Management Accountant

The purpose of this role is to:
Partner with operational heads, to ensure that financial information is reported in line with IFRS standards, company policy and business requirements.
Provide commercial and financial oversight in supporting the operational heads, while monitoring performance to approved budgets.
Maintain appropriate communication channels between finance and business.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Financial Management & Control
Work within established systems to deliver prescribed outcomes for a designated
area of financial control. Able to monitor and control expenditure. Able to
interpret the impact of unusual figures identified by analytical review. Able to
prepare budgets and forecasts in cooperation with senior managers.

Data Collection & Analysis
Anomalies are identified and then investigated together with financial
accountants to ensure processing is complete and accurate. If the investigation does not yield
satisfactory results, the management accountant proceeds to investigate the
source of data Analyse financialdata, extracts and define relevant information.
Interpret data for the purpose of determining past financial
performance and forecast preparation by business unit and consolidation into
personal lines.

Cost Accounting
Conduct complex analyses of costs for a significant part of the business to
identify variances, suggest efficiencies, and increase profitability. Perform ratio
analysis as well as the interpretation of variances eg. surplus ratio, claims ratio,
expenses ratio, and other cost accounting metrics.

Budgeting & Costing
Deliver a budget for an area of the organisation or conduct complex analyses on
budget progress in other areas of the organisation. Running staff lists to ensure
each business unit / cost centres have the correct allocation. Budget system
management. Assist heads with population of templates.
Liaise between key stakeholders in order to ensure that the budget is accurate
and follows logic.
Provide instruction and answer questions relating to budget procedures.
Identifies budget issues, provide alternative solutions, and resolve problems.
Manage the various budget iterations between heads and exco expectations.

Operational Compliance
Follow a range of mandatory procedures to ensure that work is carried out to the
required quality standards and/or to ensure adherence to external regulatory
codes and internal codes of conduct.

Insights and Reporting
Prepare and coordinate the completion of various financial reports.
Personal Capability Building
Keep abreast of laws and regulations that apply to this particular function or field
of professional expertise, maintain up to date compliance.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

Financial Accounting
Work and provide technical guidance when required to classify, measure and
record corporate transactio