Job Description

Responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining financial and management procedures to support business operations. Ensure full compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements. Prepare and consolidate monthly and annual financial reports, conduct in-depth analysis of management accounts, and lead the coordination and preparation of annual budgets.

• Maintenance of expert knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and provision of proactive advice and solutions to relevant stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain a client-centric service culture which builds meaningful and rewarding relationships, proposes innovations and enables others to provide an exceptional client experience.
• Provide effective and meaningful communication with internal and external stakeholders, interested parties and beneficiaries from the onboarding to finalisation of deceased estates.
• Provision of recommendations for strategic decisions based on findings from analyses.
• Ensure financial statements are compiled and maintain responsibility for the integrity of the information through ensuring accurate reporting on financial results of the business.
• Develop and present Cash Operating Pricing Models and Balanced Scorecards for Finance and MIS departments.
• Ensure all financial practices conform to the bank and Legislative accounting practices and policies by ensuring no audit findings are recorded.
• Develop a Financial Information Strategy to ensure Financial Information Tools are applied to support the business strategies.
• Timeous delivery of relevant and reliable financial management information for decision making.
• Manage SLA's with internal and external service providers.
• Define, develop and maintain policies, procedures, standards and frameworks to efficiently manage area of specialisation.
• Make strategic recommendations and/or give options reflecting operational and market imperatives impacting on finance.
• Forecast, analyse and document economic conditions affecting industry and / or segments across the bank.
• Budget analysis, forecast and preparation of budget. 
• Establish shareholder value through integrated frameworks, guidelines, policies, standards and resource optimisation.
• Develop and implement a framework to control financial performance against operational and cost targets and manage the escalation process to prevent potential risks which may lead to increased costs.
• Plan and manage performance, skills development, employment equity, talent and culture of team in order to improve innovation, achieve efficiencies and increase competencies.
• Manage own development to increase own competencies.

 

Important Closing Date Note

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

17/05/26

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.