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All right, all right – let’s cut to the formalities. Here's the deal. At Hollard, we get up in the morning to ensure people sleep better at night. Our job is to look after the stuff our customers love. In fact, 5 million people already trust us with their stuff. That's pretty big deal… read more to us. http://www.hollard.co.za Impressum The Hollard Insurance Co. Ltd (Reg No 1952/003004/06) is an Authorised Financial Services Provider. Hollard Life Assurance Co. Ltd (Reg No 1993/001405/06) is an Authorised Financial Services Provider. Hollard Investment Managers Pty Ltd (Reg No 1997/001696/07) is an Authorised Financial Services Provider. Specialties Funeral insurance, Life insurance, Hospital Cash Back Plan insurance, Motor Xtender vehicle warranty insurance, Pay As You Drive usage-based car insurance, Motor and Household insurance, and Parnership philosophy – Flexible approach 22 Oxford Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
Job Purpose
Lead the finance function for the Direct and Intermediated Insurance Business Units within Hollard Life Solutions. Ensure financial integrity, strategic alignment, and operational excellence across budgeting, reporting, governance, and stakeholder engagement
Manage Opex reporting process, ensuring that all month-end journals are processed to correct GL accounts and cost center.
Key Responsibilities
Business Partnering & Strategic Insight
Act as a strategic finance advisor to senior leadership, providing financial insight, scenario analysis, and recommendations to support business growth and profitability
Challenge and influence business leaders to drive operational efficiency, sustainable growth, and return on capital
Provide meaningful recommendations, explanations, and highlights of concerns or anomalies by analysing and interrogating financial information.
Support the achievement of business strategy and transformation goals by ensuring finance processes, reporting, and outputs are aligned to business unit and group priorities.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning
Ensure accurate and timeous budgets are submitted, reviewed, and aligned with key economic indicators and group strategic initiatives.
Lead forecasting and long-term planning processes, ensuring robust assumptions and alignment with business growth objectives.
Achieve business objectives within specified timeframes by scheduling, coordinating, and allocating appropriate resources.
Reporting & Performance Management
Consolidate financial reports across Direct & Intermediated channels, delivering value-added insights and recommendations from multiple data sources.
Ensure accurate financial results by reviewing reconciliations, monitoring unreconciled items, and strengthening internal controls.
Develop and monitor KPIs, including revenue, expense ratios etc
Translate complex financial outcomes into clear insights for senior stakeholders.
Working Capital and Cash Flow Forecast
Manage BUs working capital and cash flow forecasts.
Provide insights on ratios and projections.
Champion process efficiency and receivables collection.
Monitor actual vs forecast and communicate results.
Governance, Risk & Audit
Manage defined risks in the finance function by adhering to internal and external guidelines, policies, and governance frameworks.
Ensure compliance with IFRS 17, tax, regulatory, and audit requirements.
Obtain buy-in for new or enhanced processes that improve operational and financial effectiveness.
Contribute to Debt Review Committee and other ad hoc committees
Lead internal and external audit processes for Direct and Intermediated Insurance Business Units
Stakeholder Engagement & Business Partnering
Understand and meet stakeholder requirements through continuous engagement, proactive insights, and decision support.
Partner with distribution, product, operations, actuarial, and risk teams to drive sustainable financial outcomes.
Assist in achieving group collaboration initiatives by identifying opportunities for partnerships and synergies across Hollard.
Leadership & Team Development
As a core member of the Finance MANCO team, expected to actively contribute to setting short-term and medium-term term goals for the team
Maintain high standards of analysis and reporting by planning, organising, and monitoring workflow to meet deadlines.
Provide ongoing guidance, mentoring, and coaching to the finance team, ensuring best-practice analysis and reporting.
Contribute to intellectual capital development by motivating and training team members, enabling on-the-job skills transfer.
Share industry knowledge and trends with stakeholders during formal and informal interactions.
Required Knowledge and Experience
Experience
A minimum of 4 years in a finance environment, and experience in operating at a senior manager level as a senior finance business partner or FP&A role.
Life insurance experience essential, with knowledge of IFRS 17
Experience in building relations with senior management and driving change management
Demonstrated expertise in budgeting and forecasting.
Knowledge and Skills
PC literate (Advanced MS Office, Great Plains an advantage)
Technical Insurance accounting, financial and management accounting
Knowledge of accounting packages, systems and controls including budgeting, understanding of Line of business systems and their integration into the accounting system
Financial and management accounting (IFRS)
Some knowledge of regulatory and related insurance industry general informatio
Strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen and a deep understanding of insurance value drivers.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capability.
Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with ability to influence across business units.
High integrity, governance-oriented, and risk-aware.
Collaborative and resilient, with ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Commitment to continuous learning, coaching, and personal development.
Analytical with strong attention to detail.
Educational Requirements
CA qualification
Deadline:5th September,2025
Apply via company website ( http://www.hollard.co.za ) or
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