Finance Specialist: Financial Reporting

REQ ID: 138964 - Michelle Thabethe

Location: Sandton

Cluster: Group Finance

Closing date: 27 April 2025

Job Family: Finance Career Stream Accounting Leadership Pipeline Manage Self: Professional

To provide specialist advice and guidance on financial performance and accounting practices required to ensure the clusters' compliance and adherence to financial reporting and meeting set financial targets.

• Manage the preparation and the external audit of high-quality annual financial statements for Nedbank Group and Nedbank Limited. This includes the preparation of high-quality interim financial statements for Nedbank Group Limited.
• Deliver regular financial reports (e.g. monthly Opcom Lite financial templates) to functional teams by adhering to the set financial timetable.
• Drive the adoption of automated technology solutions for financial reporting, including SAP BPC and Disclosure Management.
• Share knowledge and industry trends related to financial reporting with functional teams and relevant stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
• Obtain buy-in for developing new, enhanced or automated processes (e.g. financial reporting processes) that will improve the functioning of business units by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.
• Provide financial decision support to business leaders through regular engagements with relevant line management and teams.
• Daily cooperation with cluster line management and business teams on different levels of the organizational structure through consultations and resolution of financial queries.
• Provide meaningful recommendations, explanations and highlight areas of concerns or anomalies by analysing and interrogating financial information.
• Understand and meet stakeholders' requirements through ongoing engagement.
• Act as a subject matter expert by actively participating in the design, preparation and supervision of the financial performance of the relevant business units.
• Assist in the achievement of group collaboration initiatives by identifying opportunities to create beneficial partnerships and synergies.
• Cooperate with internal and external auditors by supplying the required financial information timeously.
• Advise and assist business units to comply with set financial targets and relevant regulatory financial frameworks.
• Evaluate financial statements and set appropriate guidelines and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Meet deadlines and targets through prioritising effectively, planning and communicating.
• Maintain high standards of analysis and reporting within defined timeframes by planning, organising and monitoring workflow.
• Achieve business objectives within specific timeframes by scheduling and coordinating activities and identifying appropriate resources to perform these activities.
• Manage defined risks in the finance function and risk categories at targeted levels by adhering to guidelines, policies, procedures and governance requirements.
• Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.
• Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframes.
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g. Green Strategy).

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

• BCom Degree (Accounting)
• CA (SA)

• 5 years in financial management preferably in the financial services industry.

• Administrative procedures and systems
• Banking knowledge
• Banking procedures
• Business principles
• Data analysis
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Microsoft Office
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Business writing skills
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Nedbank culture
• Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
• Relevant Nedbank Human Resources policies and practices
• Relevant Nedbank policies and procedures

• Planning and Organizing
• Quality Orientation
• Decision Making
• Communication
• Building Partnerships
• Earning Trust

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566