Finance: Business Partner at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

• Responsible for improving strategic, financial and operational decision making across the business.
• This role works as a member of the Finance team and will play an integral part in the business success by working directly with the product and finance leaders, leading financial planning, business forecasting and performance reporting, and driving strategic analysis around key business initiatives.
• Manage the Business Performance activities for the business, including Monthly reporting, Planning and Forecasting.
• Forecasting the Business capital and liquidity requirements and identifying initiatives to optimize them.
• Ownership of monthly business performance reporting, ensure the financial performance including risks and opportunities are clearly communicated to Exco, Board and Management.
• Ownership of the business’s Financial models used in Planning and forecasting process, ensuring accuracy and completeness of models. Challenge assumptions and work closely with business.
• Identify and lead initiatives to improve, automate and scale forecasting and reporting tools and processes.
• Business partner with business functions (e.g. Accounting, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, Sales and Marketing, and others) to analyse and report on the financial impact of decisions across the company.
• Prepare analysis and support communication to product leaders, board members and executive staff.
• Develop the financial model for the business build/running the business and ensure accurate reporting in line with forecasts

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong knowledge of capital and liquidity frameworks
• 3+ experience in similar role
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Exceptional financial modelling skills
• Strong experience with visualisation tools (Tableau/ThinkCell)
• Commercial awareness
• Strong analytical and inquiring mind
• Excellent communication skills

Skills

• Communication, Excel, Financial modelling

Education

• Chartered Accountant: Accounting

Closing Date

24 February 2023