Head of Financial Reporting and Lending Financial Control

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Investec is a distinctive Specialist Bank serving clients principally in the UK and South Africa. Our culture gives us our edge: we work hard to find colleagues who'll think out of the ordinary and we put them in environments where they'll flourish. We combine a flat structure with a focus on internal mobility. If you can bring an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to learn and collaborate to your work, this could be the boost your career deserves.

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In this role, you will work alongside the relevant Exco members and the CFO to drive a culture of high performance, collaborating at every level within the organisation to proactively identify opportunities to drive efficiencies and profitability to optimise the financial performance of the business, whilst maintaining sound financial control and accurate financial reporting. This will include designing and implementing processes and automation to achieve these efficiencies.

What will I be doing?

• Overall responsibility to always ensure sound financial control and accurate financial reporting.
• Liaising with Group Finance SA and other Investec plc accounting teams to ensure discipline and compliance with Group Finance timetables and standards are met
• Overseeing the production of group statutory and regulatory reporting information to ensure all statutory and regulatory financial reporting requirements are met
• Liaising with various teams in Tax team to ensure tax is accounted for appropriately, and the Prudential Advisory and Reporting team to ensure alignment of financial and regulatory information where necessary
• Liaising with Credit Risk and Reporting teams to ensure the timely review of IFRS9 Expected Credit Losses
• Challenging and supervising to ensure the accurate production, analysis and reporting of the month-end, quarter-end and year-end reporting
• Challenging and supervising the financial planning process across Lending and Principal Investments
• Upholding an adequate control environment to support our financial control and reporting obligations
• Implementing automated and efficient processes in partnership with Finance IT and other Finance teams
• Coordinating the external audit across the business as the key liaison for external auditors, partnering throughout to timely conclude audits

What are we looking for?

• Flawless attention to detail, as well as deep understanding and knowledge of all the key financial figures and ratios relating to the financial performance, capital, funding and credit of the relevant businesses.
• Extensive international financial reporting standards and benchmarking expertise, scanning the horizon and bringing in external best practice and knowledge, to aid in analysing and reporting performance.
• Leadership experience both in managing people and playing a leading role in shaping the financial accounting, reporting and liaising with Auditors.
• Thought leadership, inspire confidence, generate excitement, enthusiasm and commitment. You need to have the passion to drive business forward. A highly effective communicator with strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build relationships and influence business and finance strategy, change and performance.

As part of our collaborative & agile culture, our working week is 4 days in the office and one day remote.

Investec offers a range of wellbeing benefits to make our people feel healthier, balanced and more fulfilled in their lives inside and outside of work.

Here is a selection of what we offer;

Wellbeing

Wellbeing Subsidy, Corporate Gym Membership, Virtual GP, Peppy Health App (Fertility, Menopause and Early Parenthood), Optional Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Monetary

Non-contributory Pension & Discretionary Bonus

Life & Income Protection

Life Assurance, Critical Illness & Income Protection

Travel

Season Ticket Loan & Electric Vehicle Scheme

Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion. This creates an environment in which everyone is free to be themselves which helps to drive innovation, creativity and ultimately business performance. At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation.

Research shows that some candidates can be reluctant to apply to a role unless they meet all the criteria. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit here and welcome you to do the same - if the role excites you, please don't let our person specification hold you back. Get in touch!

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