Financial Forecaster - Cape Town at Intelligent Debt Management

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain the technical and commercial aspects of the forecast process.
• Liaise with the Actuaries on GWP sold, claims incurred (including various categories of risk) and premium income as well as the EV model.
• Interpret the results output of your work, with particular focus on financial performance, position and cash flows.
• Run different scenarios by changing model inputs. Interpret the results and make recommendations where necessary.
• Monthly and Ad hoc meetings with heads of department to plan their best staff allocation to support the company growth.
• Compiling and understanding our marketing channels mix and the cost drivers thereof.
• Understanding of insurance sale drivers and appropriately forecasting and for policies and new GWP sold.
• Knowledge of our various metrics through which we evaluate our businesses. Recommend others where necessary.
• Working knowledge of corporate debt structures.
• Taking the operational finances lead in updating the forecast process to make it as seamless as possible.
• Working with the operational departments as to their strategy and expressing this in financial terms. Making it relevant to them.
• Compilation of budget working papers with staff loading and other KPI's.
• Taking ownership of the technical aspects of the biannual budgeting process and reporting thereon.
• Providing analysis and extra data as required by ops staff - look at your spreadsheets as a working product.

Key Competencies

• Professional accounting qualification - preferred CIMA but CA(SA), ACCA or SAIPA will be considered.
• 3 to 5 years post qualification experience in a medium to large organisation
• Thorough understanding of management accounting principals
• Multiproduct/service exposure
• Working knowledge of consolidations for a diversified group
• Previous knowledge of forecasting and budgeting advantageous
• Advanced Excel knowledge an advantage
• Working knowledge of the following accounting standards: IFRS 15 (Revenue), IFRS 16 (Leases) and IFRS 17 (Insurance an added advantage)
• Be fluent in spoken and written English.
• Have strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Have strong planning, organizing and time management skills.
• Be able to work independently as well as be a team player.
• Be able to multi-task effectively.
• Have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Be self-motivated, by taking an interest in the job, and obtaining satisfaction from the achievement of a job well done.