Financial and BI Accountant at Hollywoodbets

Job Description

• Being a part of the Hollywoodbets Purple Team is an opportunity to become a part of one of South Africa’s biggest success stories.
• From humble beginnings in Durban, Hollywoodbets has grown into a powerhouse brand operating across Africa and the United Kingdom.
• And that’s just the beginning. Our talented Team is on a mission to increase our global footprint, ready to take on any challenge because at Hollywoodbets, not even the sky is the limit. Join our Team and let’s reach for the stars.
• We have amazing opportunities for X8 Financial and BI Accountants.  Do you think you have what it takes to be our newest Purple Star?
• The successful candidates will be responsible for providing support to relevant Managers and to be solely responsible for assigned projects, improve the business processes, controls around betting and support functions to the business as a whole.
• To aid Senior financial and BI Accountants in performing the functions, to help develop the functions and to help develop the department to meet the needs of the business.

With Hollywoodbets You Will:

• Innovate and create as part of a like-minded, authentic Team eager to achieve goals.
• Embrace challenges and the thrill of working in a vibrant and fast-paced industry.
• Grow with our development plans and culture that allows you to further your career.

You Bring:

• Completed Matric with English and Mathematics
• Computer Literate
• +1 years practical auditing/ accounting/BI experience

A Bonus To Have:

• Pastel Evolution Knowledge/ SQL
• Completed SAICA Articles
• Completed or studying towards auditing/ accounting/ BI
• Own Transport

What You’ll Do For The Brand:

Financial Metrics/ Operational Duties

• Work closely with the Group Audit Project Manager/ Group Financial Control Manager.
• Assist Senior financial and BI accountants in performing the functions and to help develop the functions and to help develop the department to meet the needs of the business.
• Understand and evaluate business processes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Assist in planning and managing implementation of improvement programs. 
• Investigate and resolve monthly variances between the financial reports.
• Collect and analyze data to detect system weaknesses and identify key and residual risks.
• Work closely with the development and operational teams to test integrations and new products.
• Work on the deployment of new software and/or related processes. 
• Submit working papers documenting the daily findings.
• Submit a daily report summarizing key aspects of the daily sign offs. 
• Identify and rectify weaknesses within procedures, processes, policies and related internal control frameworks.
• Continuously look to improve efficiency and effectiveness through ongoing learning/development and new techniques.
• Ability to manage changing priorities and competing demands.
• Ensure deadline is met for relevant tasks.
• Timeous and accurate reporting of findings with material value or material risk.
• Help to develop a culture of continuous improvement through process re-engineering and change management.
• Recommend improvements to further mitigate company risk and improve efficiencies.

Compliance, risk and quality

• Creating, maintaining and enforcing company policies and procedures
• 100% compliance with health and safety regulations (where applicable)
• Support the Group Audit Project Manager / Group Financial Control Manger regarding the maintenance of the risk register.
• Intense focus on quality with regards to communication, capturing, documentation etc
• Maintenance of department process write-ups/ system descriptions and quarterly updating
• Ensure logical saving of all work, templates, etc. monthly and yearly such that each year’s financial records can stand on its own when enquiries/ investigations/audits take place
• Produce high quality, neat, logical, succinct, easy to follow, easy to understand, formula linked work/templates/workbooks/financial models/recons - of which is substantiated by facts with no numbers in the formulas. 
• Ensure the above (final version) and other documents are chronologically saved/backed up.
• Summaries the detailed daily findings on the designated software and submit a daily report to the Group Audit Project Manager / Group Financial Control Manager.
• Effectively deal with internal, external, SARS, NCA and BEE auditors
• Promote declaration of all gifts and report suspicious requests to clear queries from departments responding to queries
• Promote declaration all conflicts of interest upfront.
• Promote a culture of confidentiality within the business with regards to the protection of personal information .
• Promote a culture of compliance with FICA and AML regulations with regards to reporting of suspicious transactions.
• Ensure all personal information of loan applicants and suppliers and other stakeholders is not shared and is maintained in a secure environment.
• Stay abreast with changes in the relevant industry and changes to relevant Acts/Regulations.

What You’ll Bring to The Team:

• Good communication skills
• Strong project management and problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytical and strategic skills
• Demonstrate the ability to pay attention to details and strong presentation skills.
• Demonstrate high energy, enthusiasm and motivation in execution of work.
• Ability to take accountability
• Demonstrates an exceptional level of customer service
• Ability to coach and train
• Demonstrate strong administration skills
• Very driven and proactive