Financial Planning and Reporting Manager
Location: Johannesburg

Purpose of the Role:
Responsible for managing the long term and operational financial planning and reporting for the Federation and the International Secretariat, including aggregated financial reports for the organisation on a quarterly and annual basis and for the review of these reports.

Key responsibilities include but not limited to:
•Working with planning, develop appropriate instructions, guidelines and tools for long term planning for inclusion in the Strategic Implementation plan, and short term planning for both 1 year operational and 3 year plans for the Federation and the International Secretariat
•Review plan data from all entities and review variances and performance as appropriate
•Working with Finance colleagues to identify data collection and financial analysis for the preparation of regular and timely reports for management, governance (Finance & Funding Committee and International Board) and decision making groups
•Produce timely regular financial organisation- wide information to International Fundraising, Programmes and other functions as required
•Liaises with external audit and countries to plan and coordinate the annual aggregation and audit process to ensure delivery within strategy and timelines
•Ensures relevant financial policies and procedures are maintained and documentation kept up to date (including Financial Management Framework)
•Work with Finance, IT and other stakeholders on developing/ improving reports, systems and tools for delivery of core responsibilities
•Lead and manage the process for compilation of financial data for the organisation held on TM1 or otherwise
•Design appropriate reports (using TM1 where appropriate) to meet key reporting requirements, user requirements and improve existing reports
•Ensure that the TM1 system is regularly maintained
•Ensure data integrity of data held on TM1
•In liaison with IT and the financial systems team, lead the development and upgrade of TM1 or other financial systems (in case of a change)
• Recruiting staff in line with Company’s HR policies
• Conducting probationary reviews with staff and annual performance reviews (performance management) to support staff development
• Building and motivating teams and managing effectively from a distance

Job Requirements
•B.Com Degree or Honours Degree and professional accounting qualification
•At least 6- 8 years accounting experience of finance department management, including financial planning and reporting
•Experience of working in an international environment
•Strong analytical and management skills, with track record in management and motivation of staff
•Strong influencing skills – able to positively build peer working relationships and be effective without having to rely on authority
•Experience of financial consolidations, and aggregation packages
•Experience of varied accounting environments with a proven track- record of process improvement and implementation of best- practice