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    Group Financial Accountant - Cape Town, South Africa - Santam

    Santam
    Santam Cape Town, South Africa

    5 days ago

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    What will you do?

    This career opportunity is available at Santam's Corporate Services in the for the Financial Management department. The role is based in Bellville, Cape Town.

    The Group Financial Accountant will be part of the financial management, statutory reporting and IFRS technical function of the Santam group.

    This function encompasses both externally directed financial reporting to shareholders and the Board and internally focused reporting with regards to management reports. The objective will be the production of timeous and accurate consolidated financial results to be included in management reports, statutory financial statements and reports on the overall consolidated financial results for the Santam Group of Companies. It also includes regular interaction with external auditors and the preparation of IFRS technical memos.

    What will make you successful in this role?

  • An interest in both routine and non-routine tasks.
  • Ability to reperform working papers with minimal coaching.
  • Strict adherence to deadlines.
  • Appreciation for even the simplest procedures being important.
  • Willing to invest personal time.
  • Ability to navigate several accounting systems and dig for information yourself.
  • Strong IFRS technical knowledge.

    • Qualification and Experience

  • CA (SA).
  • Financial accounting experience in complex technical environments, including consolidation and group reporting experience.
  • Experience in the insurance industry would be advantageous.

    • Knowledge and Skills

  • Strong knowledge of IFRS (knowledge of insurance accounting would be advantageous).
  • Insurance Act, Companies Act
  • Tax knowledge
  • Computer literate (Advanced Excel)
  • Knowledge of and experience with Hyperion Financial Management or similar consolidation systems would be advantageous.
  • Strong numeracy and analytical skills
  • Results orientated and deadline driven
  • Capacity to operate in a high pressure environment
  • Critical thinking skills and an eye for detail
  • Problem solving
  • Good communication skills
  • Strong capability for research of a technical nature
  • Ability to work with diverse stakeholders

    • Core Competencies

    Being resilient - Contributing through othersCollaborates - Contributing through othersCultivates innovation - Contributing through othersCustomer focus - Contributing through othersDrives results - Contributing through others

    About The Company

    Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.

    Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We're about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

    At Santam we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.

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