Specialist Accountant at Absa Bank Limited Sandton

💼 Specialist Accountant | Absa Bank Limited
📍 Location: Sandton
🌍 Work Type: Hybrid (Remote & On-site)
🕓 Job Type: Full-Time
📅 Closing Date: 17 October 2025
🔖 Requisition ID: R-15980264

Empowering Africa’s Tomorrow, Together

With over 100 years of rich history and a strong foundation as a leading African bank with both regional and international expertise, Absa Bank Limited offers you the opportunity to be part of a transformative journey — reshaping the future of finance and driving sustainable growth across the continent.

Join our Financial Decision Support (FDS) team within Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) as a Specialist Accountant — where you’ll play a crucial role in financial planning, analysis, and management reporting. You’ll help shape strategic financial insights that empower leadership to make informed decisions and accelerate business growth.

🌟 Job Summary

The Specialist Accountant focuses on Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) and the reporting of management information for CIB’s executive leadership. This role is central to ensuring financial integrity, operational excellence, and strategic decision-making through insightful data analysis and automation of financial processes.

You’ll be part of a high-performing finance team that enables business agility, innovation, and transformation while upholding strong governance and financial stewardship.

🔑 Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Act as a subject matter expert in financial data integrity, reconciliations, analysis, and reporting.
• Prepare and deliver accurate financial reports and management information aligned with business goals.
• Support all financial cycles (budgeting, forecasting, month-end, and year-end) in collaboration with finance and business units.
• Provide deep-dive analyses and trend reporting to inform business strategy and decision-making.
• Translate complex financial data into clear, standardized, and actionable insights.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure continuous improvement and real-time responsiveness in financial operations.
• Drive automation, process efficiency, and digital transformation in finance practices.
• Maintain a holistic ecosystem view — integrating performance data across geography, customer, channel, and product dimensions.
• Uphold the highest standards of governance, financial rigor, and compliance.

Business Partnership & Strategic Insights

• Provide the CFO and leadership team with timely financial intelligence to guide business performance.
• Deliver contextualized performance reports — telling the story behind the numbers with clarity and impact.
• Build innovative financial models, dashboards, and tracking solutions using tools like Power BI and Compass.
• Foster collaboration across finance, treasury, and risk teams to deliver cohesive financial strategies.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Coach, mentor, and inspire finance colleagues to strengthen business acumen and analytical capability.
• Promote collaboration across the Group Finance Division (GFD) to address challenges and drive innovation.
• Contribute to the evolution of financial processes, systems, and stakeholder reporting across Absa’s CIB function.

🎓 Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Financial Sciences (Required).
• Preferred: CA (SA), CIMA, or MBA qualification.
• Experience:
  • 3+ years in financial planning and/or management reporting.
  • 2+ years in the banking or financial services sector.
• Skills:
  • Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint (essential).
  • Experience with Power BI and Compass (advantageous).
  • Strong analytical, commercial, and presentation skills.
  • Knowledge of financial governance, planning, and control processes.

💡 Why Join Absa?

At Absa, you’ll be part of a diverse, forward-thinking financial community where innovation and excellence drive everything we do. This is your opportunity to influence major financial decisions, shape business strategy, and be part of Africa’s next chapter in financial growth.

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act (55 of 1998), preference will be given to candidates from designated groups to support workforce diversity and equitable representation.

📝 Apply by 17 October 2025 and take the next step in your finance career with one of Africa’s leading banks.

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