Investment Controller X2

Support the back-office team to achieve financial strategy and vision by ensuring alignment of the Bank's Financial Strategy, through conducting financial modelling, scenario planning and forecast and reviewing and amending financial policies to support the business. **Key Responsibilities**: **Key Performance Areas**: Strategic Reporting and Investment Support: - Facilitating the alignment of the financial strategy with the business strategy as far as the asset and liability portfolio of the Bank is concerned. - Review the asset and liability performance to confirm alignment between the DBSA corporate strategy with the Bank's operating model. - Preparation of reports encompassing financial modelling, scenario planning, and forecasting in support of the strategic direction for the DBSA Asset and Liability portfolio. - Provide assistance and guidance in developing supporting systems and procedures. - Provide financial and statistical reports for executive decision making. - Review and amend financial policies and procedures to support the business and ensure alignment with procedures, strategies and financial rules and regulations. - Provide proactive and regular forecasting and scenario planning for corporate and divisions. - Interpret and analyse key financial information current and forecast and ratios to assist in financial decisionmaking. - Implement expense-management strategy to be utilised for financial analysis, decision-making and cost savings. - Escalate any deviations and challenges to management, with recommended remedial and mitigating actions. - Implement financial control processes and ensure effective management of working capital, margin management, risk management and disciplined financial best practice. Management Reporting and Information systems: - Preparation and review of the notes to the financial statements and ensure accurate quality and timeliness of the quarterly and annual results. - Review of financial processes and systems and ensuring regular updates. - Prepare financial plans and budgets for executive decision-making. - Preparing balance sheet and cash flow projections with accuracy, reliability, and on time. - Impairment assessments and review of the asset portfolio for adequacy of provisions on the credit portfolio and reasonableness of fair values of the unlisted equity investments - Provide proactive and regular forecasting and scenario planning for corporate planning for assets and liabilities. - Assess processes and recommend continuous improvements on back-office support operations. - Review own actions against the organisation plan (Balance Score Card) and look at the "big picture" when considering opportunities. - Evaluate functions against the organisational plan (Balanced Scorecard) and ensure achievement of targets while considering the broader strategic perspective and identifying opportunities. - Keep abreast of the DBSA's business functions, business developments and trends. - Maintain ongoing compliance in terms of legislative (Treasury, PFMA), financial, tax and related matters. - Provide information and insights in the preparation of annual and interim financial reports. - Review payments to ensure protection against or early detection of fraudulent activities. - Conduct research and analyse complex and diverse information to gather insights and market data. - Support in the design of workflows and procedures. Stakeholder Management: - Provide direction and management to colleagues where applicable. - Build relationships with stakeholders across the organisation to ensure open communication and to obtain a deep understanding of the Bank's operations. Key Measurements of Outputs: 1. Understanding of core operations: accurate interpretation of DBSA’s core operations. 2. Initiative through active contribution to new initiatives. 3. Accuracy, quality and timeliness of quarterly and annual accounts. 4. Accuracy, quality and reliability of financial reports. 5. Effective implementation processes with detailed procedural manuals as well as policies and documentation of business processes. 6. Effective execution and quarterly updates of financial processes. 7. Budget and forecast accuracy: precision in balance sheet and cash flow projections. 8. Management of client relationships and key internal and external Stakeholders. 9. Continuous learning through new finance skills acquired. 10. Active participation in working groups and committees. 11. Clean Audit Key Internal Liason Relationships: 1. Group Executive: Risk 2. All DBSA Divisions 3. Overall DBSA management 4. Audit & Risk Committees Key External Liason Relationships: 1. DBSA Suppliers and Vendors **Expertise & Technical Competencies**: **Qualifications and Experience**: Minimum Requirements: - A Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce or Finance or Accounting. - A minimum of 5 years’ experience in investment banking within the banking environment. - A minimum of 2 years’ experience in relevant treasury accou