Head Process Architect – Accounting Control

Highly accomplished senior leader to lead a portion of the Accounting Control function. This is a critical leadership role responsible for ensuring the integrity, completeness, and control of financial information across the organisation, while shaping the future direction of Accounting Control through strong strategic vision and people leadership.

• Support the Head of Accounting Control in the development of the strategic vision for the Accounting Control function, aligning it with broader finance and business objectives.
• Lead, inspire, and develop a diverse group of senior managers.
• Drive a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance across all teams.
• Oversee sub‑ledger control activities supporting the insurance business, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely close processes.
• Oversee the Accounting Functions team which includes Legal Entity Financial Statement preparation, ad hoc reporting requirements, process documentation assessment for improvement and analysis of process performance measures.
• Manage a team of accounting subject matter experts who serve as the link between Accounting Control and Business Finance.
• Ensure strong governance frameworks, controls, and reconciliations across all accounting control processes.
• Manage effective delivery of outputs to ensure high quality and efficient process.
• Enhance operating model for medium and long term requirements, in line with best practice.
• Allocate tasks and responsibilities appropriately to ensure the correct skills are assigned to the correct task in support of efficiency and productivity of the process and operating design.
• Play a leadership role in strategic projects as Accounting Control representation.

• Honours/Masters-degree in (Accounting) (NQF level 7);
• CA SA (Preferable);
• Previous experience in leading a significant area within the Financial Industry;
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience management of a large team.
• Minimum 12 years post qualified.
• Deciding and initiating action.
• Learning and researching.
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking.
• Relating and networking.
• Adapting and responding to change.
• Persuading and influencing.
• Creating and innovating.
• Problem solving and critical thinking.