Financial Manager: Global Markets at Nedbank

Job Purpose

To analyse; interpret; collate and present financial and non-financial information in order to drive strategy; enable decision making and support Nedbank Corporate and Investment banking business unit.
 

Job Responsibilities

• Perform balance sheet & profit/loss reconciliations, checks between Source and ledger for relevant desk and preparation of month end review files to ensure complete, accurate and valid.

• Product and data reconciliation and control points - Scrip holdings reconciliation, Source system to ledger data integrity checks and validation

• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes; systems and policies and support implementation of new processes; policies and systems.

• Analysis of financial information and assist in preparation of commentary in packs for relevant stakeholder

• Enable business to achieve results by providing insights to enable strategic; operational and tactical decision making.

• Meet financial objectives by coordinating activities in line with budget requirements.

• Minimise financial and reputational risk by responding to customer related issues in a client centric way.

• Ensure research accuracy by validating results.

• Improve productivity by planning tasks; reviewing and taking corrective action when necessary.

• Evaluate vendor contracts by monitoring and ensuring compliance to Nedbank requirements.

• Managing market research database by compiling and updating client; industry and competitor information.

• Ensure compliance by adhering to internal and external regulatory requirements; governance and policies.

• Keep abreast of legislation and other industry changes that impacts on role by reading the relevant newsletters; websites and attending sessions.

• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the values through interaction with team and stakeholders.

• Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers

• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all learning activities are completed; experience practiced, and certifications obtained and/or maintained within specified time frames.

• Ensure information is provided correctly to stakeholders by maintaining knowledge sharing with team.

• Support business to meet client needs through research; communication and follow-up.

• Understand and meet stakeholder needs by identifying; building and maintaining relationships.

• Meet business objectives by facilitating and managing vendor relationships.

Essential Qualifications

• Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree

Preferred Qualification

• Chartered Accountant, Professional Qualifications/Honours Degree

Type of Exposure

• Conducting root cause analysis

• Developing ways to minimise risks

• Managing multiple projects

• Building and maintaining effective relationships externally and internally

• Checking accuracy of reports and rec

• Brainstorming ways of improving a processes or strategies

• Challenging the status quo with a view to improving the environment or peoples understanding

• Identifying trends

• Answering stakeholders questions

Minimum Experience Level

• 2 - 5 years’ experience in an accounting role in Markets Finance or Markets Product Control with speciality in the Foreign Currency Markets

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Banking procedures

• Business principles

• Business writing

• Cluster specific operations

• Governance, Risk and Controls

• Principles of financial management

• Relevant regulatory knowledge

• Relevant software and systems knowledge

• Research methodology

• Decision-making process

Behavioural Competencies

• Applied Learning

• Communication

• Decision Making

• Work Standards

• Managing Work

• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills