Job Description

Job FamilyFinanceCareer StreamAccountingLeadership PipelineManage Self: ProfessionalJob PurposeTo provide specialist advice and guidance on financial performance and accounting practises required to ensure the clusters' compliance and adherence to financial reporting and meeting set financial targets.Job Responsibilities

• Provide a financial decision support to business leaders through regular engagements with relevant line management and teams
• Daily cooperation with cluster line management and business teams on different levels of the organizational structure through consultations and resolution of financial queries
• Provide meaningful recommendations, explanations and highlight areas of concerns or anomalies by analysing and interrogating financial information.
• Deliver regular financial reports to functional teams by adhering to the set financial timetable
• Understand and meet stakeholders requirements through ongoing engagement.
• Acting as a subject matter expert by actively participating in the design, preparation and supervision of the financial performance of the relevant business units
• Assist in the achievement of group collaboration initiatives by identifying opportunities to create beneficial partnerships and synergies.
• Cooperate with internal and external auditors by supplying the required financial information timeously
• Advise and assist business units to comply with set Financial targets and relevant regulatory financial frameworks
• Evaluates financial statements and set appropriate guidelines and procedures to ensures regulatory compliance
• 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 guidelines, policies, procedures 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 functional teams and relevant stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
• Obtain buy-in for developing new or enhanced processes (e.g. operational processes) that will improve the functioning of business units 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).
• Lead and coordinate the core team contributing to the Nedbank integrated report and the supporting supplementary reports.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• BCom Degree (Accounting)
• CA (SA)

Minimum Experience Level

• 5 years in financial management preferably in the financial services industry.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Administrative procedures and systems
• Banking knowledge
• Banking procedures
• Business principles
• Data analysis
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Microsoft Office
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Business writing skills
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Nedbank culture
• Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
• Relevant Nedbank Human Resources policies and practices
• Relevant Nedbank policies and procedures

Behavioural Competencies

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

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