Financial Manager

Job Description

Dear Future, Financial Manager

The role requires you to 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

Are You Someone Who Can:

• 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.
• 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.
• Provide advice and guidance on the content of business performance reports and the causes of variances.
• Maintain expert knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and provision of proactive advice and solutions to relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor and coach behaviours that ensure a service culture which builds rewarding relationships, proposes innovations and allows others to provide exceptional client service.
• Continuously assess own performance, seek timely and clear feedback and request training where appropriate.
• Plan and manage performance, skills development, succession and talent management and culture of team in order to improve performance and competence.
• Actively coach team through providing advice about subject matter, solutions, principles and processes with the aim to improve business performance.
• Cultivate and manage technical working relationships with colleagues and finance professionals across the business and group to share insights, experience and best practice.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Qualification: A qualified CA
• 8 to 10 years experience in similar role
• Credit knowledge and experience imperative.
• Experienced in working across complex leadership and reporting frameworks
• Banking background advantageous

You Will Have Access To:

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• A challenging working environment
• Opportunities to innovate

We can be a match if you are:

• Adaptable and curious
• Have a proven successful track record.
• Thrive in a collaborative environment

Are you interested to take the step? We look forward to engaging with you

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.

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.

29/10/25

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.