Senior Finance Business Partner

SUMMARY:
Our client, a leading Financial Institution is looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join their team.

POSITION INFO:
Job Purpose/ Job Summary
Working closely with business unit Heads, the Finance Business Partner will be the central Finance point of contact for all Finance related support. This role strives to deliver robust reporting, analysis and financial control of operating/capital costs and also provides essential Finance expertise in the appraisal of new projects and the measurement of cost performance in project delivery. The Finance Business Partner will also drive and support the implementation of process improvements and reporting enhancements to deliver accurate and relevant financial management information to support decision making. The Finance Business Partner is responsible for leading the Financial Planning and Analysis team in preparing and distributing accurate, relevant financial management information and perform foreseeable needs analysis for internal clients on a continued basis in achievement of strategic financial targets.

Minimum Qualification

• Post graduate Degree
• BCom in Accounting
• CA(SA) or similar

• 4+ years post articles in a Finance business partnering function
• FP&A function

• Facilitate the entire planning and budgeting process creating and ensuring strict adherence to the budget timetable, populating of the budgets with business units, timeous communication of material issues and changes and creating of standardised high quality presentations with supporting commentary and analysis
• Produce and maintain monthly timely and accurate management accounting information with supporting commentary on variances, statistics and other required analysis.
• Perform the rolling forecast activities in order to track the revenue and expenses against the budget and adjust the expenses and revenue for the future months as per discussions with business stakeholders.
• Ensure strategy implementation by monitoring financial performance against budget, forecast and strategic targets
• Provide commercial insight, analysis and modelling for pricing changes to support business in optimal pricing for products
• Contribute to cost control by driving cost awareness through the organisation and implementing appropriate controls and reporting
• Provide financial guidance and advice to stakeholders to assist them to accurately account for operations in order to ensure adherence to guidance and statutory reporting