Job description

Responsible for overseeing the business financial goals, objectives and forecasts. Provide useful financial insights to help make better decisions about formulating and executing business strategy. Responsible for oversight, modelling and signoff of pricing and billing strategies for airtime and data as procured from our suppliers and priced to our customer.

Key responsibilities:

• Responsible to deliver on agreed margin.
• Responsible for forecasting over a current +three-year period.
• Fulfils treasury function through cash forecasting and ensuring sufficient cash resources are available to support the business strategy.
• Holds all commercial relationships.
• Responsible for month Board Pack.
• Improve profitability of the business through sound financial decision making.
• Analysing the customer base and product mix, and make recommendations accordingly to protect the bottom line (net profit forecasts).
• Ensure contractual and commercial safety for the business.

Personal characteristics:

• Forward-thinking
• Commercially focused
• Servant leadership style inspirational with a balance of strategic skills and strong ‘people’ orientation
• Well rounded, resilient and self-aware individual who is open to change and personal development
• Entrepreneurial, free thinker who will challenge the status quo and push boundaries
• Must have the capacity to grow their strategic ability
• Confident – someone who can hold their own with shareholders and be resilient in a demanding environment
• Hands-on approach
• Self-motivated
• Strong relationship builder with the ability to network at a senior executive level both externally and internally

Company Description

A business founded on the idea of shifting lives, we have been providing access products, mostly within financial services, but extending as far as your health, your life, your car and many more to ordinary South Africans, since the dawn of our democracy, in 1994.

Our Vision: Our vision is “to build a remarkable business for our children’s children that will still be shifting lives 100 years from now”.

Embedded in the DNA of who we are, our vision gives us focus and direction, and inspires us in everything we do. After all, the future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating.

You see, we’re focused on making a real difference in the lives of others, on enabling them to do what they never thought possible. And it’s because of this, that our people, and our customers, trust us to put them first.

Requirements

• CA (SA)
• Five years working experience of which three years must be post articles commercial experience.
• Demonstrated excellence in managing finance, accounting, budgeting, control and reporting.
• Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model.
• Ability to assess complex situations and use creativity to solve problems.
• High level of business acumen.
• Sound analytical and decision-making skills.
• Deep understanding of business and financial literacy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Presentation and negotiation.
• Strong attention to detail combined with strategic thinking ability.
• Ability to debate in a constructive manner and challenge conventional wisdom.
• Ability to grow and develop a senior team.
• Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks within strict timeframes within a fast-paced environment

Posted on 07 Nov 09:36