Head of Distribution Finance at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• Full financial oversight of financial management and risk function for sales function in an insurance company 
• Preparation and/ or review of management reporting, key metrics and sales insights
• Planning and preparing of reporting, budgeting and forecasting
• Analysis, review and approval of sales payroll – commissioned and salaried staff
• Analysis of sales remuneration 
• Review and set-up of MIS reporting as a tool for use of all sales levels including executive committee
• Represent Finance in sales projects and vice versa
• Staff management 
• Risk management oversight of sales function
• Various adhoc requirements for Finance, Actuarial and Sales  
• The key responsibility of this role is to ensure that finance is a business and risk partner to the various sales channels and that the business objectives are met sustainably

What will make you successful in this role?

Minimum Requirements 

• CA(SA) 
• 5-10 years’ experience in a senior management position
• 5 years’ experience in a Senior Financial Management role in Insurance Industry would be an advantage
• Proficiency in MS Office Word and Excel (advanced)
• Strong staff management skills is a must

Competencies 

• Planning and Organising
• Attention to detail
• Relating and Networking
• Adapting and Responding to Change
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks
• Confidence and Decisiveness
• Analysing
• Pro-Activity
• Problem Solving
• Staff management
• Client Service Orientation
• Treating Customers Fairly

Knowledge and Skills

• Financial analysis and planning
• Financial Management and controls
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Risk Management
• Management of employees
• Personal Attributes
• Manages complexity - Contributing strategically
• Business insight - Contributing strategically
• Courage - Contributing strategically
• Builds effective teams - Contributing strategically