Finance Manager Group Finance at AfroCentric Group

What will you do?

• To ensure that the financial operations of the entity, including but not limited to, Debtors, Creditors, Banking, Fixed Assets, Insurance and the BEE pillar is managed efficiently and in line with the company’s policies and procedures, including the review of monthly reconciliations. Manage resources to attain and maintain service level agreements.

Qualification and Experience

• Relevant degree, honours preferable
• Minimum 8 years' experience in finance environment, with at least 4 years management experience essential
• Experience in introducing/implementing automation using various digital tools/platforms

Accountabilities:

Compliance and Risk Management

• Defined legal, statutory and regulatory compliance is appropriately implemented and maintained at the required standards for the team 
• Implemented operational risk and governance structures, measures and frameworks are monitored within the team and necessary action is taken to address issues, when necessary
• Ensure the preparation and implementation of policies and procedures 
• Establish and maintain a sound financial control environment, including banking, cashflows and audits.

Financial Management

• Manage expenses, costs and identify cost saving opportunities to support the department in achieving its financial goals and targets.

Operating Model

• Develop and implement team operational plans that will ensure the defined delivery objectives are met through supporting, and being supported by, other teams within and linked to the department / project 
• Identify opportunities to improve the teams' core operational internal processes and internal supply chain 
• Resolve operational conflicts 
• Set achievable yet challenging delivery targets/objectives and motivate the team to operate in a mutually supportive manner to ensure successful delivery
• Ensure the review and finalisation of management accounts, including monthly reconciliations, by Service Level Agreement deadlines 
• Ensure the preparation and finalisation of financial statements and liaison with internal and external auditors 
• Ensure the review and finalisation of statutory returns.

Operational Implementation of Strategy

• Plan and implement operational changes within the area of responsibility to respond to important external influences 
• Provide input into the business plan for the department and interpret this into an operational plan for the team 
• Ensure business plan is implemented in a manner that supports operational and quality standards and meets defined departmental priorities 
• Communicate business plan and team operational plan in alignment with the broader Medscheme strategic direction 
• Ensure implementation of plans in a way that maintains operational best practice and leads to continual delivery improvement.

Operational Leadership

• Manage the operational performance of the team as per Human Capital frameworks and policies to ensure delivery to agreed standards and objectives 
• Provide appropriate staff development, coaching and mentoring and retain skilled and engaged employees within the team and Medscheme 
• Support transformation through valuing diversity within the team and department 
• Behave in alignment with the Medscheme values.

Stakeholder Management

• Ensure appropriate, active and informative relationships with customers and relevant stakeholders are successfully maintained.

Specific deliverables:

Compliance and Risk Management:

• Ensure the preparation and implementation of policies and procedures
• Establish and maintain a sound financial control environment, including banking, cashflows and audits

Operating Model:

• Ensure the review and finalisation of management accounts, including monthly reconciliations, by Service Level Agreement deadlines
• Ensure the preparation and finalisation of financial statements and liaison with internal and external auditors
• Ensure the review and finalisation of statutory returns

Position Specific Outputs

• Ensure successful delivery of projects that leads to operational efficiencies and automation of processes.

Knowledge

• Knowledge and application of relevant legislation and regulations 
• Understand and demonstrate agile development life cycles

Skill

• Communication Skills 
• Innovates and Takes Risks 
• Task Management 
• Executive Business Writing Skills 
• Financial Acumen 
• Neural network architecture 
• Change Management 
• Interpretation of financial statements 
• Quality driven 
• Computer Technology Skills