Job Description

Listing reference:

woolw_001100

Listing status:

Online

Apply by:

24 February 2025

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

Ensuring the financial data integrity of the reporting environment across the various financial reporting systems, including Onestream (training provided) 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 Supports the month-end reporting period close process Supports the annual and quarterly financial planning process through budget loads and financial system checks Co-ordination and integration with ITS to facilitate financial systems requests, data integrity and issue resolution Workshop complex processes with cross-functional stakeholders to understand and communicate finance's business requirement across multiple departments/divisions Preparing adhoc business requirement specifications for new reporting standards and business initiatives, and project managing financial process system enhancements and resolution of system defects Continuously identify opportunities to improve and streamline finance system processes across the finance community

Minimum requirements

Personal effectiveness and time management to be able to deliver to strict deadlines Excellent numerical, analytical, and interpretive ability with a passion for business analytics.

TECHNICAL AND FUNCTIONAL

Able to develop and use financial reporting models Good communication skills - able to explain financial models to line management Good problem resolution ability Able to develop and produce clear financial management information Able to analyze financial information and make recommendations for improvement Able to effectively use latest decision support systems and other technologies (e.g Cognos, Excel, Hyperion, Qlikview, FR, Smartview and Essbase) Open to learning new system/ ways of working.

Behavioural Skills

Knowledge of Business IT systems Analytical skills Problem solving ability Understanding of Finance processes Process thinking ability Computer Literacy, including general Microsoft Office skills Business analyst skills Process design and documentation skills

TERTIARY REQUIREMENT

Relevant Financial qualification - B Comm

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

* B Comm - 1-3 years' experience within a retail (or similar) environment