Absa

Financial Reporting Manager

Absa Prime Plaza (BW)

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Seniority: Lead / management
Country: BW
Work mode: On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly: 6 Nov 2026

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Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

My Career Development Portal : Wherever you are in your career, we are here for you. Design your future. Discover leading-edge guidance, tools and support to unlock your potential. You are Absa. You are possibility.

Job Summary

To lead and oversee the Bank’s financial reporting and financial control processes, ensuring that financial results are complete, accurate, appropriately substantiated and delivered within prescribed timelines and in accordance with IFRS, local statutory and regulatory requirements, and Group Accounting and Financial Control policies.

Job Description

Own and coordinate month-end, quarter-end, hard close and year-end close processes, ensuring the Trial Balance is closed accurately and within the approved reporting timetable.
Lead the end-to-end preparation and review of annual and interim financial statements, including primary statements, notes, disclosure schedules and supporting working papers.
Lead account ownership, reconciliation and balance sheet attestation processes, ensuring all general ledger accounts are appropriately substantiated, reviewed and attested within policy timelines.
Coordinate internal and external audit deliverables, including allocation and tracking of requests, provision of audit evidence, resolution of accounting matters and closure of findings.
Maintain a strong technical understanding of IFRS standards and lead implementation projects for new or amended standards, including impact assessments, accounting papers, systems, data, controls, disclosures and training.
Provide technical accounting advice on complex transactions, new products, accounting judgements, estimates, classifications and disclosure requirements
Build effective working relationships across Finance, Risk, Treasury, Tax, Operations, Technology, Internal Audit, external auditors and Group stakeholders.