Manager - Finance Operations

Job Purpose

Oversee the Finance Operations functions to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies while optimizing effectiveness and efficiencies.

Responsible for overseeing cash management, payments, investment operations, bank reconciliations and special projects with related controls over accounting and reporting for respective areas.

Payments

• Maintain effective internal controls over payments from requisition to disbursement to accounting and reporting.
• Monitor performance of processing for completeness and accuracy.
• Continuous improvement for productivity while safeguarding quality.

Cash Management

• Oversee activities to ensure efficient utilisation of funds in bank accounts, without compromising operational requirements.
• Continuous improvement to reduce reliance on manual processes with banks.

Investment Operations

• Oversee activities to ensure accuracy and completeness of recording, accounting and reporting while ensuring compliance to regulatory requirements and company policies.
• Provide advice and support for Investment initiatives and activities.

Reconciliations

• Ensure consistent quality delivery of bank reconciliations within agreed timelines.
• Continuously improve reconciliation approach and processes eliminating long outstanding reconciling items.

Controls

• Ensure associated risks are considered and mitigated by implementing appropriate internal controls.
• Advocate for Finance in liaison with control functions.
• Maintain relevant and effective SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures).

Special Projects

• Provide Finance perspective in projects, with emphasis on accounting, reporting and controls required.
• Manage integration to FWD Group for Finance Operations functions, policies, processes and related systems.
• Support and assist in any other projects and activities as assigned.

Others

• Manage delivery of regulatory and audit (internal and external) requests.