Business Manager (Financial Services) at PEP

Description

• To effectively manage and increase both the profitability and the product portfolio for the business.
• To effectively manage financial services products and key stakeholder relationships to ensure sustained product and portfolio growth. To ensure PEPmoney projects are successfully implemented within scope, time and cost parameters. To fulfill the role of a senior product owner.

Key Responsibilities 

• To ensure that financial budgets are met for the Financial year
• Develop business cases to improve product portfolio
• Engage with Risk and Compliance to ensure that all processes and products are compliant
• Negotiate deals and manage relationships with suppliers and partners
• Engage with PEPKOR legal on new and existing contracts
• Collaborate with the Marketing department to build dynamic campaigns
• Ongoing project management within agreed timelines and through engagement with stakeholders
• Ensure relationships are managed with all internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure all administrative work are completed within expected timelines
• New products and services are negotiated and confirmed on an ongoing basis with partners
• Continuous improvement / growth on portfolio

Requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills and Competencies 

• Relevant tertiary qualification (e.g. B.com/ Marketing degree)
• 3- 5 years of related work experience (either insurance or credit/sales or loans or bill payments; fintech
• products, tech products and banking)
• Clear understanding of how transactional banking products work and how to derive revenue from this
• Experience in the payments environment will be an advantage
• Must have worked in a debit/credit card product environment
• Understanding of the National Payments Systems
• Any experience within the financial services industry will be an advantage
• Stock forecasting/Management (for tech products)
• Product management (financials/business cases, projects, analysis)
• Computer Literate (MS Office or G-Suite) → Intermediate Excel/Google Sheets level
• Project management will be an advantage
• Multiple Partner Management
• Stakeholder management
• Relationship /partnership management skills
• Financial Reporting
• Draft business cases
• Numerical aptitude
• Analytical skills
• Business analysis
• Competencies required: Accuracy; Dutifulness; Planning; Creating Support; Situational
• Awareness; Drive; Flexibility and Stress Resistance.