Job Purpose

• To add value and enable business decisions through effective human resources analysis and reporting across a range of business areas.

Job Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of analysis and reporting within defined time frames by scheduling and coordinating activities and identifying appropriate resources to perform these activities.
• Meet deadlines and targets through prioritising effectively, planning and communicating.
• Understand and meet stakeholders requirements through ongoing engagement.
• Develop and maintain complex spreadsheets while validating data integrity and accuracy.
• Challenge model builds through peer review participation and ensuring best practice.
• Interpret and manipulate data using a deep understanding of Microsoft Excel features and functions such as pivot tables, V-lookups, SUMIFS and VBA macros.
• Using advanced Excel knowledge to build and modify spreadsheets to automate the processing of large quantities of data in terms of data entry, analysis and reporting.
• Consolidate financial reports and make value added recommendations by using information from various sources.
• Ensure accurate financial results by reviewing reconciliations and following up on unreconciled items.
• Ensure accurate and timeous budgets are submitted and reviewed by ensuring that they align with key economic indicators and group strategic initiatives.
• Minimize manager reviewing time by performing comprehensive self review of deliverables.
• Provide meaningful recommendations, explanations and highlights of concerns or anomalies by analysing and interrogating financial information.
• Assist in the achievement of group collaboration initiatives by identifying opportunities to create beneficial partnerships and synergies.
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.
• 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.
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g. Green Strategy).
• Contribute to intellectual capital development by providing continuous motivation, mentoring, coaching and on the job skills training.
• Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.
• Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.
• Essential Qualifications – NQF Level
• Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree

Minimum Experience Level

• 5 years in financial management preferably in the financial services industry and 2 years managing others.

Preferred Qualification

• Chartered Accountant
• Post graduate degree in Mathematics