Business Performance and Analytics Manager at Absa Bank Limited

Job Summary

• Business Performance & Analytics Manager

Job Purpose

• The role involves business performance analysis and finance business partnering to the card business (Issuing, POS Acquiring and ATM Acquiring). This is achieved by:
• Providing data analysis and financial modelling support for key projects and decision making within the business.
• Carrying out analysis, summarizing performance and preparing presentations of financial and non-financial performance.
• Providing insightful financial reporting monthly.
• This role requires strong organizational, communication and analytical skills.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

Accountability:  Business Performance Analysis

• Preparation of end month business performance reports (P&L, Key Value Drivers, and card balance sheet)
• Ad hoc requests from business leaders and portfolio managers
• Collecting and packaging data into usable and user-friendly management information for the relevant teams and stakeholders in the card business
• Continuously identifying opportunities to automate reports and to eliminate duplicate and manual report production
• Analyzing trends within the business data to reduce risks, optimize performance of the business and inform People Function decisions.
• Conducting Monthly reviews with the business for card business.

Accountability:  Finance Business Partnering

• Working with card business holders as a consultant in finance related matters
• GL reporting, maintenance, and reconciliations
• Revenue and costs accruals monthly
• Card P&L Management

Accountability:  Financial Control

• Branch must maintain the look and feel as per the Absa bank standards.
• To challenge plans to commit costs, identifying areas for cost efficiency and managing the delivery of benefits.
• Support production of specific technical elements of Management Accounts including Regulatory Reporting, the provision of core ongoing accounting operations, chart of accounts, etc
• To provide monthly cost performance reports to functions detailing actuals versus budget for their commentaries.

Accountability:  Strategy & Planning

• Undertake key elements of strategic management activity, involving the identification of how value is created, destroyed, and driven in the function.
• To support the business in it MTP/STP processes

Accountability:  Regulatory reporting

• EIR inputs
• CBK Portfolio Interest rates return (Table F
• CBK NPS 02_Acquirers and Issuers
• Interest rate spread
• Quarterly Scheme returns

Preferred Qualification

• Finance and data analysis related qualification

Preferred Experience

• Data analysis, finance, business, and product management
• Financial Modelling
• Banking experience (particularly important for RBB Product Profitability role)
• Good understanding of business strategic objectives
• Part qualified/ newly qualified accountant (those training towards accounting qualifications will be considered.

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced excel
• Financial modelling
• Management accounting
• Data analytics tools (SQL, Excel, and Power BI)
• Product knowledge
• Presentation and communication of complex information

Behavioural Competencies

• Team player
• Analysis and judgment
• Proactive
• Information gathering
• Thoroughness
• Business awareness
• Persuasive
• Good communication, report writing and presentation skills
• Quality conscious
• Adaptability

Technical Competencies

• Strong Communication, Persuasion and Presentation
• Project Managements
• Financial Management
• Performance Management
• Strategy and Planning
• Performance Management
• Decision – making skills
• PC Skills specifically using advanced Excel