Product Accountant - Financial Controls & Insights

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd in Cape Town seeks a Product Accountant to oversee financial control, reconciliation and reporting for investment products on the Stadium platform. You will collaborate with Finance, Operations, Actuarial, Audit and Technology to ensure regulatory compliance.

The role focuses on governance, control effectiveness, and process ownership across key accounting processes with interactions at senior levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce or equivalent financial qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years in finance, accounting or product accounting.
• Experience in financial services is advantageous.
• Experience with reconciliations, governance and controls.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial information to identify trends and opportunities.
• Provide commentary on financial results and corrective actions.
• Generate and report financial information and variances.
• Ensure controls operate effectively and investigate reconciling items.
• Own key accounting processes and drive remedial actions.
• Review team work for control effectiveness and accuracy.
• Interact with auditors, actuaries and senior stakeholders.
• Support management reporting and financial position of products.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Internal Controls

Governance

Management Reporting

Accounting

Auditing

Excel

Data Analysis

Education

BCom/Accounting

CA(SA) or progress toward

Tools

Excel

Investment administration

Job description

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd in Cape Town seeks a Product Accountant to oversee financial control, reconciliation and reporting for investment products on the Stadium platform. You will collaborate with Finance, Operations, Actuarial, Audit and Technology to ensure regulatory compliance.

The role focuses on governance, control effectiveness, and process ownership across key accounting processes with interactions at senior levels.