Team Lead, Accounting Set-Up Squad

Education

First degree in Applied or Social Sciences, Higher Degree/ Professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA, or its equivalent

Experience

Minimum experience: 8-10 years of relevant financial services, operations, consulting and financial control functions.

1. Facilitate all account maintenance activities, i.e. Static/Master Data Maintenance such as creation of new accounts and appropriate GL mapping, managing restrictions on accounts as required for product setup or modifications

2. Review of Product Papers, Business Requirement Documents, User Story Document and all such change requests/ change management documents to ensure accuracy in accounting setup and accounting treatment, correctness of accounting entries, management of financial risk and operational risk issues.

3. Designing all required accounting procedures for products and processes

4. Operate the change control process and ensure Chart of Account standards, GL Control Policy accounting standards and policies, regulatory requirements, tax laws, and all other relevant policies are adhered to.

5. Implement financial accounting process improvements as may be required