Financial Advisor: Guide Clients To Lifelong Goals

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company; Durban; On-site; ZAR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis South Africa is seeking a commercially minded Chief Financial Officer to partner with the Managing Director and SA leadership to shape business performance, drive growth, and influence key decisions. The role leads financial planning, forecasting and performance management for the SA business, translating data into actionable insights for senior leaders.

You will oversee governance, risk management, and financial controls, while coaching the SA finance team and championing data and

Qualifications

• Strong financial judgment and ability to influence business strategy and performance.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership teams as a strategic and commercial ally.
• Strong capabilities in financial planning, forecasting and performance management.
• Ability to translate complex financial and operational data into actionable insights.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen with growth, profitability and investment evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted strategic and commercial partner to the Managing Director and South Africa leadership team.
• Contribute to the development and execution of the South Africa business strategy and long-term priorities.
• Lead the financial planning, forecasting and performance-management processes for the South Africa business.
• Translate financial and operational data into clear insights and actions for leadership.
• Identify drivers of revenue, margin, cost and cash performance and address risks and opportunities with business leaders.
• Lead, develop and coach the South Africa finance team with strong business-partnering capability.
• Ensure financial controls, governance and risk-management processes comply with company requirements.
• Champion the use of data, technology and AI to improve finance effectiveness and decision-making.

Skills

Financial judgement

Strategic partner

Financial planning

Data translation

Commercial acumen

Leadership

Communication skills

Governance & compliance

Job description

Chief Financial Office, LexisNexis South Africa

Johannesburg
Durban_SA
Full time
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Are you a commercially minded finance leader who can translate financial insight into strategic business impact?Do you thrive in partnering with senior leaders to shape business performance, drive growth, and influence key decisions?
About our Team
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX ( a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today's top model creators for each individual legal use case. The company employs over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and experts to develop, test, and validate solutions in line with RELX Responsible AI Principles ( the Role

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted strategic and commercial partner to the Managing Director and South Africa leadership team.


• Contribute actively to the development and execution of the South Africa business strategy and long-term priorities.


• Lead the financial planning, forecasting and performance-management processes for the South Africa business.


• Translate financial and operational data into clear insights and actions for the Managing Director and leadership team.


• Identify the underlying drivers of revenue, margin, cost and cash performance and work with business leaders to address risks and opportunities.


• Lead, develop and coach the South Africa finance team, building strong commercial, analytical and business-partnering capability.


• Ensure appropriate financial controls, governance and risk-management processes are maintained in accordance with LexisNexis and RELX requirements.


• Champion the use of data, technology and AI to improve Finance effectiveness, business insight and decision-making.

Requirements

• Strong financial judgement with the ability to influence business strategy and performance.


• Experience acting as a strategic and commercial business partner to senior leadership teams.


• Strong financial planning, forecasting and performance management capabilities.


• Ability to translate complex financial and operational data into clear business insights and actions.


• Demonstrated commercial acumen with experience evaluating growth, profitability, investment and resource-allocation opportunities.


• Strong leadership, coaching and team development skills.


• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage finance and non-finance stakeholders effectively.


• Experience working within a controlled governance environment with accountability for financial integrity, risk management and compliance.

Work in a Way That Works for You

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working Pattern

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

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