, and collaborate across finance and IT to translate accounting requirements into system specifications, documenting controls and data flows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level or higher with IFRS knowledge.
• Experience translating accounting requirements into data/system specifications.
• Exposure to data governance frameworks is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Interpret IFRS standards and ensure compliant financial reporting outputs.
• Translate accounting requirements into data, system and integration specs.
• Collaborate with Finance, Data and Technology to align governance with system implementation.
• Develop and maintain data definitions, glossaries, ownership, and quality rules.
• Document end-to-end data and process flows with key controls.

Skills

IFRS accounting

Data governance

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

System integration

Problem solving

Education

BCom (Honours) in Finance/Accounting

CA(SA) or equivalent

Tools

Oracle ERP

HFM

Job description

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd is seeking a Finance Analyst to support Finance Data Governance and Accounting. The role bridges Finance, Data, and Technology to ensure data integrity, governance, and compliant financial reporting.

You will interpret IFRS, define data governance standards, and collaborate across finance and IT to translate accounting requirements into system specifications, documenting controls and data flows.