Head of Finance at Sanlam Investments East Africa (SIEA)

Purpose
The role will be responsible for ensuring timely delivery of monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting reports, budgeting, ensuring compliance, capital management, general ledger management and decision support.
Primary responsibilities

• Financial reporting-Management reporting, statutory reporting, and regulatory reporting (IRA, KRA, CMA).
• General ledger management - Establish and maintain sound and transparent accounting and fiscal control procedures for financial and operations to ensure the completeness, integrity and accuracy of general ledger and associated processes (Reconciliations and check lists etc).
• Compliance - Ensure compliance of financial and operations systems with the policies and procedures, rules and regulations (IRA), and Government of Kenyan laws.
• Capital management -Asset liability matching, liquidity management, and investment management.
• Leadership - Provide leadership to finance and operations aspects, including general administrative processes, financial management, accounting, and logistics. Makes day-to-day interpretations and decisions on the accounting treatment of financial transactions.
• Decision and value add support - Financial modelling for decision support, budgeting support, preparation of year end audit work papers, Ad hoc reporting and value add reporting.

Person Specifications
Academic Qualification

•  Bachelor's degree in business administration, Finance and Accounting or its equivalent from a recognized institution. An MBA will be an added advantage.

Professional Qualification

• CPAKVACCA or its equivalent from a recognized institution.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years' Insurance Industry experience.

Skills and Attributes

• Knowledge of applicable regulations including IRA, KRA, CMA, IASB IFRSS and IFRS 17.
• Excellent management and leadership skills.
• Good problem solving and analytical thinking skills
• Good planning and organizational skills; and
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Strong preference will be given to candidates with the requisite qualifications, skills and experience.