Financial Analyst: Treasury Finance - Sandton at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• To provide and interpret financial information to all stakeholders of the business for informed decision making.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

• The role of Specialist: Management Accounting is primarily to provide support in the preparation of monthly results reports for Treasury, which includes all the different operational units within this BU.
• Activities include all the various month-end processes from a BP&A point of view, which includes setting up and running of meetings with all PCG partners to understand the monthly results.
• Reports produced are used for monthly analysis and reporting to Group as well.
• This role contributes extensively to the pack used in the monthly Fincom session with Treasury Exco.
• In addition, this role is responsible for producing the numbers for Group-wide Notional interest run on a monthly basis as well as all management information required around this process.
• Support is also given for producing reports for Group FRC meetings.
• From a planning perspective, this role is actively involved in compiling forecasts for Treasury (i.e. RAF, MTP, Outlook) to be used by Treasury exco and Group BP&A.
• This includes the loading of FTP rates across the Group, Treasury allocations (NI, Liquid asset cost recoveries) and funding requirements of the Bank.

Role/Person Specification

Education and Experience Required

• Qualifications preferred – Bcom Accounts, CIMA/CFA/CA
• Preferred 3-5yrs financial reporting experience.

Knowledge & Skills:

Essential

• Report Writing Level: Do and Instruct
• Analysis Level: Do without Supervision
• Financial Management Level: Do without Supervision
• Negotiation skills Level: Do without Supervision
• MS Office Advanced Level: Do without Supervision
• Stakeholder Management Level: Do without Supervision
• Communication - Written & Verbal Level: Do without Supervision

Preferred

• Compass (Financial Planning System) Level: Do without Supervision
• SAP Report Tool Level: Do without Supervision

Competencies: 

• Leading and supervising
• Analysing, Relating and networking
• Coping with pressure and setbacks
• Presenting and communicating information
• Planning and organising
• Persuading and influencing
• Writing and reporting

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Financial Sciences (Required)