(1160) Senior Finance Business Partner – FSD needed at South African Reserve Bank

Job Description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Lead and participate in stakeholder engagements (internal and external), demonstrating the ability to solicit information and deliver a coherent and convincing message.
• Represent the Financial Services Department by maintaining strategic relationships with key stakeholders and SARB departments.
• Provide financial expertise to SARB departments to ensure accurate accounting and budgeting for departmental operational and capital projects.
• Contribute to subcommittees by offering financial expertise and analysis during commercial deliberations, with the aim of facilitating informed decision-making.
• Provide financial expertise and knowledge to SARB departments to ensure that new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are correctly applied to departmental financial transactions.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reports on capital and operational expenditures for submission to the Governors’ Executive Committee and other governance structures.
• Provide the SARB departments with financial expertise, knowledge and insights to support business cases, investment initiatives and operational transactions to facilitate financially sound decisions.
• Drive the adoption of new financial accounting systems and processes by providing ongoing guidance to the various SARB departments.
• Lead subordinates by setting achievable objectives and targets, prioritising work, and managing resource utilisation and the quality of deliverables.
• Stay current with new developments in financial accounting standards and other relevant industry changes.
• Propose and implement refinements and continual improvements to systems, tools, controls, methods and processes in own area.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a minimum of a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) (CA (SA)) qualification; and
• a minimum of 8 to 10 years’ experience, of which at least 5 years must be in a finance business partnering role.