Business Manager

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POSITION INFO:

Business Manager: Banking – Office of the Chief Banking Officer

Location: Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
Type: Permanent

Make strategy move.

Orchestrate delivery across a high-impact banking division.

About the Role

You’ll be the Chief Banking Officer’s business partner, driving divisional planning, financial performance management, cost control, and operational excellence. This role blends strategic coordination with hands-on execution: building scorecards and reports, modelling performance, coordinating projects, and ensuring governance and compliance are applied consistently across the division.

You’ll create the conditions for efficient delivery—streamlining processes, improving information flow, managing risks, and tracking progress against divisional objectives. It’s an ideal platform for a commercially minded operator who enjoys transforming plans into measurable outcomes.

Who the Client Is

This opportunity is with a specialist, state-backed agricultural and development finance institution with a national footprint. The organisation plays a pivotal role in enabling commercial and emerging farmers through tailored financial products, while continuously modernising its offerings to strengthen South Africa’s agricultural value chain.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate annual and in-year business planning across the division; align corporate and divisional plans into executable roadmaps.

• Prepare divisional calendars, compile EXCO/MANCO agendas, track actions and resolutions, and craft briefs, reports and presentations for senior leadership.

• Establish and refine systems, processes and procedures to improve operational efficiency and customer experience.

• Act as Budget Controller for the Chief Banking Officer: track spend, analyse variances, and provide corrective recommendations.

• Champion risk, governance and ethics: maintain risk registers, monitor BCM/ERM activities, and escalate incidents appropriately.

• Plan and coordinate strategic projects, events and stakeholder engagements; monitor milestones, timelines and funding parameters.

• Lead divisional performance reporting: maintain the scorecard, analyse data gaps, implement reporting improvements, and support policy revisions.

• Enable people delivery through basic performance management and capacity planning processes.

What You Bring

• Postgraduate qualification in Finance, Cost Management, Business Administration or related field.

• 5–8 years’ experience in business management / cost management / financial modelling / management consulting / project management within a complex financial services or corporate environment.

• 5 years’ leadership experience (formal or matrix) with proven stakeholder management.

• Strong analytics and financial acumen; advanced Excel/PowerPoint and reporting skills.

• Solid grounding in project management, governance, risk, and change management.

• Clear, concise business writing with the ability to distil complex inputs into actionable insights.

• Willingness to work extended hours and travel occasionally when required.

What Success Looks Like

• Divisional plans translated into clear initiatives with tracked milestones and visible progress.

• Accurate, on-time performance reporting and actionable insights for the Chief Banking Officer and MANCO.

• Improved operational efficiency through simplified processes and better information flow.

• Budget transparency with early variance detection and credible corrective actions.

• Strengthened governance: current risk registers, BCM/ERM alignment, and timely incident reporting.

• Strategic projects delivered within scope, time and cost parameters; stakeholders well engaged.

Realistic Preview: Rewards & Challenges
You’ll gain exposure to enterprise-wide strategy and senior decision-making while shaping how a critical division executes. The pace is high, priorities shift, and the role spans both analysis and coordination—success requires resilience, structured thinking, and a steady, service-oriented approach.

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