Finance Business Partner - Cape Town at Capitec Bank

Purpose Statement

Your key focus areas will be to partner with business and provide commercial guidance, ensure a strong understanding of the link between operational drivers, business strategy and financial performance to enable accurately and effectively financial management and decision making. In addition, you will act as liaison between Executives, Head of Department and Financial Management in respect of finance specific portfolios. 

Experience

Our ideal candidate would have a completed Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Financial Accounting or Finance with experience in either banking or financial services.

As a Finance Business Partner, you will have knowledge in financial and operational reporting principles as well as banking and financial services client offering products and channels. You will bring proven financial management experience i.e. accounting financial analysis, reporting budgeting and forecasting and financial modelling in order to manage a portfolio at either divisional or large departmental level. You will report on and plan for the respective portfolio for headcount and or business and operational drivers within either the Retail Finance, Business Bank or Retail Bank segments of Capitec Bank.

Qualifications (Minimum)

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Similar
• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Qualifications (Ideal or Preferred)

• Honours Degree in Accounting - Financial Accounting or Accounting - Management Accounting

Knowledge

Min:

• Management of accounts, accounting principles and computerised accounting systems.
• Financial budgeting and forecasting
• Financial modelling; analysis and interpretation
• Digital way of work, 
• Stakeholder relationship building principles and practices 
• Leadership principles
• Business communication, report writing and presenting of information

Ideal:

• Great business acumen and knowledge of business outside of Finance
• Banking and financial services client offering, products and channels.
• Experience of continuous improvement initiatives and related change management

For the Payment Cards portfolio:

• Understanding of Payment Card landscape including MasterCard and Visa Billing; Interchange mechanisms; transaction flow of card payment transactions
• Understanding of Mastercard and Visa contracts including billing, fees, rebates and support.