Business Analyst (Finance)

SUMMARY:
Business Analyst (Finance)

POSITION INFO:

ROLE OVERVIEW:

• Responsible for supporting the development and implementation of the company’s strategic plans, including carrying out and reporting on high quality financial and strategic analysis leading to increased profitability
• Manages financial feasibility analysis, evaluations or business projects and advises on the optimisation of resources and profitability of projects within RSA and Botswana business
• Enable strategic financial decision making by supporting the end to end financial process to ensure insights are accessible, readily available and required reporting for internal use
• Consolidate and analyse the management reports for all reporting periods before submission to the Head of Finance 
• Detailed cost analysis and understanding of the cost drivers for RSA and Botswana

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Preferred qualifications: A post graduate degree or masters, CA (SA)

EXPERIENCE:

• 5 – 6 years within a business environment. Heavy industry/ manufacturing/ FMCG experience would be an advantage
• At least 3 years relevant experience supporting executive management in a similar
• environment

KEY OUTPUTS:

• Conducts special studies to analyse complex financial actions and prepares
• recommendations for policy, procedure, control or action
• Provides interpretation of financial policies, governmental legislation, accounting theory or customer financial regulations
• Understanding finance processes across the entire finance function impacting on the income statement and balance sheet
• Analyses financial information to determine present and future financial performance of the International business
• Evaluates complex profit plans, operating records and financial statements. Makes
• recommendations to management regarding cost saving or profit generating opportunities and profitability improvement strategies
• Researches and prepares economic reports on subjects such as rate of return, depreciation, working capital requirements, investment opportunities, investment performance and impact of governmental requirements
• Work with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve/optimize our business performance through consultation, in-depth research, advanced problem solving skills, and process analyses
• This will be inclusive of aggregating, analysing, and interpreting data to determine the optimal course of action and presenting a comprehensive report of your findings/results and recommendations directly to the business
• Deriving business insight and developing recommendations by leveraging industry knowledge and experience with state-of-the-art advanced analytic and quantitative tools, modelling techniques, and data procedures

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