Manager: SIAM Finance & Value Management at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

• We are seeking a dynamic Finance Manager to join our team, bringing a unique skill set to enhance and complement our overall capabilities.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for the production and delivery of all financial reporting and related management information processes within the SIAM team.
• This role involves building and maintaining strong relationships with the CFOs and Heads of Finance across all business units within SIAM, integrating and consolidating individual business results into a cohesive and well-articulated commercial narrative.
• Additionally, the Finance Manager will contribute to and support various commercial projects.

Minimum Experience

• 5 - 8 years experience in a similar environment

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Finance Economics and Accounting

Additional Minimum Qualifications

• Candidates must be a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) or hold a CIMA designation

Process

• Ensure Quality and Compliance: Accountable for maintaining the quality, service, and outputs of the work area, ensuring strict adherence to established policies, procedures, and standards.
• Problem Solving and Solution Implementation: Proactively identify operational issues, analyze cause and effect, and select the most effective solutions based on experience and contextual understanding.
• Work Planning and Organization: Plan and organize multiple team activities, assigning priorities within a defined framework while considering specific situational contexts.
• Monthly Financial Reporting: Oversee the production of the monthly SIAM financial position, including sourcing explanations for key movements in preparation for Flash reporting.
• Financial Management Information: Produce SIAM Financial Management information, detailing headline earnings, RoE, costs, revenue, NCCF, and other key financial metrics.
• Financial Analysis and Projections: Analyze financial data and trends to forecast future revenues and expenses accurately.
• Reconciliation and Accuracy: Ensure accurate reconciliation of the SIAM financial position with underlying business records and group finance.
• Strategic Forecasting and Budgeting: Prepare strategic forecasts and budgets, monitoring performance against actual outcomes.
• Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis: Produce ad-hoc management information, conducting deep-dives into relevant business areas as needed.
• Process Improvement: Implement ongoing improvements to financial reporting processes, accommodating changes in stakeholder requirements and facilitating semi-automation.
• Project Support and Execution: Provide support for and execution of finance-related projects within the team.

Customer

• Maintain and build relationships for purposes of expectation management, knowledge sharing and integration.
• Manages to ensure service excellence in support of Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles to build positive relationships and creates opportunities for exceptional service delivery.

Finance

• Monthly financial reporting for the SIAM business line, tracking key financial metric, preparation of annual strategic forecast and budget for SIAM.
• Provide management information to enable the effective management of key financial metrics for SIAM and decision making

Governance

• Create awareness to ensure the effective implementation of changes in policy, laws, regulations and associated industry practices.
• Implement and utilise risk, governance and compliance policies and processes effectively, to identify and manage risk exposure.