Finance Manager in Transactional Banking

Executive Placements · Kensington

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Key Responsibilities

Lead the finance function for transactional banking activities, ensuring accurate reporting and effective financial control.
Manage financial performance reporting, including revenue, costs, margins, profitability, pricing analysis, and trend reporting.
Prepare and review monthly management accounts, forecasts, budgets, and variance analyses.
Oversee reconciliations, settlements, refunds, write-offs, suspense accounts, and related transactional accounting processes.
Ensure robust financial governance, internal controls, audit readiness, and compliance with relevant policies and regulations.
Partner with product, technology, operations, risk, compliance, legal, and commercial teams to support business initiatives.
Support new product launches, system implementations, and process enhancements by assessing financial and control impacts.
Develop and maintain financial models, forecasts, business cases, and scenario analyses.
Identify financial and operational risks and drive corrective actions where required.
Enhance management reporting, dashboards, performance metrics, and decision-support analytics.
Lead, mentor, and support finance team members, fostering accountability and continuous improvement.

Job Experience and Skills Required

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business Science, or related field.
CA(SA), CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification will be advantageous.
5-8 years' experience in finance, financial management, management accounting, or financial reporting within financial services.
Strong understanding of transactional banking, payments, settlements, reconciliations, and financial control environments.
Proven experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, profitability analysis, and management reporting.
Strong knowledge of accounting standards, governance, risk management, and audit processes.
Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Competency Requirements

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