Head: Finance at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

• To develop tactical strategy and delivery plans, formulate associated practice/s and to ensure operational implementation and adaption i.t.o. financial management methodology, governance and delivery objectives.

Minimum Experience

• 5 - 8 years experience in a similar environment, of which 3 - 4 years at management level

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Finance Economics and Accounting

Additional Minimum Qualifications

Responsibilites

• Communicate a meaningful tactical context that guides and directs best practice integration and process alignment with service delivery objectives.
• Partner with next level managers and specialists to ensure effective practice management through multiple process design and integration.
• Drive the implementation of tactical strategy to realise business results, in adherence to an operational framework of policies and procedures.
• Manage and ensure the effective preparation of accurate budgets and monitoring of performance against actual outcomes.
• Provide accurate management accounts to relevant stakeholders to inform cost saving and other decision making purposes.
• Develop and align area related operational tactics in order to contribute to efficient cash flow management, ensuring business liquidity.
• Coordinate the sourcing, analyses and interpretation of financial information in order to review the financial performance of the business.
• Carry out continuous reviews of working accounting practices, procedures and processes to ensure efficient and cost effective operations.
• Accountable for strategy implementation through the integration and optimisation of operational activities to practices and systems across an internal value chain.
• Proactively identify interconnected tactical problems, determine the impact, patterns and trends to identify alternatives and best practice solutions, anticipating future challenges.
• Plan for the management of work outputs across various functional activities, integrating interdependent practices, processes or systems and addressing and balancing the demands of different priorities to optimise efficiency.