Snr Spec: Review at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

To provide specialist advice and to prepare financial information for all stakeholders of the business for informed decision making and to support the business.

• Minimum Experience
• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level

Minimum Qualifications

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

Additional Minimum Qualifications

Outputs

Process

• Ensure the accurate operation of rates and terms related to financial service offerings.
• Analyse operational records, trends and costs related to estimated and realised revenues to project future revenues and expenses.
• Facilitate internal and external audits, financial statements and regulatory submissions.
• Source, collate, analyse and interpret financial information in order to support the review of the financial performance of the business.
• Provide specialist advice and support mechanisms to safeguard assets in line with organisational policies and procedures.
• Support the accurate preparation of budgets and ensure monitoring of performance against actual outcomes.
• Provide specialist advice regarding effective cost control of financial processes, in line with targeted savings.
• Provide specialist advice and support implementation of loss control measures and ensure that incidents and losses are investigated and reported to management.
• Accountable for the improvement of quality, service and work outputs, continuously recommending improvements.
• Plan for the organisation of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to the area of specialisation.
• Proactively identify area of specialisation related problems, determine cause and effect and recommend the best option to implement corrective action based on previous experience.

Customer

• Maintain and build relationships for purposes of expectation management, knowledge sharing and integration.
• Provide specialist expertise and advice to internal/external customers, that builds strong relationships and creates a favourable impression aligned to Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles.

Finance

• Adhere to financial controls, governance and compliance policies and processes throughout an area of specialisation, contributing to cost efficiency.

Learning and Growth

• Contribute positively to human capability improvement, related to knowledge optimisation and associated with area of specialisation.

Governance

• Create awareness to ensure the effective implementation of changes in policy, laws, regulations and associated industry practices.
• Comply to risk and governance policies, implement and provide subject matter input to the development of related processes, applicable to the area of specialisation.

Competencies

Liberty Values

Technical Competencies

• Management Accounting (Proficient)
• Financial Management (Proficient)
• Financial Acumen (Intermediate)
• Research and Information Gathering (Intermediate)

Behavioural Competencies

• Organisation and Attention to Detail (Intermediate)
• Relationship Management and Networking (Intermediate)
• Problem Solving and Analysis (Intermediate)
• Professional/Technical learning (Intermediate)