Planning & Controlling Senior Analyst | Tygervalley at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• As a strategic financial business partner, the Planning and Controlling Senior Analyst, supported by a team of analysts, delivers relevant financial insights to senior stakeholders to drive profitable growth.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Mentor and lead a team of Planning and Controlling Analysts (Finance Business Partners) across multiple locations.
• Provide senior stakeholders with concise, high-quality analysis and value-added insights to support management decisions. This includes comparing and understanding monthly performance versus prior periods, forecasts, and budgets.
• Oversee the preparation of monthly or quarterly reporting documents.
• Engage with and support the Life and GI clusters in strengthening their controlling capabilities.
• Manage the preparation of strategic and budgetary processes, including forecasts, rolling forecasts, and budgets, to help ensure profitable growth for SanlamAllianz.
• Supervise and coordinate internal planning and budgeting for SanlamAllianz in collaboration with the Life and GI clusters.
• Support the development and standardisation of financial planning and control tools, procedures, and controlling standards across SanlamAllianz.
• Continuously challenge current processes and organizational structures to improve the overall finance function.
• Assist the Central Head of Planning and Controlling and the Group CFO in preparing presentations for the Board and Executive Committee.

Qualification and Experience

• Master’s degree in finance, audit, actuarial or MBA
• At least 5 years in a similar role and 3 years working in the insurance industry.
• Planning and Controlling experience is essential