Senior Finance Business Partner

4 days ago

Cape Town, South Africa Exceed Hr Full time

**Reference: DB 7159**

**Consultant: Dorei Barnes**

**Location: Waterfront, Cape Town**

**Descriptions**:

- Prepare monthly financial and operational MI for the CLT division and each of individual business units including information on financial performance, revenues and expenses, front office productivity, new business, etc. with insightful commentary on performance and explanation of material variances to budget, forecast, and prior year.
- Prepare and present relevant MI each month to the Head of CLT and the division’s executive committee, as well as to individual service line and regional department heads
- Prepare additional periodic and ad-hoc reporting as required by the division.
- Provide information on the division’s financial performance and KPIs to the FP&A team for inclusion in monthly reporting to the Group Exco and Board.
- Leverage knowledge of the business to identify opportunities to improve operating processes to help increase revenue, improve efficiency, reduce costs, and/or reduce risk
- Work together with the business and with the Finance Systems and MI team to further develop the methodologies for measuring the global profitability of the division’s clients, encompassing the total revenue and contribution earned from all of the group’s services
- Develop and present scorecards for each client, lead relationship manager, and team to measure performance vs targets for revenue per client, WIP and recoverability, new business, client retention, cross-selling of other group services, aged debtors, and other measures as required by the business
- Take an active role in regular reviews of client and Lead RM profitability, identifying opportunities and specific actions to increase profitability and tracking delivery
- Prepare the annual budget and business plan for the CLT Division and each of its business units, ensuring that all revenue, cost, and new business targets and investment spend are backed by a sound business case and adequate challenge.
- Work with FP&A and Finance Systems and MI teams to create efficient process for quarterly forecasting, budgeting, and longer term (3-5 year) projections as required by the Board

**Qualifications**:

- Self-starter with high level of energy and ability to multi-task and meet multiple deadlines
- Confidence to interact with and challenge all levels of management within the organisation
- Honesty and integrity
- Excellent attention to detail
- Commercially minded with ability to interpret data and present conclusions clearly
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written
- Strong PowerPoint presentation skills
- Advanced Excel skills including ability to build financial models
- Experience using analytical tools such as Power BI, Power Pivot or comparable reporting tools
- Good management and mentoring skills
- Keen interest in investment, family office, and wealth management industry
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)
- 10+ years’ experience in similar roles demonstrating increasing responsibility / scope of role including managing people
- Previous experience within the Financial Services or Professional Services industries is required

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cape Town, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

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