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Job Description

• She / He will be developing, implementing key deliverables for all functions, methods and procedures, also reporting to the Board through the Board Audit Committee and administrative reporting to the MD/CEO.
• The candidate are expected to have the following, first degree in accounting or any related discipline and ACA, ACCA or CIA and minimum of 10 years work experience in Internal Audit practice or audit within financial sector.

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Job Purpose Statement

• The role brings an innovative approach to the wider finance team, looking to continually improve of internal processes and enhance the reputation of the finance department.
• The role provides insight and challenge to ensure business leaders develop, agree and deliver on these ambitious, strategically aligned and financially disciplined plans.
• FP&A plays a key business advisory role supporting decision making at a senior level, highlighting key financial issues and risks to be considered. FP&A’s responsibilities are the financial support for the strategic plan; run future financial projections; budgeting, forecasting, reporting and control of the P&L; cash flow and capital adequacy management; scenario analysis and risk management support; and project reporting and investment appraisal.
•  A key responsibility for the role is to lead and develop the FP&A team through effective performance management techniques to enable achievement of business and personal objectives.

Key Accountabilities (Duties and Responsibilities) Perspective % Weight Output

Financial 20%

• Business Partner to Sales and Marketing, providing sales forecast, pipeline and lead generation and conversion analysis.
• Support the CFO in communicating financial strategy issues and recommended changes to senior management and the Board.
• Provide the Board with relevant and timely information to enable it to assess performance against the Group’s strategy and objectives.
• Develop financial KPIs which will be used to assess the success of both the business and the financial strategy.
• Analyse competitor and market financial information to provide insight to assist with decision making.
• Business and Investment case modelling.
• Weekly Cash-flow forecasting

Internal business processes 20%

• Track performance against key targets and outcomes and produce regular corporate level management information to all senior management and the Board.
• Ensure that all routine management information is produced in a timely manner, contains reliable information which has been agreed by key stakeholders.
• Produce regular financial reporting to give an overview of business and financial performance.
• Enhance data integrity and reporting controls to enable agile scenario reporting and analysis.
• Highlight trends, key actions, and strategic implications.
• Lead scenario modelling to assess risks and aid decision making.
• Own financial planning, forecasting, and variance analysis, including owning business and revenue model.
• Regularly review the methodology used to assess our risk capital requirements used for measuring the Financial Strength of the Group.
• Aid risk management and decision making through scenario analysis and stress testing.
• Ownership and management of strategic financial risks.
• Actively manage relevant risks within the Finance function

Customer 20%

• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to help ensure the Finance Department is well informed and has a strong voice in the organization.
• Develop, implement and maintain an effective planning and analysis capability that will provide senior leadership with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance of the Group’s products and services.
• Project manage end-to-end delivery of financial forecasting processes, including communications, timetables, and data requirements.
• Creation of quarterly financial forecasts to be used by the Business Partners, senior management and the Board.
• Use the output of financial models and analysis of trends to drive decision making and communicate relevant messages across the business.
• Ensure the integrity of financial models and projections through implementation of suitable controls, documentation and testing.
• Produce professional reports and presentations summarizing the forecasts for senior management and the Board.
• Present information to external parties (including ratings agencies, banks, and Trustee Boards).
• Partner with the accounting team to evolve systems and processes to ensure accurate, detailed financial reporting.
• Own the Company financial model (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow), including forecasting, budgeting and long-term planning.

Learning and growth 10%

• Generate P&L insights for management, both top-line and expense related; expand upon areas of opportunity with follow-up analyses and recommendations.
• Stakeholder Management: key stakeholders that the position holder will need to liaise/work with to be successful in this role.

Internal

• Finance management team.
• Management Information.
• Finance department.
• Senior management and Senior.
• Management.
• Department Heads / Directors

External

• Third party providers.
• Auditors
• Actuaries
• Professional Advisers

Decision Making Authority /Mandates/Constraints: the decisions the position holder is empowered to make

• The role holder has significant influence over the development of organizational learning strategy.
• The role holder is the accountable executive responsible for managing the L&D function and driving alignment of its initiatives to overall company strategy.
• The role holder his empowered to execute managerial and L&D related decisions aligned to the execution of the people management strategy.

Work cycle and impact: time horizon and nature of impact (Planning)

• This role has various work cycle and impact grouping:
• Daily engagements: This drives tactical execution of the team to meet daily tasks and objectives.
• Performance review: This will involve working from outside the office premises.
• Project management: This involves championing, planning, initiating or driving learning initiatives that will provide the next phase of growth and development for the business.

Ideal Job Specifications

Academic and Desired work experience:

• Qualified accountant with 10+ years of FP&A experience in a PE firm or insurance
• MBA strongly preferred.
• 5+ years FP&A experience.
• General management mindset: desire to grow professionally as the business grows.
• Extensive modelling experience, expert in excel.
• 3+ in Consulting/PE/banking (OR).
• 5+ years FP&A experience.
• 5+ years of Finance or FP&A, preferably at a growth-stage startup or tech company; Commercial business partnering experience.
• Confident communicator, comfortable at all levels of the business.
• An effective influencer.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.
• M&A experience (beneficial)
• Proven track record of facilitating change & process improvement

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Job Purpose Statement

• This role will be responsible for providing insights to all corporate businesses and retails, covering Life and General Business; and heading the data Analytics team to create various reports for the business.
• The responsibilities include conducting full lifecycle analysis to include requirements, activities, and design; will develop analysis and reporting capabilities; Will also monitor performance and quality control plans to identify improvements.
• The role holder will be a strategic member of the B2B Teams, with the following responsibilities:
• Generate and distribute accurate and timely management reports.
• Provide recommendations to update current MIS to improve reporting efficiency and consistency.
• Perform data analysis for generating reports on periodic basis (Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly).
• Provide data and reports to help the sales team.
• Keep track of sales targets.
• Keep record of sales trends.
• Provide strong reporting and analytical information support to management team.
• Generate both periodic and ad-hoc reports as needed.
• Analyse business information to identify process improvements for increasing business efficiency and effectiveness.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings to resolve recurring Business issues.
• Provide support and maintenance to existing management information systems (MIS).
• Develops MIS documentation to allow for smooth operations and easy system maintenance.
• Suggest sales process improvements.

Key Accountabilities (Duties and Responsibilities) Perspective % Weight Output

Financial 50%

• Understanding business data and able to provide insight and analysis through clear visual, written and verbal communication to bring about decision that impacts bottom line.
• Understanding the challenges faced by the sales teams and use your guidance and expertise to empower them to make data-driven decisions.

Internal business processes 30%

• Development and periodic update of MIS systems
• Necessary automations for swift reporting.

Learning and growth 20%

• Learn and understand the various product types, product categories and sub-categories as regards General Business and Life Business.
• Learn peculiarities in each subset of Life and General Business.
• Develop core management strategies as well as learn the importance of deep dives to resolve problems across sections.
• Your people management skill will be tested and improved as you engage and interact with colleagues and team leads to deliver quantifiable goals that give value.
• Learn to measure and track output and results.
• Learn and get better at automating everything.
• Stakeholder Management: key stakeholders that the position holder will need to liaise/work with, to be successful in this role.

Internal

• Head, Commercial/B2B
• Regional Directors
• Head Retail
• B2B RMs and BMs

External

• Department heads and process owners in:
  • Technical
  • Actuary
  • Operations
  • Reinsurance
  • Strategy
  • IT
  • Finance
  • HR etc.
• Decision Making Authority /Mandates/Constraints: the decisions the position holder is empowered to make
• Aside all core functions and authorities ascribed therein; decisions are subject to approval by Head, B2B. Ideal Job Specifications

Academic:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Management/Tech, Business Management or Statistics; from a recognized Institution.
• Relevant Certification in Data Analytics.
• Master’s Degree is an added advantage.

Desired work experience:

• 1-3 years’ work-experience in a Data Management, Data Analyst or Business Intelligence role.