Closing Date 2021/01/15
Reference Number LAN201209-2
Job Title General Manager: Financial Accounting & Reporting (Centurion)
Division Finance and Treasury and IT
Unit Finance Treasury & IT
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location - Country South Africa
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Town / City Centurion
JOB ADVERT SUMMARY
The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) is South Africa’s only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank’s sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Technical Accounting Advisory Services to the Land Bank Group
1. Provides technical accounting advisory services for Land Bank.
Liaises with Chief Financial Officer to determine the deliverables of the department and creates plans to achieve goals and objectives.
Manage Financial Controls of the Bank
1. Ensure that systems and controls are in place to reconcile the payments, accounts payable and employee complement, as indicated by Human Resources, with the payroll run each month.
2. Creates the criteria for Financial Management approaches and develops, implements and enforces appropriate policies.
3. Reviews, updates and enforces policies and procedures and suggests improvements.
4. Oversees and is responsible for the management and adherence to policies and processes relating to Financial management.
5. Sign off reconciliations for accounting purposes are undertaken monthly.
6. Creates the criteria for Financial Management approaches and develops, implements and enforces appropriate policies.
7. Reviews, updates and enforces policies and procedures and suggests improvements.
Management of Both the External Audit Process of the Bank
1. Manage and co-ordinates clearance of all internal and external audit findings in the Bank.
2. Liaises with both internal and external auditors and responds to audit queries / opinions.
3. Manages the co-ordination of the external Audit Process - responsible for ensuring smooth interim and year-end audits, including coordination of Client Assistance Schedules.
Management of Finance Operations.
1. Analyses the strategy and plan and creates the policies and approaches to support the plan through detailed sub-policies and processes: - Claims - Travel - Expenditure Policies - Manages Payroll, - Accounts Payable and Payments, - Travel and Events and Projects. - Debtors Management, excluding customer collections e.g. rent collections.
2. Ensure that systems and controls are in place to reconcile the payments, accounts payable and employee complement, as indicated by Human Resources, with the payroll run each month.
Manage Annual Financial Statements
1. Manages the Interim and Annual Financial Statements preparation process for the group.
2. Preparation of Interim and Annual Financial Statements of the Group.
3. AFS and supporting schedules provided to
4. Ensures Interim and Annual Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with requisite legislation and accounting standards.
5. Ensures Interim and Annual Financial Statements including coordination of Client Assistance Schedules are submitted for external audit purposes on time.
Risk Management & Committee Participation Risk Management
1. Provides guidance to the Finance Department Risk Champion to enable:
2. Reviewing and updating of organisational action plans on Business Unit’s risk register;
3. Capturing of operational new risks identified and discussed for the Business Unit. Audit Matters.
4. Responds to audit queries / opinions for own area of responsibility. Committee Matters
5. Attendance and Participation in various committees (MANCO, CROM, ALCO, CRMC, ORCO, PROCUREMENT, IMPAIRMENTS) and provides input into the strategic decision making of the bank.
Develops and Manages the Financial Reporting and Accounting function of the Business, including people management Performance Management
1. Analyse the business plan to determine the applicable deliverables and targets •Compile the Performance Management documentation in collaboration with the staff member in terms of:
2. Job Profile requirements
3. Key Performance Areas
4. Personal Development Plan
5. Conduct performance planning session and Track and monitor performance in accordance with performance contracts
6. Conduct performance reviews in accordance with policies and procedures and take corrective actions where necessary
7. Provide coaching and feedback to employees on how to improve and sustain their performance
8. Lead the department by managing appointments, promotions, and industrial relations issues conjunction with the Human Resources Support Service Unit
9. Conduct disciplinary actions as per Land Bank’s policy and procedure where necessary Capacity Planning
10. Determine the human resource requirements, in accordance with the expected deliverables and current capacity
11. Secure the human capital requirements to ensure that deliverables will be met in accordance with the expected targets •Set and achieve employment equity targets.
12. Minimise staff turnover
13. Lead the department in such a manner as to foster innovation and technological excellence.
14. Demonstrate behaviour aligned to the corporate Land bank values
15. Equitable distribution of responsibilities and accountabilities and plan appropriate human capacity and full utilisation for projects under management Financial Management
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