Job Description

Position summary
Industry: Auditing/Accounting
Job category: Other: Banking, Finance, Insurance, Stockbroking
Location: Cape Town
Contract: Permanent
EE position: No
Introduction
To provide the business with quality financial reports that are accurate, timeous and relevant using latest decision support technologies (e.g Cognos, Excel, Hyperion, Qlikview, FR, Smartview and Essbase) with further training extended to Onestream. To support the Finance business unit with the objective of producing effective, reliable, and timely financial performance management information that is aligned with the company wide financial goals and balanced scorecard. To ensure that there is financial integrity across the financial planning and reporting systems for management and financial reporting and to provide input into financial system design to ensure that the finance objectives control objectives are achieved.
Job description
xc2xb7 Ensuring the financial data integrity of the reporting environment across the various financial reporting systems, including Onestream (training provided)
xc2xb7 Ensuring the non-financial and statistical data integrity, received from multiple business sources

• Apply constant innovation in the process of report production - making information easier to produce, greater accuracy and quicker delivery
• Managing the financial data integrity checking process and providing resolution

xc2xb7 Supports the month-end reporting period close process
xc2xb7 Supports the annual and quarterly financial planning process through budget loads and financial system checks
xc2xb7 Co-ordination and integration with ITS to facilitate financial systems requests, data integrity and issue resolution
xc2xb7 Workshop complex processes with cross-functional stakeholders to understand and communicate finance's business requirement across multiple departments/divisions
xc2xb7 Preparing adhoc business requirement specifications for new reporting standards and business initiatives, and project managing financial process system enhancements and resolution of system defects
xc2xb7 Continuously identify opportunities to improve and streamline finance system processes across the finance community
Minimum requirements
xc2xb7 Personal effectiveness and time management to be able to deliver to strict deadlines
xc2xb7 Excellent numerical, analytical, and interpretive ability with a passion for business analytics.
TECHNICAL AND FUNCTIONAL
xc2xb7 Able to develop and use financial reporting models
xc2xb7 Good communication skills - able to explain financial models to line management
xc2xb7 Good problem resolution ability
xc2xb7 Able to develop and produce clear financial management information
xc2xb7 Able to analyze financial information and make recommendations for improvement
xc2xb7 Able to effectively use latest decision support systems and other technologies (e.g Cognos, Excel, Hyperion, Qlikview, FR, Smartview and Essbase)
xc2xb7 Open to learning new system/ ways of working.
Behavioural Skills
xc2xb7 Knowledge of Business IT systems
xc2xb7 Analytical skills
xc2xb7 Problem solving ability
xc2xb7 Understanding of Finance processes
xc2xb7 Process thinking ability
xc2xb7 Computer Literacy, including general Microsoft Office skills
xc2xb7 Business analyst skills
xc2xb7 Process design and documentation skills
TERTIARY REQUIREMENT
xc2xb7 Relevant Financial qualification - B Comm
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
xc2xb7 B Comm - 1-3 years' experience within a retail (or similar) environment