Product Accountant - Investment Products

About the role

The Product Accountant is a key member of the SAT Finance team, reporting to the Senior Product Accountant. The role covers the financial control, reconciliation, reporting, governance and accounting oversight of investment products administered across the Stadium platform and other related systems. It works closely with Finance, Operations, Actuarial, Audit and Technology teams to ensure robust financial control, process excellence and regulatory compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse business, financial, control and operating information to identify trends, opportunities and areas needing correction, and advise on corrective action
• Report on variances, investigate reconciling items and agree remedial action with vendors, then test and sign off remedial actions before they go live
• Own key accounting processes, review team members' work and drive their improvement
• Ensure governance and compliance at an operational level, maintain a suitable financial control environment and monitor internal controls
• Liaise with auditors on tax, legislative and statutory matters and manage external audit interactions
• Generate internal management reports on controls, processes and the financial position of products, and support business unit line managers, actuaries and auditors

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree (e.g. BCom, BCom Accounting, B Compt or equivalent)
• At least 5 years of relevant finance, accounting or product accounting experience
• Experience managing reconciliations, financial controls and governance processes
• Proven experience interacting with auditors, actuaries and senior stakeholders
• Financial services experience highly advantageous; investment administration or product accounting experience also advantageous
• CA(SA) qualification or progress towards a professional accounting designation beneficial

Required skills

• Strong Microsoft Excel, financial reporting and data analysis skills
• Management reporting and financial analysis
• Database reporting and data modelling