Financial Forecaster

3 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Intelligent Debt Management Full time

**Financial Forecaster and Business Partner - Qualified CIMA**

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- Maintain the technical and commercial aspects of the forecast process.
- Liaise with the Actuaries on GWP sold, claims incurred (including various categories of risk) and premium income as well as the EV model.
- Interpret the results output of your work, with particular focus on financial performance, position and cash flows.
- Run different scenarios by changing model inputs. Interpret the results and make recommendations where necessary.
- Monthly and Ad hoc meetings with heads of department to plan their best staff allocation to support the company growth.
- Compiling and understanding our marketing channels mix and the cost drivers thereof.
- Understanding of insurance sale drivers and appropriately forecasting and for policies and new GWP sold.
- Knowledge of our various metrics through which we evaluate our businesses. Recommend others where necessary.
- Working knowledge of corporate debt structures.
- Taking the operational finances lead in updating the forecast process to make it as seamless as possible.
- Working with the operational departments as to their strategy and expressing this in financial terms. Making it relevant to them.
- Compilation of budget working papers with staff loading and other KPI's.
- Taking ownership of the technical aspects of the biannual budgeting process and reporting thereon.
- Providing analysis and extra data as required by ops staff - look at your spreadsheets as a working product.

**Key Competencies**
- Professional accounting qualification - preferred CIMA but CA(SA), ACCA or SAIPA will be considered.
- 3 to 5 years post qualification experience in a medium to large organisation
- Thorough understanding of management accounting principals
- Multiproduct/service exposure
- Working knowledge of consolidations for a diversified group
- Previous knowledge of forecasting and budgeting advantageous
- Advanced Excel knowledge an advantage
- Working knowledge of the following accounting standards: IFRS 15 (Revenue), IFRS 16 (Leases) and IFRS 17 (Insurance an added advantage)
- Be fluent in spoken and written English.
- Have strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Have strong planning, organizing and time management skills.
- Be able to work independently as well as be a team player.
- Be able to multi-task effectively.
- Have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Be self-motivated, by taking an interest in the job, and obtaining satisfaction from the achievement of a job well done.


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