Senior Specialist, Financial Model Development at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

• Lead a team of financial modelling / planning specialists across the group's Africa Regions and Offshore (AR&O) portfolio  to develop fit for purpose financial planning models, apply and enhance specialist techniques and mathematical / statistical models such as time series forecasting and multivariate statistics, evaluate past and current financial performance, forecast trends, identify opportunities, anticipate risks and enable effective decision-making for Standard Bank Group.
• Optimise forecasting / scenario analysis capabilities and collaborate with Finance technology to define required technical architecture  for AR&O.

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Finance and Accounting, Mathematical Sciences

Experience Required

Financial Insights & Analytics

• Finance & Value Management
• More than 10 years experience with enterprise wide or business unit level financial planning with focus on sensitivities of financial outcome to alternative macro- economic and financial scenarios.
• Practical experience in Treasury Capital Management would be essential in order to assess impact of perform scenario analysis and planning on capital and liquidity, and to ensure alignment between risk appetite and strategic plans. Practical experience in enterprise wide or business unit specific risk model development.
• 3-4 years: Coding experience in Python, DAX or similar required. Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud or similar would be required. Practical experience with BI (Power BI or similar) would be important.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Checking Things
• Convincing People
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Establishing Rapport
• Examining Information
• Exploring Possibilities
• Meeting Timescales
• Producing Output
• Taking Action
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Economic Analysis
• Financial Industry Regulatory Framework
• Quant Skills
• Research
• Risk Management