Are you someone who can:

• Maintain Best Practice Financial Planning / Accounting with direct, control and maintenance of the financial planning within the Business Unit. Ensuring adherence to and meeting of budgetary forecasts and ensuring that all revenues and costs are accounted for appropriately for the properties in the business.
• Establish, align and manage target and budget goals whilst ensuring effective control of costs for a range of functional areas to increase cost efficiency.
• Develop a service culture which builds rewarding relationships, proposes innovations and allows others to provide exceptional client service.
• Foster and enhance good business relations with Internal Clients (other Business units – Sales, Credit etc), external clients (e.g. FNB Group) and Independent Valuation contractors/Vendors to sustain and enhance the First National Bank market reputation in support of the high level of service being required.
• Direct and control all Business Unit policies, SLA’s, procedures and mandates required to achieve the Business objectives by implementing best business practice solutions for the Property Business Market and manage property valuations for all the business units.
• Comply with governance in terms of legislative and audit requirements.
• Conduct Industry Related Research and Development on an ongoing basis, to identify latest market trends within the Property Industry, that directly impact the Valuation Business, by conducting market analysis/research and development, thus ensuring the Business Unit remains competitively positioned within the Industry.
• Analysis and Actioning of Reports by ensuring that all required reports are appropriately compiled, with the required analysis and interpretation of information being done, thereby adopting appropriate interventions/strategies in line with meeting the required Business Objectives.
• Plan and manage performance, skills development, employment equity, talent and culture of Team Leaders and teams in order to improve innovation, achieve efficiencies and increase competencies.
• Manage personal and management development to increase own skills and competencies for the managerial function and future Leadership growth opportunities.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• A property related business qualification is preferable,
• Registration with the S.A. Council for Property Valuers Profession as a Professional Valuer or Professional Associated Valuer
• Registered member of the S.A. Institute of Valuers is preferable but not essential
• A minimum of 6 years’ experience in Property Valuations preferably with 2 to 3 years in middle management within a financial institution
• Computer Literacy is essential
• A good knowledge of financial and accounting principles as they relate to the running of a business
• Knowledgeable in property related legislative requirements, town planning procedures and bye-laws, municipal bye-laws and township establishment procedures
• Procedures of the Surveyor’s General’s and Deeds Office is required