OMF Senior Financial Accountant (Fixed Term Contract - 12 months)

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (Malawi) Limited; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in South Africa is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to manage financial reporting and ensure compliance. The ideal candidate will have a Chartered Accountant qualification with 4-5 years of experience, including managerial responsibilities. You will be responsible for generating reports, preparing financial statements, and supporting the Financial Manager. Excellent Excel skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment are essential.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years post articles experience.
• 2-3 years post-article managerial experience.
• Articles preferably from a large audit firm.
• Experience in a Financial Services organization.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments with tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support the Financial Manager with complex financial data.
• Generate and review internal management reports.
• Prepare Annual Financial Statements and slides for Committee meetings.
• Ensure compliance and governance at an operational level.

Skills

Accounting

Budget Management

Financial Analysis

Financial Auditing

Data Controls

Financial Accounting

Education

Chartered Accountant Qualification

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

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Job Description

Job Description Summary: Old Mutual Finance was established in 2008 to provide unsecured lending products and services to the SA market. The business started with a staff compliment of 34 and has since grown to over 2800 employees with more than 300 branches nationally. Within our branches we offer insurance, lending products as well as servicing.

Old Mutual Finance is currently seeking to hire a Senior Financial Accountant. This role will report to the Financial Manager of Old Mutual Finance and include reporting deliverables for Old Mutual Finance as well as Old Mutual Transaction Services as needed. It requires an individual with a passion for financial management, driving reporting timelines of financial results and execution on the business plan, while managing governance and compliance at an operational level. This position is individually accountable for achieving results through others, over periods of three months to one year.

Key responsibilities will include amongst others the following:

• Supporting the Financial Manager on the interpretation of complex financial data and predictive results, providing commentary on financial results and implications and advising on corrective action to be taken
• Develops, reports on, and interprets cost drivers, KPIs and benchmarks
• Generating internal management reports
• Reviewing internal management reports
• Preparation of slides for Committee meetings
• Preparation of Annual Financial Statements
• Analyses and reports on variances
• Audit management, tax management as well as governance and compliance
• Respons for audit liaisons as per tax, legislative and statutory requirements
• Ensuring tax workings and returns are in line with Group Tax and statutory requirements
• Accountability for governance and compliance at an operational level
• Maintaining a suitable financial control environment
• Providing insights into accounting policies and technical opinions, where relevant
• Continuous evaluation of financial processes and driving process optimization within the relevant teams
• Management of others - reporting, debtors and creditors teams
• Providing input into ad hoc projects, directly within or outside of the broader Finance team

  Qualifications, Skills and Experience required:

  • Chartered Accountant Qualification
  • 4-5 years post articles experience
  • 2-3 years post article managerial experience
  • Articles preferably from a large audit firm
  • Experience in a Financial Services organization
  • Lending or banking experience (advantageous)
  • Banking experience advantageous
  • IT skills - excellent Excel skills required
  • Tax experience advantageous
  • Strong work ethic, self-motivated and demonstrable high standards of achievement
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in diverse teams as well as independently
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with multiple priorities and deliveries under tight deadlines
  • Ability to work with complex financial data sets and provide insights and recommendations
  • Excellent attention to detail

  Skills

  Accounting, Action Planning, Budget Management, Business Requirements Analysis, Data Compilation, Data Controls, Evaluating Information, Financial Accounting, Financial Acumen, Financial Analysis, Financial Auditing, Financial Modeling, Managerial Accounting, Report Review

  Competencies

  • Builds Effective Teams
  • Business Insight
  • Communicates Effectively
  • Ensures Accountability
  • Financial Acumen
  • Manages Complexity
  • Optimizes Work Processes
  • Organizational Savvy

  Education

  Bachelors Degree (B): Chartered Certified Accountant (Required)

  Closing Date

  03 January 2026 , 23:59

  The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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