Specialist FC Systems and Reporting at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

About the Job

Job Summary

• The purpose of the role is to manage the support, development and maintenance of the financial aspects of the Financial Reporting Systems and General Ledgers. Participate in research, design, development and testing of improvements or new solutions to ensure financial data integrity. Assist with strategy and business requirements for FC Systems. Provide leadership, training and support to stakeholders and team.

Job Description

Accountability: Maintain financial system data integrity

• Contribute towards financial systems data alignment and integration.
• Establish and enforce a stable environment for the maintenance/enhancement of financial processes.
• Monitor the enhancement of all conversion and parameter tables for new requirements to ensure that the financial flow of transactions are correct.

Accountability: Manage and maintain Finance System operations

• Check and execute the scheduling of all relevant jobs.
• Manage and monitor all incidents/Snow Requests logged.
• Monitor incoming interfaces for the ARO entities into SAP ECC/SAP 4 Hana
• Assist in the resolving interface errors

Accountability: Operational delivery, user support and access

• Provide guidance, user support and training relating to finance applications.
• Develop and sustain knowledge and experience regarding product systems and general ledgers, in order to support business units with enhanced service delivery.
• Assist users and colleagues with queries regarding journal posting, transactions, balances, integrity, and master data queries.
• Liaise and escalate any problems/errors that need IT attention.
• Manage access and security on finance systems and maintenance of user authorisation levels.
• Assist with the management of the day-to-day operations of the business area.

Accountability: Stakeholder management

• Build strong relationships with key role players in order to have a clear understanding of their business requirements.
• Understand the impact of the changes and inform business of any risks or impact as a result of changes.
• Provide direction and input to enable Business Units to manage and resolve issues.
• Ensure the satisfaction of the customer (internal or external) needs by responding efficiently, ensuring high quality of work and by meeting the required deadlines.
• Liaising and providing external auditors with required information.

Accountability: Accountability: Process Management

• Execution of processes as designed.
• Constantly review, improve and maintain own activities to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of processes.
• Recommend areas for improvement in order to reduce cycle times, improve productivity, create capacity and improve process reliability and customer satisfaction.
• Assist in the implementation of new and/or enhanced processes.

Role/Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills

• Exceptional interpersonal and team-working skills
• Reporting System maintenance and enhancement
• SAP ECC/SAP S4 Hana
• Solid financial background
• System life cycle management
• Strong problem-solving skills

Education and Experience

• Sap Accreditation
• B Degree in Commerce or Advanced Diploma in Accounting or Advanced Diploma/B Tech in Information Technology (NQF Level 7.).
• 5 – 8 Years experience in banking/financial and financial systems.

Competencies

• Deciding and initiating action
• Problem solving within ambit of responsibility;
• Relating and networking;
• Adapting and responding to change

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)