Business Manager: Finance and Treasury

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Job Title
Business Manager: Finance & Treasury (3 months FTC)
Division : Finance and Treasury
Unit: Finance
Job Type Classification: Contract
Location – Country: South Africa
Province: Gauteng
Town / City: Centurion

Job Advert Summary
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To provide a business management support function through the coordination of various strategic initiatives and operations management interventions thereby supporting the Chief Financial Officer and the team to achieve effective and efficient application of resources. To support the Chief Financial Officer and the business unit team with various activities with particular emphasis on Business Planning, Performance Management, Project Coordination, Risk Management, Change Management, Operational and Administrative functions while facilitating proper governance and compliance to legislation and best practice within the framework of the Bank's policies and guidelines.

Key Performance Areas
1. Business Planning at Divisional level
In liaison with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) coordinate various business planning and strategic initiatives and projects on behalf of the various Departments within the Division. These include amongst others the following:
Coordinate and contribute to the development and implementation of the Corporate plan and Divisional plan to execute agreed strategic objectives
Work with team members and secures cooperation from colleagues and divisional team members to implement key strategies, projects and initiatives as identified for the division.
Coordinate, monitor, track, and report on these strategies and initiatives including recommending enhancements/changes as and when required.
Provide business intelligence to the CFO by conducting studies, research and keeping abreast on issues affecting areas of responsibility which inform the direction of the Business Unit.

2. Strategic Coordination and Preparation for Meetings, and Engagements
Prepare the divisional annual calendar
Engage with CFO’s direct reports and prepare the agenda for the Management Committee (Manco)
Track all resolutions and action items arising from the Manco meetings
Coordinate and/or prepare any required concept documents, reports, memos, letters, and presentations on behalf of the CFO/ Senior Management as and when required.
Prepare the CFO's Exco, Business Review and other Committee or Board submissions and other initiatives as required.
Coordinate external stakeholder communication including Investor relations correspondence.
Monitor implementations of resolutions and ensure follow-through actions are completed
Follow up on action items and ensure that all actions are done by the agreed deadline.

3. Operational and Divisional Efficiencies
Proactively support the CFO with specific reference to the following:
Manage the effective flow of information and documents across the division down to implementation level
Monitor and evaluate efficiencies and identify opportunities for enhancement including improvement of products and services through established mechanisms
Champions new ways of delivering services that contribute to the improvement of processes in order to achieve organisational and divisional goals
Act as the Budget Controller for the CFO, monitor and report on variances concerning the budget.
Assist with the coordination and monitoring function and may contribute to budget compilation to support the business unit managers.
Monitor and evaluate expenditure and procurement of services in line with budget and policy directives.

4. Risk, Governance and Ethics Management
Represent Division as a Risk champion.
Monitor aspects related to business continuity and Enterprise Risk Management.
Identify potential risks within areas of responsibility and make recommendations to mitigate identified risks.
Updating risk register and tracking progress
Incident management report
Implements innovative service delivery options in own section.

5. Project Management
Plan, manage, monitor and evaluates activities around designated strategic projects in order to support the delivery of desired outputs and outcomes.
Monitor and track project goals and objectives and progress within prescribed time frames and funding parameters.
Coordinate high level meetings and events in collaboration with the relevant support divisions related to the project.

6. Divisional Performance Reporting
Compiles divisional Performance Reporting to:
Develop and manage the implementation of business unit performance monitoring processes
Assist the Executive to develop appropriate management analytic processes that enable effective reporting on the business performance at divisional level
Coordinate the periodic performance review sessions and coordinate and provide input into the development of the balance scorecard and defining performance measures and benchmarks to evaluate success
Coordinate the performance reporting process and the reporting of the divisional and business unit performance against agreed strategic and operational objectives as per the reporting requirements and Bank standards
Package performance reports for submission to various stakeholders.

Preferred Minimum Education and Experience
A degree in Strategy and/or Finance and a Postgraduate degree or diploma in Business Management, including Finance where a degree completed is not in Finance.
5-8 years Relevant work experience as a Business Manager / Management Consultant / Project Manager / Executive Coordinator
5 years Leadership experience in a comparable environment
Critical Competencies
Analytics (relevant to the function)
Legislation
Strategic Report Writing
Microsoft Office
Project Management Principles
Financial Principles
Strategic Planning and Processes
Governance and Risk
Sub-committee meetings and Board knowledge
Additional Requirements
Extended hours as and when required
Travel as and when required