Specialist, Reporting & Control at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

To effectively support the relevant Financial Insights Lead in the provision of high quality analytics and insights to the respective Business Head. This role will help enable the business to drive business performance and ensure the delivery of operational plans and Business Unit (BU)/Corporate Investment Banking (CIB) strategy by communicating the financial performance of the business at a Global, portfolio, legal entity  and regional level, with a product and client view.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
• Field of Study: Finance and Accounting, CA (SA)

Experience Required

• 3-5 years experience in advising and collaborating with individuals in both front office finance and business positions in banking or a similar industry, allowing the individual to have gained a more broad insight into banking or similar industry’s key activities and processes.
• 3-5 years experience of the production and delivery of planning, budgeting and forecasting within banking or similar industry. In addition, experience is required in having provided financial oversight in the creation and review of business cases.
• 3-5 years experience in producing high quality regular reporting and additional analysis which will include the provision of insight via commentary. This will have allowed the individual to have a deep understanding of key drivers which influence typical management decisions, specifically within the banking or similar industry.

Additional Information

Behavioral Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Convincing People
• Generating Ideas
• Interpreting Data
• Inviting Feedback
• Making Decisions
• Meeting Timescales
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Pursuing Goals
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Financial Accounting
• Financial Acumen
• Financial Analysis
• Transfer Pricing
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Write Effective Communications
• Product Knowledge (Trading, Transacting)