Senior Analyst Financial Planning

3 days ago

Sandton, South Africa Absa Bank Limited Full time

Bring your possibility to life Define your career with us
- With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.Job Summary

The GCF BPA team, a sub-team within GFDS, is responsible for:
Overall financial Reporting across Head office (Review of Actuals forecasts and short
- and medium-term budgets that inform the Integrated Plan including restatements and rebase of plan where required)

Preparation of briefing notes for annual results presentations

Ad hoc analysis and research, used by to inform interlocks and key financial decisions by senior management

**Job Description**:
Accountability: Assist the team in team executing the following deliverables:

- Project management and analysis of key planning deliverables throughout the year: RAF, STP, Stress Testing and Integrated Planning outputs
- Various reporting decks including month end reporting
- Research projects - gathering financial data and creating insightful, decision useful analysis and thought pieces
- Results presentations at half year and year end
- Other ad hoc projects and presentations
- Financial scenario analysis and stress testing
- Consolidating financial information regarding the Head office for senior management
- Attend meetings to assist executives to understand and complete their tasks to achieve team goals

Accountability: RAF and STP review packs
- Provide direction to the business executive committee (exco) based on analytical review of the Business Performance and an understanding of key business drivers
- Compile consolidated review pack for submission to ORF and any other relevant committee. The pack together with commentary is necessary to provide a sounds basis on which the budget is approved.
- Interact with other departments such as Treasury, TAG and Group tax may be necessary to provide comfort and assurance that the more technical aspects of submissions (impairments, Tax, Economic Capital etc.) have been scrutinized and appear reasonable given the Groups economic out-look. Accountability: Ad-hoc requirements/submissions
- Execute ad-hoc queries on a daily basis that are dependent on external and internal requirements and vary considerably throughout the year.

Accountability: Ad-hoc requirements/submissions
- Negotiate with the various stakeholders on the targets set and drive the overall achievement of performance objectives in the business unit through the performance management function within the required business parameters
- Provide other departments (FC ,Group BPA, treasury etc.) with a range of information (analysis, forecasts and actual financial data etc.) to perform their respective tasks. The information supplied may need to be package in a different format to make it relevant for their respective needs. An understanding of the roll-up structures within the Absa Business and good financial understanding is vital in this instance so as to avoid misrepresenting information.
- Ensure "one version of the truth" for all reporting and that management reporting reconciles/agrees to reports produced within other areas of the business

Accountability: Manage Absa Group Limited queries
- Provide monthly feedback to Absa Group Limited Business performance management on the performance of the head off to date, the performance against budget expectations and provide guidance on possible future performances considering future economic expectations and/ or past performances (outlooks).
- Define and instruct team on the formatting of management reports and contract with system developers and data providers to develop the reports

People Investment Accountabilities
- Peer responsibility: Coach, inspire, engage, mentor and develop finance and business savvy leaders.
- Play to our A-Game culture of Culture of inclusivity, diversity, entrepreneurship, and ownership.
- Network with finance colleagues across GFD and create awareness of challenges, opportunities and issues and encourage collaboration
- Focus on Finance skills evolution and remaining relevant.

Qualifications and experience:

- NQF Level 6: B Degree / B Com (major in Accounting, Financial Management or Economics)
- 5-10 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry, within the finance or MI areas Financial management experience

Knowledge and skills:

- Basic Financial Accounting
- Analytical skills
- Self-driven and good interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail
- Deadline driven
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills

Preferred:

- Knowledge of financial markets
- Knowledge of economics

Competencies:

- Deciding and initiating action
- Learning and researching
- Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
- Adapting and responding to change
- Persuading and influencing
- Creating and innovating
- Report writing and presenting

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