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Job Description

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

Responsibility 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

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,

Articles preferably from a large audit firm

Experience in a Financial Services organization

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, Management Accounting, Report Review

Competencies

Builds Effective TeamsBusiness InsightCommunicates EffectivelyEnsures AccountabilityFinancial AcumenManages ComplexityOptimizes Work ProcessesOrganizational Savvy

Education

Bachelors Degree (B): Chartered Accountancy (Required)

Closing Date

23 July 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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