Financial manager: Reporting / FP&A

Description:

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A leading South African service company is actively seeking a Financial Manager (Reporting) to join its dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering crucial insights and analyses to support the Executive team and board, ensuring that business decisions are guided by robust financial considerations. Your key responsibilities will include driving project proposals and evaluations, conducting forecasting and budgeting analyses, all aimed at optimizing financial performance and mitigating potential business risks in a timely manner.

As a Financial Manager (Reporting) you will responsible for the following:
Budgeting:

• Lead the annual budgeting process.
• Collaborate with growth managers to establish a realistic revenue budget.
• Work with cost center budget owners to formulate a practical operational expenses budget.
• Assist in the development of business cases and the calculation of relevant ROIs.
• Evaluate and identify the best investments for the business.
• Understand and analyze the impact of external factors such as political, economic, legislative, and technological changes.
• Adapt and update financial management strategies to stay relevant in a changing macro-environment.
• Provide continuous support to budget owners to maintain adherence to the established budget throughout the year.

Reporting:

• Conduct in-depth analysis of various business aspects to improve financial performance and mitigate potential risks promptly.
• Aid businesses in expense management by offering insights into actual results versus budget and providing necessary data to budget owners.
• Deliver accurate and insightful information and reports to different business departments and Executive Committee (Exco), contributing to building a scalable business model.
• Submit monthly Trial Balances (TBs) and forecasts to the group using Cognos Controller.
• Support CFO by providing Adumo reporting as needed.
• Manage month-end and year-end rollovers efficiently.

Analysis and forecasting :

• Submit monthly financial forecasts within group deadlines.
• Prepare Key Indicator (KI) forecasts, sales forecasts, and churn forecasts.
• Conduct cost calculations and strategize price planning.
• Generate various reports to aid in decision making and performance enhancement.

Key initiatives:

• Successfully implement Key Indicator (KI) products, focusing on scalable and efficient process flows, financial processes, and systems.
• Establish SME cloud billing processes, ensuring scalability from a finance function perspective.
• Assist in setting up the required infrastructure for Application Service Provider (ASP).
• Support the treasury, reconciliation, and settlement functions for a Buy-now-pay-later product.

Job Experience and Skills Required:
Completed CIMA
Completed articles would be beneficial
Minimum 5+ years’ experience
Services, Banking sector or Fin Tech industry is preferred
Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power BI and Qliksense is beneficial

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Requirements:

• Lead the annual budgeting process.
• Collaborate with growth managers to establish a realistic revenue budget.
• Work with cost center budget owners to formulate a practical operational expenses budget.
• Assist in the development of business cases and the calculation of relevant ROIs.
• Evaluate and identify the best investments for the business.
• Understand and analyze the impact of external factors such as political, economic, legislative, and technological changes.
• Adapt and update financial management strategies to stay relevant in a changing macro-environment.
• Provide continuous support to budget owners to maintain adherence to the established budget throughout the year.

• Conduct in-depth analysis of various business aspects to improve financial performance and mitigate potential risks promptly.
• Aid businesses in expense management by offering insights into actual results versus budget and providing necessary data to budget owners.
• Deliver accurate and insightful information and reports to different business departments and Executive Committee (Exco), contributing to building a scalable business model.
• Submit monthly Trial Balances (TBs) and forecasts to the group using Cognos Controller.
• Support CFO by providing Adumo reporting as needed.
• Manage month-end and year-end rollovers efficiently.

• Submit monthly financial forecasts within group deadlines.
• Prepare Key Indicator (KI) forecasts, sales forecasts, and churn forecasts.
• Conduct cost calculations and strategize price planning.
• Generate various reports to aid in decision making and performance enhancement.

• Successfully implement Key Indicator (KI) products, focusing on scalable and efficient process flows, financial processes, and systems.
• Establish SME cloud billing processes, ensuring scalability from a finance function perspective.
• Assist in setting up the required infrastructure for Application Service Provider (ASP).
• Support the treasury, reconciliation, and settlement functions for a Buy-now-pay-later product.