General Manager Financial Planning, Analysis and Business Partnering
Listing reference: eskom_006852
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 11 September 2026
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Accounting, Auditing
Location: Sunninghill
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
To provide strategic leadership and financial stewardship by delivering insightful planning, forecasting, performance management, and business partnering that enables informed executive decision-making, enhances organisational performance, and creates sustainable long-term value. Drive a value-focused planning and performance culture by aligning financial strategy, business priorities and operational execution across all NTCSA business units.
Position/Task Grade: EEE
Department: Finance
Business Unit: Finance
Location: Sunninghill- Megawatt Park-Gauteng
Job description
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee corporate planning and budgeting.
- Drive financial performance management.
- Provide strategic business partnering.
- Direct commercial and strategic analysis.
- Deliver Enterprise analysis and insights.
- Drive leadership and capability development.
- Champion transformation and innovation
Skills and Competencies Required
Behavioural
- Customer focus
- Collaboration
- Curiosity
- Agility
- Results orientation
- Continuous improvement
- Enterprise mindset
- Accountability and sound judgement
- High levels of integrity and professional credibility
Leadership
- Strategic thinking
- Business partnering
- Commercial leadership
- Innovation
- Enterprise leadership
- Influencing skills
- Executive decision support and strategic challenge
- Leading through complexity and ambiguity
- Building high-performing finance teams and capability
- Change leadership and organisational transformation
Knowledge
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of finance principles and related concepts, finance systems, policies, processes and procedures applied within the industry
- Corporate governance
- PFMA (Public Finance Management Act), key stakeholders and change management principles
- Relevant legislation including pension fund and medical aid legislation
- Commercial, operational and other drivers of performance
- Sound knowledge of the business environment
- Corporate finance and accounting
- Funding and rating agencies
- Risk analysis and control
- Development of business strategies and financial management
- Integrated business planning, driver-based planning, rolling forecasting and scenario analysis
- Value-based management, cost optimisation, capital allocation and investment decision support
- Performance-management frameworks, enterprise KPIs and executive management reporting
- Data governance, digital finance, advanced analytics and management-information principles
- Energy-sector economics, regulatory environment and key value drivers relevant to NTCSA
Skills
- FP&A
- Financial modelling
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Strategy execution
- Performance management
- Business partnering
- Commercial finance
- Data analytics
- Scenario planning and sensitivity analysis
- Executive-level storytelling with data and financial insights
- Strategic cost management and value-driver analysis
- Enterprise performance reporting and dashboarding
- Negotiation, facilitation and executive stakeholder management
- Digital finance and planning-system optimisation
Minimum requirements
Qualification(s)
- Postgraduate qualification in Management accounting/Finance/Accounting / commerce or a related discipline at NQF 8 with 480 credits. or
- Charted Global Management Accounting (CGMA)
Experience
- 10 years of proven experience in leading complex strategic initiatives, with strong expertise in enterprise planning and business partnering at a senior management level.
- Demonstrated leadership experience in FP&A, enterprise budgeting and forecasting, performance management, commercial finance, financial modelling, business partnering within a large and complex organisation.
- Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide planning cycles, scenario modelling, executive performance reviews and cross-functional financial decision support.
- Experience operating within infrastructure, energy, regulated, state-owned or similarly complex capital-intensive environment will be advantageous.
- Demonstrated experience engaging executive management and governance structures.
Professional Registration Body
- CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) or similar professional membership.
Disclaimer
“If you have not been contacted within 28 days after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.”
“NTCSA is committed to equality, employment equity, and diversity. In accordance with the employment equity plan of NTCSA and its employment equity goals and targets, preference may be given, but is not limited to candidates from under-represented designated groups. NTCSA reserves the right not to make an appointment to the posts as advertised. Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply for positions.”
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