Senior Product Accountant - Product Owner Max

Old Mutual; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in South Africa seeks a Senior Product Accountant to oversee financial processes and reporting. This role requires a CA qualification and at least 5 years of relevant experience. The successful candidate will manage financial data, ensure compliance, and lead a team towards achieving financial goals. This position offers a hybrid work environment and is crucial for maintaining operational governance and financial integrity within the organization.

Qualifications

• CA Qualification with at least 5 years’ relevant experience.
• Experience preferably in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver financial reporting and control outputs to internal stakeholders.
• Analyze business, financial, control, and operational data.
• Manage and develop staff, ensuring accountability and performance.

Skills

Accounting

Auditing

Financial Analysis

Internal Controls

Management Reporting

Strategic Planning

Analytical Thinking

Budget Management

Data Analysis

Computer Literacy

Data Modeling

Solution Analysis

Education

NQF Level 9 – Masters

Job description

Senior Product Accountant - Product Owner Max

Senior Product Accountant - Product Owner Max

Apply: remote type Hybrid locations Pinelands time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id JR-66449

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Job Description

This vacancy is based in the SAT Finance team reporting to the Finance Manager and will be responsible for products migrating onto the SAT platforms. The role oversees ledger maintenance, reconciliations, internal reporting, and interactions with Segment finance teams and other stakeholders. The candidate will be accountable for achieving results through others over periods of 3 months to a year, focusing on governance, compliance, management dashboards, financial data interpretation, and implementation of accounting processes, systems, and controls for a product. A solid financial grounding is required.

Responsibilities include delivering financial reporting and control outputs to internal stakeholders, including monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, along with all relevant control accounts.

Financial Analysis

• Analyze business, financial, control, and operational data to identify trends and opportunities.
• Provide commentary on financial results and implications and advise on corrective actions.
• Generate financial information.

Financial Control

• Analyze and report on variances.
• Ensure controls operate effectively.
• Identify and investigate reconciling items.
• Understand root causes and coordinate remedial actions.
• Test and sign off on remedial actions before implementation.
• Drive and ensure the successful delivery of remedial actions within timelines.
• Own key accounting processes, champion their implementation and improvement.
• Review team work for control effectiveness.
• Participate in projects.

Governance and Compliance

• Maintain operational governance and compliance.
• Monitor and improve internal controls.
• Liaise with auditors and manage external audit interactions.

Management Reporting

• Generate management reports on controls, processes, and financial position.
• Engage with business unit managers on financial outcomes.
• Assist and train segment finance teams.
• Support actuaries, auditors, and other parties needing information.

Team Effectiveness

• Manage and develop staff, ensuring accountability and performance over 3 to 12 months.
• Create a high-performance environment, motivate staff, and manage work planning and performance.
• Select and develop potential staff to sustain service delivery.

Skills & Qualifications

• CA Qualification with at least 5 years’ relevant experience, preferably in financial services.
• Skills include accounting, auditing, financial analysis, internal controls, management reporting, and strategic planning.
• Additional skills: analytical thinking, budget management, data analysis, computer literacy, data modeling, solution analysis.

Competencies

• Business insight, collaboration, decision quality, financial acumen, managing complexity, nimble learning, process optimization, resourcefulness.

Education

• NQF Level 9 – Masters

Closing Date

23 May 2025, 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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