What will you do?<\/p>\n
\tReporting on the property portfolio for Sanlam Life and performing controls to ensure accuracy of Sanlam Life results.
\n\tPreparation, review and submission of property portfolio financial information from SAP into Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)
\n\tMaintaining HFM manual control checklist for audit purposes
\n\tProcess opening fund controls\/journals in HFM to ensure that Statement of Changes in Equity (SOCIE) has no validation.
\n\tProcessing of intercompany journals for Sanlam Life on HFM to ensure that loan balances in HFM agrees to loan confirmations and SAP.
\n\tClearing of intercompany mismatch balances\/related party balances before phase 1 is promoted on a quarterly basis
\n\tPreparation and submission of regulatory returns of property subsidiaries to external stakeholders, e.g. SARS.
\n\tCompletion of Annual Financial Statements (AFS) for property subsidiaries in accordance with accounting standards
\n\tComplete retirement funds AFS on Magic Software for submission to FSCA.
\n\tCompletion of allocated notes \/webforms for Sanlam Life Group – Properties\u00a0
\n\tPreparation of the Related party transactions note for Life Co AFS
\n\tAssist with ad hoc financial tasks and HFM related queries from the team
\n\tMaintain journal register to ensure compliance with the Group journal policy
\n\tLog JIRA requests\u00a0<\/p>\n
What will make you successful in this role?<\/p>\n
Statutory reporting for the property subsidiary data and reporting on HFM:<\/p>\n
\tProcess opening fund journals to ensure that Statement of Changes in Equity (SOCIE) has no validations. Any validations relating to divisions the Financial Accountant sends email reminders to the affected
\n\tDivisions to clear SOCIE.
\n\tMapping of new accounts in FDM and ensure TB loads are loaded on time.
\n\tEnsure that property internal controls are completed on time to ensure validity and accuracy of the Trial Balance\/MDA Ledger received from JHI and that Sanlam Life reports to Group Finance Reporting team on
\n\ttime. \u00a0These controls include MDA to SAP TB Recon, Property Loans Recon, Market and Book Value Recon, Net Income Recon, Fixed equipment Recon, Loose Equipment Recon, Investment Properties
\n\tRecon, McCormick Reallocation journal, Bank Journal, Debtors\/Creditors journal and Summary of Property values for internal purposes. All these controls need to be performed to ensure SL results are accurate and ultimately Group results also.
\n\tCompletion of group reporting webforms for Sanlam Life(group) and to enable overall group reporting as well at a Sanlam Limited level \u2013 the financial accountant completes the following HFM Webforms or Notes to ensure a complete SL financial disclosure:
\n\tOwner Occupied Note
\n\tInvestment Properties
\n\tProperty Sensitivity Analysis
\n\tHFM journal for Straight-lining rental adjustment
\n\tSigned\/Audited property subsidiary financial statements of the Sanlam life group \u2013 The financial accountant is responsible to produce annual financial statements for Phoenix Industrial Park Pty (Ltd). San Lameer Pty (Ltd) and Rycklof Beleggings Pty (Ltd).
\n\tRegulatory returns for submission to South African Revenue Services and CIPC \u2013 Income Tax return (ITR 14), Provisional Tax return (IRP6) and Value Added Tax return (VAT201).
\n\tAdmin and safe keeping of relevant documents for audit purposes \u2013 Maintain Journal register, FDM reports, Audit Control manual checklist.<\/p>\n
Qualification and Experience<\/p>\n
\tB-com accounting degree\/B-tech
\n\tMinimum of 3 years relevant experience
\n\tFinancial reporting experience in a financial services environment
\n\tCommunication with various stakeholders
\n\tSAP and HFM
\n\tExcel
\n\tUnderstanding complex group structures<\/p>\n
Knowledge and Skills<\/p>\n
\tGood technical accounting knowledge.
\n\tAccounting and tax knowledge.
\n\tKnowledge of the group structure,\u00a0
\n\tKnowledge of the insurance industry
\n\tAdvanced excel\u00a0
\n\tFinancial reporting\u00a0
\n\tProblem-solving skills\u00a0
\n\tAnalytical skills
\n\tSoftware Proficiency
\n\tAbility to work within strict deadlines
\n\tBusiness writing skills
\n\tStakeholder management<\/p>\n
Personal Attributes<\/p>\n
\tEffective communication\u00a0
\n\tDecision quality
\n\tAnalytical thinking
\n\tConcern for accuracy
\n\tPlans and aligns\u00a0<\/p>\n
The closing date is 15 June 2026.<\/p>\n
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