Finance Data Executive at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To get results through a complete function (functional synergy), provide competitive advantage for the business, build flexibility and effectiveness of the process function, build functional state-of-the-art-results and credibility and understanding and value all sub-functions. To engage the future through functional best practice strategy and getting "tomorrow's results" through addressing "issues" today. 

Job Responsibilities

• Build partnerships with clients to understand the business data and reporting needs and manage expectations.
• Modernize, simplify, and increase efficiencies of the technical platform landscape, using project management expertise to ensure compliance to GT and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure alignment and achievement of CIB Data strategy, create a competitive advantage and improve the brand of the Analytics and Reporting team by translating the Nedbank and CIB strategy into a customised Divisional strategy.
• Keep abreast of competitors and industry practices by conducting research and benchmarking best practices, legislation, and industry standards, through industry trends improve service delivery in collaboration with GT.
• Collaborate with GT to maintain the infrastructure, environmental, security and applications for data and report delivery in line with service level agreements.
• Input into the CIB Disaster Recovery environment to facilitate business continuity and compliance with data regulations.
• Continuously enhance quality by reviewing and improving processes, systems and workflows
• Deliver and improve client service year on year by conducting quarterly client indicator performance reviews.
• Build, manage and maintain sustainable internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• Build trust and respect in working relationships with manager, direct reports, peers and other managers with the ability to influence above and below.
• Enable achievement of functional and Business Unit objectives.
• Deliver promised function business and project plan objectives.
• Drive continuous, optimized improvement in the interest of the bank.
• Ensure decisions are made in the best interest of the business, not just the function and the quality of services are above the industry norm.
• Ensure compliance of function to governance and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure synergy and value add to business by coordinating and integrating various department activities and minimizing risk.
• Create a culture of entrepreneurship.
• Ensure alignment and achievement of strategy and create a competitive advantage by translating the Nedbank and Business Unit strategy into a customized Divisional strategy.
• Develop and introduce a people strategy that will create a culture that drives the Cluster and Nedbank's vision and values.
• Build a high-performance team.

Essential Qualifications

• Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree

Preferred Qualification

• B.Tech IT
• B.Com Honours in Information Systems
• B.Sc in Computer Science
• MBA or equivalent

Minimum Experience Level

• 10-15 years’ experience in IT delivery and senior business leadership roles of which 5 years in project delivery
• 3 years in a managerial role
• Type of Exposure
• Managing a team of managers
• Coaching and mentoring others
• Building a community of leaders
• Identifying/select talent
• Managing multiple functions
• Financial services; preferable banking
• Modelling and encourage a corporate culture
• Developing a divisional strategy plan
• Developing succession plans
• Presenting to senior leaders
• Managing business risks
• Managing a function or division
• Executing major organisational change

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Budgeting
• Business administration and management
• Business principles
• Business terms and definitions
• Capacity planning
• Change management
• Communication Strategies
• Diversity management
• Employee training/development
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Organisational behaviour theory
• Principles of project management
• Relevant Nedbank product knowledge
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Stakeholder management
• Strategic planning
• Talent management
• Business writing skills
• Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
• Client Service Management

Behavioural Competencies

• Operational Decision Making
• Building Organizational Talent
• Compelling Communication
• Driving Execution
• Financial Acumen
• Strategic Influence