Vice President Finance

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At Merchants our vision is to create meaningful and sustainable futures for our people, by driving a culture of continuous learning through the many skills and development programmes we offer, which are designed to develop talent and fulfil potential.

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Reponsible for overall Financial Management of the Merchants South Africa and to provide advice and guidance to the South African Leadership and Finance Teams.

Ensure Group Financial Management and Reporting meets or exceeds NTT MEA and Merchants Group requirements.

To ensure the appropriate Financial Policies and Standards are set and adhered to.

To provide input, advice and guidance on Financial and Commercial issues to the South African Leadership Team.

To ensure that Corporate Governance is in place for all the legal entities and that the appropriate meetings and reporting is adhered to.

To be involved in all vendor contract negotiations.

To ensure our payroll department meets or exceeds our Peoples expectations and meets Group and regulatory requirements

Main Duties / Key Accountabilities

Strategy

• Participate in the development and execution of the Merchants South Africa Strategy.
• Ensure that the Strategy is consistent with prudent Financial Practice and meets the requirements of the Merchants Group the NTT  Group and its reporting requirements as a public company.

Management

• Participate in the Merchants South Africa Leadership Team.
• Provide advice and guidance to the heads of the Merchants Operating Units and the MD.
• Mentor and provide advice and guidance to the Finance Team

Go To Market

• Provide support and Financial input for all Customer acquisition and Customer development activities. Ensure that Customer Statutory Financial Requirements are aNTT ressed in Merchants transactions with that customer.

Financial Success

• Oversee the preparation of the annual budgets in required timelines and presentation to the Merchants Group.
• Ensure that monthly reporting and forecasting to the Merchants Group and NTT  MEA is on time and materially accurate.

• Continuously review progress and ensure that all steps are being taken to ensure that the Merchants Soiuth Africa entitie/s are Financially Sound and to ensure any significant issues are flagged to the Merchanst Group and NTT  Group Finance and Risk Functions.
• To provide advice and guidance to the managers to assist them in achieving their targets.
• To ensure the annual external audit and internal audits are successfully completed by the Group Auditors with no significant issues. 
• To ensure that Merchants South Africa Working Capital Managemnt meets MEA and Group targets.

Customer Satisfaction

• To be the Executive Sponsor on selected Customers and work with the account team to ensure that the customer’s expectations are met or exceeded.
• To assist the Business Development and Operations Teams in dealing with Financial issues and proposals that impact existing customers.
• To help identify issues that impact the customer’s willingness to pay their invoices and work with the appropriate management to aNTT ress the issues

• CA / MBA / Masters in Commerce with min 10 years Financial Experience or equivalent.
• Senior financial management experience in Service and/or IT Industries, contact centre experience is a bonus.
• Proven Financial Managemnt Experience to global standards.
• Executive Committee experience is desirable.
• Experience in negotiating contracts is desirable.