Financial Reporting Manager at ABSA Bank Limited

Job Description
Main accountabilities and approximate time split

• Implementing
  the Financial controls and processes to ensure the Bank is complying
  with all Group Accounting and Financial Control policies and in
  particular to account reconciliation.
• Manage communications with
  external auditors on external financial statements and accounting
  issues to ensure auditor agreement with company decisions on accounting
  disclosures, and issues
• Assist in the coordination of annual audit and quarterly review activities of external auditors and internal auditors as well.
• Support month end and year end closing
• Participate in other projects as required
• Implement and maintain reporting procedures to comply with internal control requirements
• Communicate
  and explain accounting issues and evolving accounting guidance to the
  management team and key business counterparties
• Prepare quarterly financial statements for publication as per BOT guidelines
• Supervise Account Ownership and Reconciliation process on monthly basis and ensure all GL have owners and reconciled monthly
• Prepare FD attestation and identify the Items at Risk and Balances not reconciled (BNR)
• Ensure that all the finance policies are up to date and reviewed and approved by the board of directors periodically
• Manage financial reporting systems (SAP, Brains, TM1) and make sure that systems are running up to date all the time.
• Ensuring
  that all processes and controls have been carried out to ensure the
  Finance Director is in a position to sign the formal FD attestation.
  Prepares the list of control issues and other tables which form the
  major part of the attestation.
• Monitoring the performance of
  controls bt reviewing them with the control owner or using the on line
  tool. Reports on exception s, issues and items at risk.
• Implementing
  any new policies ensuring existing controls are operating in accordance
  with the documented / mapped process. Represents the Financial
  Controller at meetings when required and will ensure any new policies or
  changes in policies are communicated within the Finance team.
• Assists in the preparation and submission of statutory accounts.
• Responsible
  for the elimination process including reviewing all mismatches and will
  chase the parties involved where material mismatches occur so that
  these can be understood and be explained. Provides coaching to the
  parties involved to ensure mismatches which are not due to timing
  differences don’t re-occur.
• Responsible for running the monthly
  Journals QA and Account Reconciliation QA processes, including selecting
  the sample, conducting the sample and collating the results for sign
  off by the Financial Controller.

Technical skills / Competencies

• Financial reporting experience
• Accounting experience
• Strong understanding of Bank Of Tanzania reporting principles
• Ability to manage large sets of data
• Strong analytical skills
• Interpersonal skills
• PC skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines without compromising accuracy

Knowledge, Expertise and Experience

• Bachelor degree in accounting (Bcom Accounting), BAF, etc.)
• CPA/ACCA is must
• Team player
• Proactive

• Trust
• Resourceful
• Stewardship
• Courage
• Inclusion

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Financial Sciences (Required)