Job Responsibilities
- Gather relevant information from sources and stakeholders to fulfill regulatory requirements; reconcile Balance Sheet and Income statement BA return information obtained to the management accounts; analyze and review information to ensure accuracy and integrity; identify and follow-up on issues relating to regulatory requirements.
- Evaluate opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective approaches to operate and add value to the bank.
- Identify and resolve business problems promptly by analyzing data and reports from various sources.
- Provide meaningful recommendations, explanations, and highlight anomalies by analyzing and interrogating financial information.
- Ensure that financial business analysis is conducted in line with the set standards.
- Enhance processes, policies, and procedures by researching, reviewing current documents, and submitting recommendations.
- Ensure understanding and compliance with banking regulations as well as internal policies.
- Manage defined risks in the finance/regulatory function and risk categories at targeted levels by adhering to internal and external guidelines/policies/procedures/business rules/compliance and governance requirements.
- Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives, and values by reviewing the Business Unit Plan and ensuring delivered systems, processes, services, and solutions are aligned.
- Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management. Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within the specified time frame.
- Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
Essential Qualifications - NQF Level:
- Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
- Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA(SA))
- Bachelor of Commerce: Financial Management
- Financial Risk Management
- Problem solving
- Developing methods to minimize process and reporting risks
- Drafting reports
- Managing conflict situations
- Influencing stakeholders to obtain buy-in for concepts and ideas
- Data analysis
- Writing business proposals
- Conducting needs analysis
- Communicating standards to others
- Answering stakeholder questions
- Preparing and delivering presentations
- Conducting gap analysis between scope and proposals
- Interacting with various levels of management
- Using different approaches in new work situations and/or business proposals
- Identifying trends
- 2- 4 years' experience in Banking/Financial services environment
- Business Acumen
- Business principles
- Communication Strategies
- Data analysis
- Governance, Risk and Controls
- Bank policies and procedures
- Principles of financial management
- Research methodology
- Business writing skills
- Microsoft Office
- Banking regulatory knowledge
- IT / Banking knowledge
