Our client is seeking a Chief Finance Officer to join their team.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the formulation and tracking of strategy, planned and reforecast financial performance for the bank and ensure that the strategy remains coherent and well disseminated to the business.

• Coordinate the formulation and tracking of strategy, planned and reforecast financial performance for the bank and ensure that the strategy remains coherent and well disseminated to the business.

• Assist the Chief Executive Officer in tracking and monitoring business performance towards the committed financial targets and continuously challenge the performance of business segments on ways to enhance overall business performance.

• Implement an investor relations plan that ensures fair information of shareholders and the investment market as well as ensure compliance with ZSE listing regulations. The investor relations initiative must ensure timely and fair reporting to support fair valuation of the bank’s listed securities and optimise cost of capital. 

• Advise the Board and EXCO on matters of business performance in the scope and context of financial management for the bank as well as other areas of business performance. Ensure all Group financial reporting requirements are met on time and met with the required standards.   

• Assist in formulating the company's future direction and supporting tactical initiatives.

• Monitor and direct the implementation of strategic financial business plans. 

• Develop financial and tax strategies.

• Manage the capital request and budgeting processes. 

• Develop performance measures and monitoring systems that support the company's strategic direction.

• Provide strong leadership to the country Finance team and work to strengthen E2E reporting.

• Meet deadlines and quality standards for both local and Group Finance.

• Ensure smooth external audit cycles with external auditors by understanding and delivering on their needs timely.

• Ensure that capital allocation is optimised in the manner in which new projects are prioritised and through support of activities affecting balance sheet structure.

• Ensure process and data integrity across the business by complying with governance requirements.

• Produce schedules/templates, which accurately present regular and ad-hoc management information.

• Participate in key decisions as a member of the executive management team.

• Regulatory reporting to BOZ is within time and accurate.

• Implement operational best practices.

• Oversee the issuance of financial information.

• Report financial results to the board of directors.

• Maintain strong control environment by ensuring that financial reporting controls are in place for key processes and are effective.

• Reconciliations are performed timeously and reconciliations issues are flagged.

• Tax payments are made timeously and accurately.

• Provide strong leadership to all staff within the Finance function, ensuring each person’s role and contribution to the organisation is clear and understood.

• Provide sound coaching and feedback to all direct reports, leading the practice of Performance Development by example. 

• Provide strong leadership to all staff within the Finance function, ensuring each person’s role and contribution to the organisation is clear and understood. 

• Provide sound coaching and feedback to all direct reports, leading the practice of Performance Development by example. 

• Ensure the recruitment of the best people to achieve the results and the continuous development of staff with talent and potential, maintaining robust succession plans for all primary roles. 

• Be a role model for your people in the way you lead on a daily basis - doing things wholeheartedly, communicating with passion, enthusiasm and embracing change as a way of working. 

• Identify appropriate formal and occupational (informal) training needs and courses (internal/external) to develop oneself. 

• Up-Skill oneself regarding new products and procedures through attendance of workshops/presentations and reading of internal and external communications.

• Participate in annual performance reviews.

Skills:

• Problem Solving.

• Planning.

• Decision making.

Qualifications:

Contact information

Tamlyn Redmond