Finance Business Partner
The Role
Key
Responsibilities:
- Drive
performance improvement and ensures excellent execution of business
initiatives by providing insight and advice in areas such as sales force
effectiveness, customer and portfolio profitability, pricing strategy and
cost control.
- Establish
and manage relationships with business area, gaining an in depth
understanding of the business areas and its financial information needs
thereby adding value to the business area.
- Provide
input on budgeting and forecasting, challenge cost and revenue drivers
within sales and other operational meetings and make suggestions to help
improve the performance of the business.
- Drive
business performance through high quality actionable analysis, financial
commentary and other communication channels.
- Proactively
challenge decisions/proposals using business and commercial knowledge and
aid the business in understanding of key economic factors and cost
drivers.
- Embed
performance measurement of financial and non-financial indicators (KPIs),
identifying opportunities for the development of management reports to
meet business needs. Develop and report financial and other performance
measures (metrics) required by the division.
- Guide
and help develop the financial business cases for all investment projects
undertaken by the division and to guide in the monitoring of benefits by
gathering data and calculating costs, benefits and returns.
- Provide
support and analysis on a range of technical issues in connection with the
financial metrics/analytics e.g. variance/trend analysis (actuals vs
budget) makeup of specific costs etc.
- Challenge
plans to commit costs, identifying areas for cost efficiency and managing
the speedy delivery of benefit.
Qualifications
& Skills:
The successful candidate will be required to have the following
skills and competencies:
- A
degree preferably in Business, Finance or Commerce. CPA (K) or pursuing
final stage qualification desired.
- Experience
– 3 years and above in Accounting, financial and/or management reporting
and Business Analysis with 2 years’ additional experience in business
partnering is preferred
- Experience
in carrying out quantitative & qualitative analytical performance
reviews on revenue, cost and bank products coupled with a strategic
perspective and ability to apply analytics
- Good
knowledge of the finance policies, budgeting guidelines and cost
management procedures as well as the Banking Act
- Strong
communication skills coupled with good negotiation, presentation,
facilitation and influencing skills.
- Grounded
in strong analytical and modelling capability to ensure support the wider
business performance and insight as required
- High
level of understanding of the direct relationship between actuals,
functional strategy and delivery to targets.
- General
awareness of the current business trends and practices and good
understanding of the financial services industry
How to
Apply
