Executive: OS Statutory Rep & Tech Acc

Structural Information

Job number:                     10030057

Job title:                             Executive: OS Statutory Rep & Tech Acc

Job grade:                          M3

Group/ BU:                       Openserve

Division:                             Openserve

Span of control:               5-10

Reports to:                        Top Management

Core Description

The Executive: OS Statutory Reporting and Technical Accounting provides strategic leadership and oversight of statutory financial reporting, technical accounting governance, compliance practices, and financial systems optimisation within Openserve. The role ensures accurate, timely and compliant reporting aligned with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), evolving global regulatory frameworks, ESG/Integrated Reporting requirements, and the organisation’s digital finance transformation agenda.

The role enables high-trust external and internal reporting outcomes, strengthens investor confidence, enhances organisational decision support capability, and leads the modernisation of reporting processes through automation, data analytics, and continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities

1. Financial Governance and Statutory Reporting
Lead the preparation, governance, and assurance of statutory financial reporting, ensuring compliance with IFRS, Companies Act, JSE listing requirements, ESG/Integrated reporting frameworks, and audit expectations.
Oversee external audit coordination, governance engagements and financial disclosure strategies.
Maintain technical accounting guidance and policy frameworks, including interpretation of complex technical accounting matters and emerging regulatory or industry changes.

2. Reporting Transformation, Data Integrity and Digital Enablement
Drive automation and optimisation of financial close processes, reporting workflows, and systems.
Oversee master financial data governance, system integration accuracy and controls.
Lead reporting maturity initiatives aligned with Finance of the Future capabilities, ensuring agility, transparency, traceability, and audit readiness.

3. Strategic Financial Insight and Performance Enablement
Provide actionable insight into financial trends, working capital, cash flow, and operational performance metrics.
Partner with Finance Business Partners and enterprise leadership to support sound commercial decision-making, risk management, and capital allocation discipline.

4. Compliance, Risk and Assurance
Oversee compliance with internal controls, risk management frameworks, governance controls, tax oversight (where applicable) and alignment to group policies.
Ensure consistent internal control frameworks, audit preparedness and mitigation of reporting-related risk exposures.

5. Leadership, Capability Building and Culture
Develop and lead a high-performance finance reporting function with deep capability in IFRS, digital reporting, governance, automation and analytics.
Build succession and skills transformation capability, embedding a culture of continuous improvement, accountability and ethical leadership.

Core Competencies

Functional Knowledge/ Skills 
IFRS Expertise (including IFRS 9, 15, 16 and future standard readiness)
Statutory and Integrated Reporting/ ESG Reporting Awareness
Audit and Governance Compliance
Treasury/ Working Capital Management
Financial Analytics, FP&A enablement, Data Interpretation
ERP, Consolidation and Reporting Platforms
Digital Finance: AI-enabled automation, RPA, workflow orchestration tools

Competencies (Behaviour) 
Strategic Business Acumen and Forward-Thinking Ability
Governance and Ethical Leadership
Decision-Making and Critical Thinking
Stakeholder Influence and Executive Communication
Change Leadership and Digital Transformation Mindset
Collaboration and Cross-Functional Leadership

Certifications

Education

Experience

Additional Information

Certification, qualifications and experience:
Professional certification in IFRS, Integrated Reporting, or ESG reporting frameworks will be advantageous.
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance or related field.
Postgraduate qualification in Corporate Governance, Digital Finance, Risk and Compliance, or similar will be preferred.
Minimum 8-10 years’ experience in statutory reporting, technical accounting, audit or financial governance.
At least 3 years at senior strategic or executive leadership level.
Proven track record in financial close, audit processes and statutory submissions, applying IFRS and complex technical accounting judgments.

Special Requirements:
May require travel to business and regulatory locations.
Operates under strict confidential and ethical standards.
Must stay abreast of evolving global reporting and regulatory trends.

Special Requirements

Physical Requirements

Key Stakeholders

Internal:
Group CFO and Executive Finance Leadership
Financial Planning and Analysis
Treasury and Tax
Business Unit Finance Leads
Digital and ICT/ERP Teams
Risk, Legal and Governance Office
Internal Audit

External:
External Auditors
Regulators
JSE, Financial Reporting bodies