Financial Controller PG10/11: SanlamConnect Finance (Bellville, Cape Town)

What will you do?

This is a specialist level role reporting to the Finance Manager.  The main purpose of the role is to ensure sound financial management of both cost and income aspects within SanlamConnect. This includes overseeing the month-end financial processes, fulfilling a business partnering relationship that guides and advises senior management, developing and maintaining financial models for cost and income, optimizing cost efficiencies, and driving improvements in financial processes and controls, budgeting and forecasting.  Key responsibilities including;

•    Manage the month-end processes (incl. consolidated reports, variance analysis and forecasting)
•    Oversight of the procurement processes
•    Undertake effective annual budgeting process
•    Provide sound financial management of cost and income
•    Drive financial process improvements and control effectiveness
•    Participate in projects
•    Stakeholder and client management
•    Coach and support junior staff

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification & experience 

•    BTech in Finance or B Comm with accounting as major (preferably with accounting articles). 
•    3-5 years experience as financial business partner/controller in sales/distribution environment in financial services.  

Knowledge and skills 

IT:
•    MS: Office (Advanced Excel, Word, PP, Outlook)
•    MIS tools
•    IFRS
•    Hyperion Financial Management
•    SAP/ A4O/ Multi-data/Essbase
•    Share point

Business:
•    Basic financial services industry knowledge 
•    Distribution business operating model and financial processes
•    Relevant compliance knowledge 
•    Risk and governance management/corporate governance/approval frameworks 
•    Procurement processes and protocols (Quotes, Invoice and payments)
•    Expense management
•    Financial control accounts (GL, BS etc)
•    Financial modelling and quantitative analysis
•    Financial account consolidation and reporting
•    MIS
•    Relationship management
•    Coaching and supervising

Competencies

•    Collaboration
•    Results Driven
•    Cultivates Innovation
•    Flexibility & Adaptability
•    Communicates effectively

Personal attributes 

•    Ethical
•    Problem solver, investigator
•    Detailed, analytical, accuracy
•    Quality orientated
•    Confident and assertive communicator
•    Proactive and takes initiative
•    Sound planning and organising orientation 
•    Quality and work standards orientation
•    Able to build relationships/partnerships

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. 

The closing date for all applications is Friday 3rd April 2026.

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