Finance Business Partner

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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.

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Job Summary

This role provides financial decision support by preparing management accounts, forecasts, and performance reports for senior management, business heads and committees. It oversees reporting systems, develop short-and-medium-term plans, analyses financial data, and deliver insights to guide decisions. The role also supports business planning, monitors strategy performance, and conducts ad-hoc analysis to drive effective financial management and governance.

Job Description

• To provide decision support and other finance support to all business units.
• Support the monthly preparation of management accounts, performance reports and business review packs for Country Management Committee (CMC) Board and Group Executive Committee. 
• Support the process of setting medium (three years) and short term (one year) strategic performance plans and the annual forecasting process.
•  To contribute to the shaping and development of the bank’s strategy and long term planning of the Bank.
• Supervise the management accounting and reporting systems (e.g., SAP, Compass, Flash Portal, TM1).
• Develop a deep understanding of the accounting systems and the management information which for the basis of reporting monthly in order to lead projects and initiatives towards a future-ready Finance function.
• To monitor the performance of the bank’s strategy against the actual performance.
• Facilitate the submission of business plans and strategies in line with the Group ARO timetable.
• To analyse financial data and in so doing, prepare comprehensive financial statements that conform to the standards, controls and timetables set by management. 
• Interpret and explain performance within the business on a monthly ad-hoc basis.
• Updating and creation of financial modelling to support analysis and reporting.
• Proactively support the business with ad-hoc analysis and insights on specific issues. 

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Financial Sciences (Required)