Senior Finance Business Partner: Client

Empowering Africa’S Tomorrow, Together…One Story At A Time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Provide strategic financial support and insight to the coverage business, enabling informed decision-making and driving performance. Partners with stakeholders to deliver budgeting, financial analysis, performance management and commercial advice aligned to business goals.

Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic and analytical Senior Finance Business Partner to assist with end-to-end client reporting within the corporate and investment bank. This role is ideal for a finance professional who thrives on data-driven insights, enjoys solving complex problems creatively, and is passionate about delivering exceptional reporting and performance management solutions that drive strategic decision-making.

The successful individual will be primarily responsible for the reporting for the ARO and the International coverage teams, Pan Africa RWA analysis as well as the management of automated banker and sector heads/in-country coverage heads scorecards.

The above includes month end reporting; Working with the MyMI team to understand the data and resolve issues; Address adhoc questions from bankers and heads; Run scorecards;Work with the numerous stakeholders to derive a budget that aligns with product and makes sense considering sector, country and macroeconomic nuances. The individual will be expected to translate the numbers into a story that can be easily understood and use the data to provide valuable insights that allow the business to make decisions. The role will involve a level of agility as the team is flexible around tasks each member is responsible for to avoid key-man dependency and ensure constant opportunities for learning and development.

Key Responsibilities:

🔹 Client-Focused Financial Reporting

• Oversee end-to-end month-end reporting for the ARO and International coverage businesses, ensuring timely, accurate, and insightful financial outputs.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (Finance, Product Teams, Risk, Capital Management, Bankers etc) to understand reporting needs and deliver tailored solutions.
• Work with the MyMI team to develop automated reporting tools and dashboards.
• Identify and implement creative solutions to streamline reporting processes and improve data quality.
• Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for both internal and external clients.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business units, providing financial guidance and performance analysis.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls.
• Continuously explore and adopt new technologies and data tools to enhance reporting capabilities.

🔹 Scorecard Development & Performance Tracking

• Design and maintain performance scorecards for bankers and client teams, incorporating KPI’s that align to the broader CIB scorecard.
• Work with the MyMI team and developers to implement automated scorecards and ensure what is published monthly aligns to expectations.
• Provide monthly and bi-annual performance reviews with commentary and anomaly analysis.
• Be able to solve adhoc questions that arise from bankers and heads with regards to their scorecards.

🔹 Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning

• Lead the annual budgeting process for the ARO and International coverage businesses, working closely with product, sector heads, countries and corridor heads to align financial plans with strategic objectives.
• Develop rolling forecasts and scenario models to support agile decision-making.
• Analyze budget vs. actuals and provide actionable insights to improve financial performance.

🔹 RWA and capital management engagement

• Support initiatives to optimize capital usage across the organization
• Perform analysis of RWA’s across sectors and teams
• Work with capital management to cascade the RWA budget to client

🔹 Data Quality & Management Information (MI) Collaboration

• Work closely with the Management Information (MI) team to ensure data integrity, consistency, and completeness across all reporting platforms.
• Collaborate on the development of reconciliation processes and controls to improve reporting reliability.

🔹 Business Partnering & Strategic Insight

• Act as a trusted advisor to business, providing financial insight and challenge to support strategic initiatives.
• Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-financial stakeholders.

Education And Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (CIMA/CA(SA)/ACCA preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in a finance role within the banking or financial services sector or audit.
• Proven experience in client reporting, financial analysis, and business partnering.
• Strong proficiency in MS Office. Proficiency in other data tools is beneficial.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems creatively and drive process improvements.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex data clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
• Ability to work with vast quantities of data.

Education

Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications: Financial Sciences (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised