Senior Financial Manager: NCB Reporting at Nedbank

About the Job

Job Purpose

• We are looking for Senior Financial Manager to generate, analyse and report reliable, meaningful financial and non-financial information as well as maintain relevant financial controls to support the requirements and decision making of the business; in line with Nedbank's strategy.

Job Responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly financial reporting across various management reports and presentations

• Analyse movements against prior periods and forecasts, with detailed view of contributing components

• Provide meaningful recommendations, explanations and highlights of concerns or anomalies by analysing and interrogating financial information.

• Ensure accurate financial results by reviewing reconciliations and following up on unreconciled items.

• Obtain and review technical IFRS opinions related to key financial statement components

• Maintain IFRS compliant financial record including accrual and provision schedules

• Support the business segment with financial input and oversight of business cases as well as tracking of benefits delivered

• Manage and consolidate submission and inputs from various centres of excellence as well as product areas

• Reporting and oversight of financial information related to various ringfenced/specialised/product portfolio’s

• Management of external audit process end-to-end, being the liaison between auditors and key stakeholders in operational and functional areas.

• Understand and meet stakeholders requirements through ongoing engagement.

• Ensure relevant, best practice analysis and reporting by continuously enhancing processes to gain efficiency.

• Meet deadlines and targets through prioritising effectively, planning and communicating.

• Maintain high standards of analysis and reporting within defined timeframes by planning, organising and monitoring workflow.

• Achieve business objectives within a specific timeframes by scheduling and coordinating activities and identifying appropriate resources to perform these activities.

• Manage defined risks in the finance function and risk categories at targeted levels by adhering to internal and external guidelines/policies/ procedures/business rules/ compliance and governance requirements.

• Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.

• Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.

• Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.

• Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes (e.g. operational processes) that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.

• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc).

• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g.Green Strategy).

• Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.

Essential Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant

Minimum Experience Level

• 3-5 years in financial management preferably in the financial services industry

Behavioural Competencies

• Building Partnerships
• Earning Trust
• Communication
• Decision Making
• Planning and Organizing
• Quality Orientation

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Banking procedures
• Business Acumen
• Cluster specific operations
• Data analysis
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Industry trends
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Remuneration policies and principles
• Research methodology