Manager: Strategy Insights and Reporting

at  Land Bank Careers

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.
To play a pivotal role in supporting the strategic decision-making process and enhancing organizational performance through data-driven insights and comprehensive reporting. Reporting to the Head of Strategy & Innovation, the candidate will lead efforts to gather, analyze, and communicate strategic insights, monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
To Contribute to the strategic planning process during key business periods (corporate plan, quartely report, integrated annual report, and tactical strategic planning development).
Collaborate with global and local stakeholders to develop business intelligence platforms that provide consistent, reliable and working data that can be used across divisions and is aligned to global strategic insights requirements.

PREFERRED MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• A bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Finance, Economics, Statistics or related field

• 7 years experience including:

• Strategy and Quantitative Analyst role preferably within the Financial Sector or Financial Services environment

• Knowledge of SAP
• Strategy Analyst or development
• Quantitative Analysis
• Sound command of written, spoken English. Excellent use of computers and software packages with specific high level of skills in excel and data analytics
• Experience in market research, competitive analysis, and financial modeling is highly desirable
• Microsoft Office Applications

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge and understanding of the company policies and procedures applicable to the specific work environment to ensure that work outcomes are compliant to the policies and procedures i.e. ICT and general policies and procedures

Please refer the Job description for details