Financial Business Partner (P7) (Financial Governance & Revenue: Budget Project Management)
Position Summary
Introduction
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a vibrant and cosmopolitan university, anchored in Africa and driven by a powerful strategy focused on attaining global excellence and stature (GES). With an emphasis on independent thinking, sustainable development and strategic partnerships, UJ is an international university of choice. The University is guided by the Vice-Chancellor’s vision of “Positioning UJ in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in the context of the changing social, political and economic fortunes of Africa”.
Job description
- Play a lead role in the completion and integration of financial aspects of the faculties and divisions’ Strategic Plans and contribute to strategic discussions.
- Advice Deans, Directors, Managers, and colleagues on all financial matters.
- Advise the faculties, divisions, and departments as well as senior managers on finance admin issues within the university and ensure effective implementation, where relevant.
- Act as the faculties’ finance representative on relevant task and finish or change groups, as required.
- Contribute as a key member of the management team, senior admin team and a core member of the wider university senior management team.
- Champion and drive the area of expertise, and understand the faculties’ wider strategic need, in close collaboration with relevant colleagues.
- Produce monthly management accounts in line with the reporting deadlines.
- Present monthly variance analysis including holding monthly discussions with budget holders.
- Ensure the maintenance and development of systems and structures that underpin the effective day-to-day financial administration across the faculties with accountability for effective delivery of relevant services, to meet the needs of the faculties.
- Ensure attainment of desired results in a cost effective and timely manner to agreed quality standards.
- Ensure that university policies and procedures are interpreted and implemented across the faculties and departments.
- Control and report on all activities including core business/accounting, financial management, purchasing, /procurement, teaching, research, fundraising, collaborative partnership, and new business generation.
- Provide high quality financial advice to budget holders, including supporting their preparation of robust business cases and project budget, costing, and benchmarking.
- Lead and drive change in relation to finance administrative support structures
- Ensure accurate information and database held on relevant systems to facilitate the extraction and use of data for all management purposes.
- Timeously consolidate, coordinate produce, complete and accurate budget and forecasts for inclusion into faculties, divisions and university’s plans.
- Produce and interpret management information for use in faculties and divisions level initiatives and reviews. i.e. key performance indicators, trends and anticipated new business.
- Build and maintain excellent collaborative relationships with all stakeholders, both within the college and externally.
- Manages the Annual Budget process including producing the annual budget timetable and advising departmental budget holders.
- Contributing to continuous business improvement and participate in various projects and assist the project team as and when required.
- Provide assistance and information for all audits within the university and responsible for the AUP’s of projects of all divisions.
Minimum requirements
Your application, comprising of a detailed Curriculum Vitae as well as the names and full contact details (including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) of at least three traceable and credible referees must be uploaded before or on the closing date of the advertised post. Please also attach the following: a copy of your highest academic qualification, proof of registration with professional bodies you might belong to and if applying for an academic position, a list of accredited research output and/ or a portfolio of your creative output.
Please note that the University is obligated, in terms of recent amendments to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (Act 13 of 2021), to assess all prospective employees (including applicants) against the National Register for Sex Offenders (NRSO). The outcome of such an assessment may have an impact upon possible employment with the University.
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Candidates may be subjected to appropriate psychometric testing and other selection instruments.
In conjunction to merit on the basis of qualifications, experience and proven achievements the University of Johannesburg is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities and those individuals from the historically disadvantaged groups. As necessitated by operational requirements the University reserves the right not to make an appointment to positions advertised. If you have not received a response from the University within 8 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
