FINANCE (BUSINESS) ANALYST – 6 MONTHS CONTRACT

SUMMARY:
MULTINATIONAL GROUP

POSITION INFO:

Six months contract is available in a high profile, world wide multinational that has a footprint throughout the globe. This challenging, demanding and performance focused position is requiring a candidate with exceptional analytical ability, commercially orientated, very numerate and has advanced MS skills. The geographical region will mostly focus on South and Southern Africa and will report into the Finance Director for the Region and be his commercial & analytical partner. It will also require working very closely with the other members of the finance team who are few in number, but highly qualified and experienced. The Finance (Business) Analyst will be responsible for business case development & scenario analysis, flash figures, budgeting & forecasting and in-depth variance analysis including revenue variances versus forecasts using Hyperion, Power BI, PowerPoint, Advanced Excel & Power Planner. It should be emphasised that the global culture of the Group is highly demanding, results driven, output based and deadlined orientated.

Key performance areas, inter alia, include:

• Prepare financial plans and forecasts including the annual operating plan which is projected on a quarterly basis and revised when necessary. This information is consolidated and sent to different entities. It also projects 6, 9 and 12 months for the current region and the data is extracted from SAP onto Hyperion and then examined & analysed.
• Annual Budget which is prepared in August/September (for the December year-end) and drills down into the following year using minutae of detail. Critically reviewing and analysing the business and especially the latest best estimates. Areas of importance include revenue, cost of goods sold, supply chain, sales & marketing and expenses.
• Analysis of actual to budget and all the variances thereof. There is exceptional focus on sales expenditure and preparing the PowerPoint information for the Management Team. In addition, in-depth variance analysis of price, volume, mix, capacity, efficiency and rate. Further analyses include profitability analysis, flash figures, analysis of staff performance as well as Business Case development & scenario analysis.
• As the Shared Services Centres are based in a number of countries, assistance will be provided for the month-end close to ensure accurate monthly reporting. These include accruals, provisions, bad debts, fixed assets adjustments, etc. The need to gather and analyse all this relevant information will result in providing financial reports as and where appropriate for that particular area.
• There are ad hoc projects which arise from time to time where the candidate will be expected to provide leadership, financial counsel and oversight.

Requirements:

• A tertiary accounting qualification is required which can be CiMA, Accounting Honours, BCom (Informatics) or similar.
• Minimum experience will be at least 5 years in an analytical role and ideally, in a product related industry. Furthermore, the need to have advanced Excel (V & H Lookups, Sum-Ifs, Complex Pivot Tables, Graphs, in-depth ability to manipulate data) as well as being able to prepare professional Powerpoint presentation is mandatory. Knowledge of Hyperion HFM is highly recommended.
• If the candidate has progressive finance and/or sales forecasting experience, as well as commercial finance and sales analytical experience, this would be a major recommendation.
• Due to the diversity of cultures that this business deals with in Europe, Middle East & Africa, it is critical that the person has highly developed inter-personal skills, is an excellent communicator and will be diplomatic in a clear and focused manner.
• Able to work overtime as and when required and enjoys a high pressured and very deadline driven position due to the international flavor of this Global Group.

Apply on-line or alternatively phone Gerald Lilian on (011) 4841790.

Be advised that if you do not receive a response within two weeks from date of submission of your CV, then please deem your application as unsuccessful.