Finance Specialist

Job Family- Finance
- Career Stream- Accounting
- Leadership Pipeline- Manage Self: Professional

**Job Purpose**
- To provide specialist advice and guidance on financial performance and accounting practices required to ensure the clusters' compliance and adherence to financial reporting and meeting set financial targets, with specific emphasis on Macro Fair Value Hedge accounting.
- The Nedbank Group has a robust interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB) management framework supported by a Macro Fair Value Hedge Accounting (MFVHA) solution. This IRRBB management framework and MFVHA solution is owned by BSM and is continuously enhanced to ensure that the source of interest rate risk is identified, measured, managed and reported and that MFVHA models are effective in reducing P&L volatility by reviewing valuation methodologies and other model parameters.

**Responsibilities**:

- Independent MFVHA review and sign-off, post MFVHA accounting entries, model back-up and audit involvement.
- Involvement and review of the MFVHA month-end processes and associated reporting of P&L into the various executive committees and public disclosures.
- Ensure compliance with interest rate risk regulatory requirements (Regulation 30) and relevant hedge accounting standards.
- Collaborate and maintain strong working relationships with the different areas in BSM, Group Risk, Treasury and front lines businesses to facilitate and coordinate the implementation; ongoing execution and continued enhancement of effective and efficient risk management practices within Nedbank to make us world class at managing interest rate risk, and so achieve our strategic objectives.
- Responsible for the budgeting and forecast process in BSM Finance, including 3 Year Business Plans.
- Assist with bottle necks and deadlines in BSM Finance.
- Provide meaningful recommendations, explanations and highlight areas of concerns or anomalies by analyzing and interrogating financial information.
- Co-operate with internal and external auditors by supplying the required financial information timeously.
- Assist in the achievement of group collaboration initiatives by identifying opportunities to create beneficial partnerships and synergies.
- Manage defined risks in the finance function and risk categories at targeted levels by adhering to guidelines, policies, procedures and governance requirements.
- Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g., staff surveys etc.).
- Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g. Green Strategy).
- Essential Qualifications - NQF Level- Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
- Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
- Preferred Qualification- CA (SA)
- Minimum Experience Level- 2 to 3 years in financial management preferably in the financial services industry.
- Implementation of regulatory and accounting standard changes.

**Technical / Professional Knowledge**
- Administrative procedures and systems
- Banking knowledge
- Banking procedures
- Business principles
- Data analysis
- Governance, Risk and Controls
- Microsoft Office
- Relevant regulatory knowledge
- Relevant software and systems knowledge
- Business writing skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Nedbank culture
- Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
- Relevant Nedbank Human Resources policies and practices
- Relevant Nedbank policies and procedures
- Behavioural Competencies- Planning and Organizing
- Quality Orientation
- Decision Making
- Communication
- Building Partnerships
- Earning Trust
- **_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566_