Financial Accountant at Sanlam Investments Group

Sanlam Investments Group is one of South Africa’s largest investment management companies. We have a performance history spanning over 100 years, and offer a range of investment and financial planning solutions to protect and grow the long-term wealth of our clients.

We take particular pride in:

• Sanlam’s longevity and innovation
• People, teamwork and values
• A culture of diversity and commitment to growing our own timber
• Our robust, tested and proven pragmatic investment process and philosophy

Our local and offshore investment products cover the full investment spectrum: active and passive; single and multi-manager – both locally and internationally. Our active funds range are managed according to our pragmatic value investing style. What will you do?

• Reconciliation, analysis and monitoring of the general ledgers
• Assist with audits and peer reviews of audit files
• Responsible for bank reconciliations
• Gathering of internal audit documents and actuary information
• Ensure timely, accurate and valid payments of creditors and expenses in line with supporting documentation
• Ensuring completeness of GL accounting on JDE to final trial balance stage.
• Review & approval of journal entries (and preparing where necessary, especially at month end)
• Review & approval of monthly Bank, Debtor, Creditor & Fixed asset recons from GL to supporting documentation
• Review of invoicing to customers
• Review & approval of invoices and supplier expense payments
• Review & approval of statutory returns & submissions i.e. financial soundness/capital adequacy calculations
• Preparation of audit file and assisting with audit queries (interim/final YE)
• Preparation of Monthly management reports reconciled to JDE Trial Balance (Income statement & Balance sheet)
• Review the validity, accuracy and completeness of monthly income & expenditure (including payroll expenses) & document explanations for monthly deviations from actuals to Budget & update forecasts.
• Responsible for reviewing control accounts
• Ad hoc financial duties

What will make you successful in this role?

• B Comm Accounting Degree from an accredited University
• 2-5 years’ experience in a similar role, preferably with articles or audit experience
• Financial Services industry experience preferable
• Unit Trust experience (advantageous)
• Operations experience in ‘mid office’ role (advantageous)

Qualification and Experience

• Degree or Diploma and/or required
• Certification with 3 to 5 years related experience.
• Knowledge and Skills
• Financial Queries and Recommendations
• Financial Controls Financial Reporting
• Financial Information
• Review Financial Analysis

Personal Attributes

• Communicates effectively - Contributing through others
• Financial acumen - Contributing through others
• Decision quality - Contributing through others
• Optimises work processes - Contributing through others