Job Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Responsible for planning, management, and control of all financial and accounting activities within the technology department.

• Coordination of technology financial planning and budget management activities for the financial year including formulation of the technology budget for the next financial year.
• OPEX and CAPEX management and reporting against budget on a monthly and ad-hoc basis.
• Provision of insights for decision-making to the technology Management Committee, Board Technology Committee and other governance committees via financial management reports.
• Strong data analytics and presentation skills.
• Management of the departmental budget for expenses to align with the headcount/staffing and strategy of the department.
• Finance liaison officer between the department and every stakeholder including but not limited to finance matrix partners (in–country and Standard Bank Group), Finance, Procurement unit, internal and external auditors and all business units across PPB, CIB, BCB, GF and Wealth .
• Creation, review and control of financial procedures and payment request forms (motivations); ensuring that each transaction and payment has the necessary approval and justification. Prompt payment to vendors.
• Investigation of discrepancies in General Ledger (GL) account postings on SAP finance and provision of responses to ad-hoc requests from several stakeholders on budget and finance-related issues.
• Preparation of monthly and year-end accruals while ensuring the report adequately captures the relevant outstanding payments in line with the organization’s accrual procedures.

Qualifications

• BSc Finance and Accounting or related field.
• Relevant professional certification can be an added advantage.

Experience Required

• 1-3 Years experience Description: Experience in cost management, financial reporting, financial analysis, data insights and analysis, business management, project management, and procurement.

• Strong knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Office packages most especially Ms Excel, MS PowerPoint, Power Bi, Strong analytical, communication, data analytics and presentation skills.

• Ability to use AI and other tools to drive efficiency and reporting

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Checking Things
• Documenting Facts
• Examining Information

Technical Competencies:

• Data Analysis
• Data Integrity
• Effective Design
• Quantitative Analysis
• Written Communication