Associate Director / Senior Manager

SUMMARY:
Associate Director / Senior Manager

POSITION INFO:

• Lead and oversee IFRS 17 managed service engagements, including technical review of
financial positions, disclosures, trial balances and financial statements.
• Remain actively involved in complex or judgementintensive accounting areas to set technical standards and ensure delivery quality.
• Lead and support the design and implementation of IFRS 17 financial reporting structures, including chart of accounts architecture and mapping of accounting system outputs to reporting requirements.

• Serve as a Senior accounting liaison to finance stakeholders, providing technical guidance, stakeholder engagement and training to enable IFRS 17-compliant financial reporting.
• Manage engagement economics, resource planning and utilisation across the Managed Services portfolio.
• Work closely with actuarial and systems specialists to ensure alignment between actuarial outputs, data flows and accounting treatment.
• Strengthen governance frameworks, documentation standards, controls and evidence protocols across reporting cycles.
• Drive process standardisation and measured automation within the Managed Service environment, ensuring that efficiency gains do not compromise auditability or control.
• Lead, coach and develop Qualified and Junior accounting professionals, building a sustainable delivery capability.

Requirements:
Applicants should meet the following criteria:
• CA(SA), CPA or equivalent Chartered Accountant qualification.
• 8–12 years’ post-articles experience, with substantial exposure to insurance or reinsurance clients.
• Strong technical grounding in IFRS, with demonstrable experience in financial statement
preparation and review.
• Practical IFRS 17 experience, ideally across implementation and post-implementation
environments.
• Proven ability to manage multiple client engagements and maintain delivery quality under deadline pressure.
• Experience leading teams and reviewing complex accounting judgements.