To provide advice and support in financial practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics; enabling the provision of specialist expertise.

Job Description

Overall Job Purpose:

The Reporting and Cost Management team, a sub-team within Group FP&A, is responsible for:

• overall financial Reporting across Absa Group (monthly, quarterly, half yearly and annual)
• support the planning and financial control teams with half year and year end booklets
• managing the end to end of the Group Balanced Scorecard (from initiation to reporting on the results as they emerge).
• perform frequent ad hoc analysis and research, often related to presentations to Exco, the Board and other sub committees of the Board

This role supports the preparation of these key deliverables and provides analysis and inputs into these processes.

Key Accountabilities

Accountability: Assist the team in team executing the following deliverables to Exco and other members of senior management:

• Play an integral role in the month end reporting process starting with Flash reporting till Exco report and (GACC and Board when required)
• Prepare and present financial reports, including monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, to executive leadership.
• Analyse financial performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to senior management
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes and systems to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and transparency
• Play an integral role in Cost and productivity programmes
• Assist the Planning team with Outlook/RAF and STP processes as required
• Support the planning and Financial Control teams with half year and year end booklets and the integrated reporting processes
• Assist with the Market guidance processes
• Lead on other ad hoc projects as is required
• Attend meetings to get briefing on work allocations to understand and complete their tasks to achieve team

Accountability: Ad-hoc requirements/submissions

• Execute ad-hoc queries daily that are dependent on external and internal requirements and vary considerably throughout the year
• Attend meetings as is required

Accountability: Cluster Relationship Manager (CRM) roles

• Communicate with BUs and Functions and relay critical information and requests.

Perform all other duties as reasonably assigned.

People Investment Accountabilities

• Peer responsibility: Engage and develop finance and business savvy leaders.
• Play to our A-Game culture of culture of inclusivity, diversity, entrepreneurship, and ownership.
• Network with finance colleagues across Group Finance and create awareness of challenges, opportunities and issues and encourage collaboration
• Focus on Finance skills evolution and remaining relevant.

Role/Person Specification

Qualifications and experience:

• B Com degree with Honours or Masters (major in Accounting, Financial Management or Economics)
• CA (SA) / CIMA (5-8 years post qualifying)
• Non-CA (SA) / CIMA (7-10 years’ experience in Financial Services organisation)
• Able to work effectively across a multi-service Financial Services organisation
• Previous exposure to financial management reporting in a complex large organisation

Knowledge and skills:

• Advanced Financial Accounting
• Analytical skills
• Self-driven and good interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail
• Deadline driven
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Experience in handling big data
• Some knowledge of dashboards and PowerBI

Preferred:

• Knowledge of financial markets
• Knowledge of economics

Competencies:

• Deciding and initiating action
• Learning and researching
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Relating and networking
• Adapting and responding to change
• Persuading and influencing
• Creating and innovating

Education

Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Financial Sciences (Required)