Job Description

Hello Future Financial Manager II

Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables. We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of people that make it happen.

As part of our talented team, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious. Now’s the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change

Partner with the business in providing finance services, insights, tactical strategy and associated delivery plans to support operational implementation and enable the business to achieve its financial objectives.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop and maintain policies, procedures, standards and frameworks to efficiently manage practice and provide thought leadership.
• Define and implement internal and external financial reporting processes and documentation requirements for both individual entities and groups according to professional financial accounting and reporting standards.
• Analyse, plan and manage costs (including product pricing or supply chain analysis) to support implementation of business strategies.
• Translate business strategy into financial targets and tactical plans, and support execution.
• Interpret and make effective management decisions using benchmarking, trends, and other planning and forecasting methods; develop and implement improvements to the planning processes.
• Establish and ensure effective and consistent modelling, planning and forecasting processes across business unit(s) and identify and implement best practices in these processes.
• Benchmark business performance internally and externally; deliver benchmark management information to specific needs to allow decision-making that pushes performance boundaries.
• Design and implement a control framework to ensure the integrity of operations, financial and accounting practices.
• Anticipate and apply and policies/procedures to manage and control both financial and non-financial risks to which the business unit(s) might be exposed.
• Assistance with monthly VAT reconciliation and quarterly tax packs.
• Manage end to end finance projects involving a segment, business unit, function or country/region from strategy articulation through to systems / programme design and implementation.
• Manage and monitor risk to ensure that all processes fall within the risk and audit guidelines. Investigate and implement measures to correct audit findings.
• Apply and monitor governance to ensure that all processes and documentation on model rules and assumptions are aligned with technical committee and costing steerco guidance and methodologies.
• Manage the preparation and assessment of tax returns and issues; provide advice, particularly around technical tax issues that are non-routine and/or complex and interpret and evaluate the implications of new tax legislation and of existing legislation to new business situations.

Other Duties for this role will Include the following:

• Re-imagining costing models to benefit and promote the adoption of platform across Retail, Commercial, Broader Africa and even external users.
• Developing market related pricing strategies to benchmark against competitors
• Construction of value-add income statements that articulate the benefit of running on the platform.
• Identification and tracking of key business KPI’s for each of the different teams and for the overall business.
• Play the role of a business partner and collaborating with different teams across the group to ensure financial requirements are met.
• Prepare bespoke monthly reporting which will assist in highlighting areas of focus that enhance decision making. Includes preparation of Exco, Manco and Opsco reporting packs.
• Responsible for preparation and tracking of business cases.
• Analyse incoming charges monthly and ensure accuracy and validity.
• Oversee monthly reconciliation processes.
• Manage the yearly budget and rolling forecast process.
• Assist with the month end process & review thereof – includes statutory and compliance processes.
• Review and sign-off work of staff.
• Provide support to the Finance Head and stand-in where necessary
• Evaluate processes within all these teams in order to streamline them.
• Implement internal controls, policies & procedures.
• Assisting junior staff to implement processes and how to “work smarter”
• Assist with any ad-hoc projects (finance or business) that may be assigned from time to time ·

Additional Requirements

In accordance with National Credit Act (NCA) candidates applying for this role will require a credit record check.

Qualifications and Experience

• CA SA (2 years post articles)
• Bachelors Degree in Finance , Accounting or related field – 5 years working experience in a similar environment (Tech , Data and Finance hybrid)
• BSC Honours/or related
• Experience in managing people
• Advanced Excel knowledge and experience
• PowerPoint knowledge and experience
• SQL & PowerBI knowledge an advantage
• Financial & Value Management      

Behavioral Competencies:

• Strong analytical and technical mind-set
• Business partnering and senior stakeholder management.
• Accountable with ability to make decisions
• Team Management
• Constructive problem solving
• Ability to see the big picture
• Innovative & able to apply “fresh” thinking
• Ability to interpret and visualise large datasets
• Tech savvy with business understanding
• Critical thinker

Job Details

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

18/08/25

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.