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Purpose of Job

• The Property Portfolio Manager will be appointed to grow with the Fund’s Direct Property division, and gain exposure to manage and grow the various asset classes making up the Pension Fund’s Direct Property Portfolio. The primary goal will be to ensure the medium- and long-term growth of the Property portfolio, to ensure that the investments made has a sustainable capital value growth and yield, to the benefit of the Pension Fund members over the medium and long term.

Key Accountabilities

• Monitor the macro-economic, commercial property and retail environment to develop optimum leasing and investment strategies, relating to the existing asset base in South Africa.
• Develop and build relationships with key role-players in the Property Industry such as Co-owners, Developers, Tenants, Service Providers and Local Government. 
• Develop asset specific strategies relating to life cycle of assets as well as strategic expansions, marketing, upgrades, and re-developments to ensure relevance of assets in the market. This requires specialized skills to understand the macro-economic environment and strategic landscape. (This includes the management of Capital Projects in consultation with the Manager Property Development in terms of the life cycle of the assets.)
• Develop operational budgets and forecasts for assets to plan and measure income & expenses on an on-going basis.
• Financial analysis and monthly monitoring of expenditure at assets to ensure spending occurs within the budgetary requirements and to ensure a return for members of the Fund.
• Actively manage processes to ensure that renewals, new leases are market related rental adjustments are done responsibly to ensure sustainability and reduce vacancies, protect asset values and income stream for assets.
• Develop and improve processes and controls to ensure efficiency gains in the management of assets, such as communication between tenants, credit control, 3rd party management staff and legal services to improve the rate of rental and arrears collection.
• Provide written reports and feedback per asset to the quarterly Investment Committee on: Property Portfolio performance; Developments and expansions; Strategy & Opportunities, and Risks & Legal requirements
• Develop processes to align and refine management process to comply with good Corporate Governance and reporting.
• Mentor and coach centre management and 3rd party management teams to improve level of performance.
• Assistance in the planning, review and negotiation of new property developments and acquisitions to ensure sustainability and expansion of the Direct Property Portfolio such as: Review and adjudication of Development proposals in consultation with the Property Development Manager and Property Investment Officer to effectively implement the Direct Property Strategy. Review and adjudication of Acquisition proposals in consultation with the Property Development Manager and Property Investment Officer to effectively implement the Direct Property Strategy.
• Implementation and adherence to Occupational Health and Safety requirements to ensure compliance applicable at assets.
• Annual review of Insurance to ensure that assets are sufficiently covered.
• Provide input to external valuers and ensure that valuations are conducted timeously and are accurate, this requires specialized input from the incumbents.
• Manage the legal and reputational issues for Sasol and Sasol Pension Fund to prevent negative publicity and exposure.

Formal Education

• Relevant University Degree (Commercial, legal, property management OR built environment related).

Minimum Experience

• 11 years relevant experience
• Experience in the South African Commercial Property Industry and Asset Management.
• Experience in the Commercial Property, Retail & Leasing Industry.
• Working knowledge and understanding of Financials and Budgeting processes applicable to commercial property management.
• Working knowledge and experience in interpreting Lease contracts and legal processes on commercial properties.
• A background knowledge of Commercial Construction, Property Development, Project Management as well as Contracting Law and Procedures.

Deadline:22nd August,2025

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Purpose of Job

• To manage and provide a comprehensive management and financial accounting service that supports tactical and operational decision-making. This role plays a key part in the execution of financial activities and contributes to the financial and strategic direction of the business through insightful analysis, forecasting, and reporting.

Key Accountabilities

• Identify and monitor KPIs to measure consolidated business performance; develop dashboards to enhance visibility.
• Lead scenario planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes to support sound financial decision-making.
• Provide input into target setting and coordinate financial and non-financial stakeholders across the business unit.
• Prepare scenario analyses to assess the impact of actual results against budgeted expectations.
• Coordinate and report on cash flow forecasting, including reconciliations.
• Analyse and validate budget and forecast outcomes against targets.
• Compile monthly reports for BU EXCO, highlighting key results, variances, and opportunities.
• Use data analytics to identify trends and anticipate financial movements.
• Evaluate the impact of economic indicators on profit expectations.
• Conduct variance analysis against budget, prior year, previous month, and forecasts.
• Prepare key deliverables for Group FP&A (e.g., PVPY, Quarterly PSM, Analyst Book, Roadshow files).
• Collect and consolidate data from OMEs to support Southern Africa break-even analysis and maintain the break-even model.
• Prepare financial presentations, forecasts, and scenario analyses for strategic conferences.
• Ensure internal controls over financial reporting are maintained and adhered to.

RCP / Capital Reporting

• Ensure the RCP calendar is updated and distributed via email daily, especially around month-end timelines.
• Update the RCP template and send to Financial Accountants for monthly capex actuals input.
• Consolidate labour files across all entities and update the HC slide with actuals vs LFC vs budget.
• Update four Capex slides with the latest year-to-date actuals.
• Populate the Value Drivers template and provide variance explanations (e.g., volumes, Opex per Boe, HD CFC Capex).
• Submit monthly actuals per entity to Masego.
• Distribute RCP for feedback on variance explanations.
• Submit Capex slides to NM for inclusion in the ROAS SVP Capital Report (2 reports), including monthly tables and bar graphs.
• Copy slides into the SVP report as received from business Financial Accountants.
• Submit HC data to the reporting team.
• Submit monthly actuals per project to Masego.
• Update and submit RCP actuals to Group via Onestream.
• Distribute RCP year-to-date actuals and variance explanations to relevant stakeholders.

Budgets and Forecasts (FC)

• Distribute budget and forecast (FC) rates to the business based on Onestream downloads.
• Complete budget and FC submissions for labour (ZA66).
• Complete budget and FC submissions for RCP Capex.
• Update Onestream with RCP-related budget and FC data.
• Distribute the updated RCP to Financial Accountants for review and input.

Adhoc Responsibilities

• Perform monthly interest capitalisation (Interest Cap) calculations.
• Complete timewriting inputs for PCO (Project Costing Office) calculations.
• Calculate and maintain the Short-Term Incentive (STI) provision.
• Determine and update new timewriting rates for the upcoming financial year.

Formal Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or a related field/ BTech (required)
• CA(SA) or CTA qualification (advantageous)

Working Experience

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in financial reporting, management accounting, or a related field.

Deadline:29th August,2025

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Purpose of Job

• We are seeking a experienced Configuration Manager, A Configuration Management (CM) Specialist is responsible for overseeing and maintaining the integrity and consistency of a product's performance, functionality, and physical attributes throughout its lifecycle. This role involves managing configuration items, ensuring proper documentation, and implementing changes in a controlled manner.
• Maintain and improve processes, working methods, and tools including configuration management of computer systems, networks, and workstations, development activities of software and performance tools, and distribution of software and applications.
• Track and control documents on configuration changes including concepts of operation, requirements, preliminary and detailed system definition, system design, performance monitoring tools, and production software.
• Keep the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) updated and perform audits on the actual CMDB and aligning to ServiceNow CSDM modelling

Key Accountabilities

• Configuration Identification: Establish and maintain a comprehensive list of configuration items (CIs) and their attributes.
• Configuration Control: Implement and manage processes for controlling changes to CIs, ensuring that all changes are documented and approved.
• Configuration Status Accounting: Maintain accurate records of the status, history, and versioning of CIs.
• Configuration Audits: Conduct regular audits to verify that CIs conform to their documented requirements and standards.
• Documentation Management: Ensure that all configuration-related documentation is up-to-date, accessible, and properly maintained.
• Change Management: Facilitate and oversee the change management process, ensuring that changes are evaluated, approved, and implemented effectively.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with configuration changes and management processes.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure they are informed about configuration management activities and changes.
• Training and Support: Provide training and support to team members on configuration management processes and tools.
• Continuous Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve configuration management practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Responsible for defining and delivering the strategic management and day to day operations of our CMDB within the ServiceNOw platform including setting OKR
• Develop, implement and maintain policies and procedures for CMDB data governance, ensuring data accuracy, completeness and compliance
• Promote CMDB utilization and value across key ITIL processes and stakeholders
• Collaborate with IT and Business stakeholders to implement effective processes for onboarding/change/offboarding of configuration items and services
• Manages and mentor stakeholders and teams on the ways of work and requirements
• Provide regular reporting to all key stakeholders covering governance, CMDB maturity. Data quality and CMDB roadmap activities
• Plan the integration strategy for the CMDB with other master data sources
• Implement and manage all aspects of configuration management best practices to support our business and its future growth opportunities
• Implement and educate the business around ServiceNow Common Service Data Model (CSDM) to optimize the benefits
• Mentor the organization on Configuration Management services, concepts, policies and procedures
• Improve and develop process, working methods, and tools.
• Implement approved changes to CMDB structure including attributes and relationships.
• Plan a schedule of independent audits and perform audits on the CMDB comparing its content with the actual IT infrastructure.
• Secure the overall quality assurance process to include properly formatted metadata, common look and feel pages, and navigation buttons.
• Provide executive support to the configuration management board. Schedule meetings, develop agendas, help project managers who are on the agenda, and support the chair with running meetings.
• Handle the configuration of software executables (e.g. development, test, staging, and production).
• Build and maintain positive relationships with customers to enable the achievement of requirements and guarantee CMDB integrity.
• Continuously improve own skills and knowledge. Complete, implement, and track personal development plan to attain personal performance goals.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor’s Degree
• ITIL Foundation
• ServiceNow certification

Minimum Requirement

• This role is ideally suited to someone who has 6+ years experienced as a hands on configuration manager preferably within an IT Service Management function
• Extensive hands=on experience managing and maturing a CMDB within the ServiceNow platform including in-depth knowledge of ITOM Discovery and Event management, service mapping and embedding into the core ITSM processes)Incident, Problem, Change and Request management
• Experience co-ordinating and managing data policies and ownership, integrating data from other master data sources and IRE
• Previous experience introducing ServiceNow CSDM)beyond walk stage) and improving overall maturity
• Strong knowledge of ITIL V4.0
• Good base level networking and infrastructure knowledge

Deadline:21st August,2025