Strategic Finance Analyst

**Introduction**
- Through our client-facing brands Metropolitan and Momentum, with Multiply (wellness and rewards programme), and our other specialist brands, including Guardrisk and Eris Property Group, the group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations.**Role Purpose**
- Provide support on the tracking and reporting of Momentum Metropolitan's key performance indicators, in line with the Group's strategy. This will include providing support in analysing the Group's actual performance against rolling forecasts and prior year results, compiling financial reports (both for internal and external consumption) and providing business intelligence to support business decision making.**Requirements**:

- Nearly qualified Actuary/Qualified CA with 3 to 5 years' experience required.
- Experience in report writing and strong communication skills.
- Proven track record in building and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholders.
- Life insurance specific experience will be highly advantageous.
- Experience in IFRS 17 would be advantageous.
- Listed company experience preferable.

**Duties & Responsibilities**
- Support the integrated reporting planning process and including the management and review of business' submissions of data/reports.
- Assist in drafting commentary for quarterly operating updates, interim and year-end results. Assist in drafting commentary for internal reporting to the Audit Committee and the Board.
- Assist in compiling and reviewing monthly updates to the Group Exco on the performance of Key Performance Indictors across the Group. This would include identifying trends/highlighting variances and presenting explanations for these.
- Provide commercial insight and analysis of business performance, identifying underlying trends and challenging the business performance.
- Monitor and review analyst reports and other industry reports to establish whether information needs can be addressed through providing additional disclosure in the integrated report and / or results presentations.
- Provide commercial insight and analysis of business performance, identifying underlying trends and challenging the business performance.
- Collaborate with the business to ensure this meets with changing requirements.
- Deliver timeous, accurate and value-adding analysis and insight to stakeholders.
- Make recommendations that highlight the risks, confidence rating and the impact of variables on business results and advise business.
- Create visualisation of the insights identified from the financial analysis to assist business decision making.
- Analyse the financial results of key competitors to understand the implications of their strategies and potential implications for the segment.
- Provide ad-hoc analysis and insight on specific issues, such as investor relations, financial modelling, industry and competitor analysis, business plans around merger and acquisition activities and large-scale organic investments.
- Contribute to team's high-performance culture.

**Competencies**
- Excellent written communication skills, with an ability to work well in a collaborative environment
- Strong skills in report writing and in presenting complex information to a diverse audience.
- Strong project management skills and the ability to manage change and shifting priorities
- Ability to draft commentary and analyse information to establish key messages
- Ability to develop and manage relationships with multiple stakeholders in the business
- Able to manage stress, pressure and competing demands.
- Self-starter - can run independently with large projects.
- Team player and can coordinate effectively across multiple functions and disciplines.
- Adhere to governance, risk and compliance requirements.