Treasury Reporting Specialist

SUMMARY:

POSITION INFO:
The role sits within the Treasury and Regulatory Reporting function and offers strong exposure to executive leadership, divisional financial performance, and regulatory reporting requirements. The successful candidate will play a key role in coordinating management reporting, supporting treasury-related financial insights, and driving the budgeting and forecasting process across lending divisions.

This opportunity sits within a regulated South African banking environment focused on specialised lending and financial inclusion. The business operates across multiple lending divisions including Home Loans, Business Lending and Specialised Lending, providing tailored financial solutions to individuals and small businesses.

The finance and treasury team works closely with executive leadership, giving this role strong exposure to balance sheet management, regulatory reporting and treasury-related financial oversight. The environment is highly collaborative and offers the opportunity to play a meaningful role in management reporting, ALCO-related reporting inputs, and strategic financial planning across the bank’s lending portfolios.

This is an ideal opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys technical reporting, working closely with treasury functions, and having visibility across the broader banking balance sheet.

Duties:

• Coordinate and manage the monthly financial reporting process, ensuring accurate management accounts and adherence to reporting timelines.
• Prepare executive-level reporting packs for senior stakeholders including the CFO, CEO and Board committees.
• Analyse financial performance across lending divisions, including Home Loans, Business Lending and Specialised Lending portfolios.
• Support Treasury and ALCO reporting processes, including engagement with business units on cashflow forecasting and liquidity planning.
• Review and challenge IFRS9 impairment reporting outputs in collaboration with Risk specialists to ensure accurate credit risk reporting.
• Act as the first-level independent reviewer of financial results, investigating variances and validating the accuracy of reported numbers.
• Provide financial insights into key business drivers, including lending performance, funding impacts and balance sheet movements.
• Coordinate regulatory reporting inputs and annual financial statement disclosures within a regulated banking environment.
• Lead and project manage the annual budgeting and 5-year forecasting process, consolidating divisional submissions into entity-level reporting.
• Maintain strong financial governance structures, including reporting templates, consolidation frameworks and GL oversight.
• Serve as the key finance liaison for internal and external audits, particularly relating to financial reporting and internal financial controls.
• Manage and review the work of one direct report, ensuring accuracy across journals, loan portfolio tracking, reconciliations and financial schedules.

• Matric (Grade 12)
• BCom Accounting
• BCom Honours

• Minimum 3 years’ experience within the banking or financial services sector
• Proven experience in management reporting and coordinating month-end reporting cycles
• Exposure to treasury-related reporting, including liquidity, cashflow forecasting, or ALCO reporting support
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes
• Ability to prepare executive-level reporting packs and financial analysis for senior stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret and challenge financial results
• Exposure to IFRS9 impairment reporting, including reviewing and assessing outputs for financial reporting purposes

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modelling, data analysis and reporting
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to maintain accuracy under tight reporting deadlines
• Ability to manage high-pressure reporting cycles, particularly during month-end, financial year-end and budgeting periods
• Strong analytical capability with the confidence to review, question and challenge financial results where necessary
• Structured and disciplined working style, with strong organisational and time management skills
• Ability to translate complex financial information into clear executive-level summaries
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced banking or treasury reporting environment
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work across Finance, Treasury, Risk and business units
• Pastel Evolution experience will be advantageous
• Demonstrates ownership, accountability and a proactive approach to financial reporting and problem solving