Chief Financial Officer

2 days ago

Sandton, South Africa Discovery Ltd. Full time

**Business Unit**:Discovery Insure**Function**:Financial Analysis**Date**:29 Aug 2024

**Discovery Insure**

**Chief Financial Officer**

**About Discovery**

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

**About Discovery Insure**
- Discovery Insure is committed to creating a nation of great drivers and building better businesses through our innovative Shared-value Insurance model. Discovery Insure is South Africa’s fastest growing short-term insurance company with comprehensive products that provide protection against current and emerging risks facing clients in the motor, home and business insurance sectors. Vitality Drive, an internationally-recognised and award-winning programme, is a key differentiator in the market that incentivises and rewards clients for driving well. The Vitality Drive programme has been scaled to local and international markets which now include Europe and the Middle East. The company employs over 1000 people who are committed to putting our customers and financial advisers first by providing unique and innovative solutions and cover.**Key Purpose**
- To ensure sound financial management of and capital planning for Discovery Insure and compliance with the relevant legislation and regulatory reporting requirements.**Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to**

The Chief Financial Officer will be responsible for:

- Monitoring and Financial reporting - Prepare and present monthly, quarterly, and annual results of the business to senior management and the Insure Board. This includes both internal and external (regulatory etc) reporting needs as well as fulfilling the role of investor relations in the short term environment.
- Billing and collections - Ensuring that every client is billed and funds collected and credit control processes are in place.
- Banking and Treasury -Ensuring that funds are invested and returns monitored for best ROI by working with group treasury functions. This function includes monitoring the capital adequacy of the business.
- Telematics devices - Ensuring that our asset base of over R100 million of devices are monitored, controlled and reconciled on a monthly basis.
- Budgeting and Forecasting - Building, monitoring, evaluating and reassessing the future financial position of the business and reporting thereon.
- Financial operations - Ensuring that the business operates within a robust financial framework and the necessary controls are applied to prevent losses due to fraud or error.
- Corporate governance and compliance - internal and external audits, risk and compliance work.
- Financial aspects of mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance work.
- Play a strategic role with the CEO and Board to define, steer and monitor the business to meet their long term objectives.

**Technical Skills or Knowledge**
- Financial Planning and Strategy, Managing Profitability, Strategic Planning
- Financial Vision, Promoting Process Improvement, Forecasting, Corporate Finance, Developing Budgets
- Strong Technical Financial Skills, Dealing with Complexity Independence, trust worthiness, reliability and honesty

**Education**
- Matric
- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA), SA

**Experience**
- 10 years experience in an executive financial role, with some of these as a CFO
- Short term insurance knowledge
- Extensive exposure to financial management with a proven track record of innovation, delivery and performance
- EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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