Senior Specialist Business Performance Partnering

To ensure the implementation of financial policies, procedures, and practices at a divisional tactical level and to provide guidance and support management in dealing with all aspects of finance in accordance with such policies and procedures whilst also achieving operational goals and objectives. In addition, this role is specifically accountable for driving detailed expense management and financial performance reporting for iWYZE to ensure delivery of value creation targets as defined by OML Group and the Executive Committee. The role requires strong oversight of key financial control processes (including balance sheet and invoicing processes), ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timely execution through Finance Operations.

• Implement financial policies, procedures, and practices.
• Ensure all expense and financial management practices are aligned to OML Group value creation objectives and internal governance requirements.
• Compare and analyse financial data, and produce detailed reports identifying trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies.
• Guide and support the business areas in compiling business plan and forecasts. Ensure alignment of plans to set targets and cost efficiency commitments.
• Perform analysis in business areas and provide insights to management on how to improve financial performance.
• On a monthly basis assess business performance against budget/ forecasts and guide business in implementing appropriate initiatives to meet budgets. Track and report performance against targets and ensure corrective actions are implemented where required.
• Identify trends in business and financial implications.
• Provide general commercial advice to business areas.
• Provide link between business and finance areas. Function as key interface between iWYZE, the BPP team and Finance Operations to ensure alignment of financial outputs and processes.
• Optimise departmental performance through targeted business intelligence to ensure that it becomes the primary way of driving performance and execution. Ensure reporting supports decision-making at Manco and profitability forums.
• Review and vet manual transactions calculated and processed for reinsurance.
• Perform financial modelling to support feasibility studies/business cases for new initiatives.

• Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma NQF level 7 in Commerce or equivalent.
• 5 - 8 years’ experience in field of financial reporting and business performance partnering.
• 2 - 3 years’ experience in working on Oracle FM.