Finance Analyst - Business Banking at Stanbic IBTC

Position Description
•  Overall responsibility for finance related activities for business banking.
•  Responsible for contributing to overall business banking strategy
•  Actively participate in preparing detailed business banking budgets annually as well as rolling forecasts.
•  Assist in periodic performance reporting for the business taking into consideration various segments, products and channels.
•  Continuous contribution to business decisions in terms of providing insights and offering finance professional advice to the business at all times.
•  Responsible for ensuring that costs are properly authorised and correctly captured for the business.
•  Actively participate and intimate the business on rationale for indirect cost allocations with underlying activities.
•  Actively participate in their periodic management meetings and contribute from time to time.
•  Serve as interface between the business and other finance functional areas.
•  Actively participate and contribute to the overall PBB business and finance objectives.
•  To provide insights and detailed business driven commentaries in financial reports.
•  Support the business in understanding key changes within the business environment and finance principles – especially with providing impact analysis and recommending alternative courses of action.
•  Smooth engagement and positive perception from the business as a key supporter and enabler.
•  Continuously seek for ways to improve performance through continuous automation of manually generated reports.
•  Proactively anticipate the business needs and requirements from time to time.
•  Analyse and understand cost drivers for the business and support them in making cost efficient decisions.

Key result areas:
•  Timely and delivery of budget and revised estimates
•  Timely, consistent and accurate monthly reporting
•  Early identification of problem areas
•  Swift and effective problem resolution
•  Monthly analysis resulting in greater understanding of business
•  Effective financial controls, which operate as designed
•  Cost reduction initiatives and other key provincial financial objectives attained