Job Description

The main purpose of this position is to provide financial insights, knowledge and expertise to the departments of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to ensure commercially sound decisions. Detailed description The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Lead and participate in stakeholder engagements (internal and external), displaying the ability to solicit information as well as deliver a coherent and convincing message.
• Represent the Financial Services Department by maintaining strategic relationships with critical stakeholders and SARB departments.
• Provide financial expertise to SARB departments to ensure accurate accounting and budgeting for departmental operational and capital projects.
• Contribute to subcommittees by offering financial expertise and analysis during commercial deliberations, with the aim of facilitating informed decision making.
• Provide financial expertise and knowledge to SARB departments to ensure that new international financial reporting standards are correctly applied to departmental financial transactions.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reports on capital and operational expenditures for submission to the Governors' Executive Committee (GEC) and other governance structures.
• Provide the SARB departments with financial expertise, knowledge and insights to support business cases, investment initiatives and operational transactions to facilitate financially sound decisions.
• Drive the adoption of new financial accounting systems and processes by providing ongoing guidance to the various SARB departments.
• Lead subordinates with set, achievable objectives and targets, prioritise work, and manage resource utilisation and the quality of deliverables.
• Keep abreast with new developments in financial accounting standards and other relevant industry developments.
• Propose and implement the refinement and continuous improvement of systems, tools, controls, methods and processes in own area.