Role Description: Reporting to the Executive of Financial Planning and Analytics, your role will focus on assuming collaborative responsibility for all FP&A functions for the Group (including but not limited to financial, liquidity, sales, treasury, credit reporting). It is also expected to collaborate in driving the improvement of FP&A processes with the Groups business intelligence developer. This role will not only benefit from interacting with individuals within the business to improve insights and create efficiency but also working with the Group Executive Committee to understand how they look at the business from a holistic level and what detail/insights they require to make informed strategic decisions to grow the Group.

Job Description:

• Forecasting/Budgeting
• Assist FP&A team in preparing budgets/forecasts where the division is required to:
• Collaborate with strategy team to gather information and data regarding the outlook for the business
• Support business in preparation of the budgets
• Challenge and question inputs submitted to drive meaningful discussion and ensure strong forecast accuracy
• Ensure business adherence to timelines and completion of high-quality budget reports and other related packs on time for respective Executive committee meetings
• Track and manage risk and opportunities in the budgeting process

Reporting

• Collate and analyse monthly financial reports for underlying businesses and Group Executive Committee members with a high level of quality and within agreed monthly deadlines
• Critically assess variances in actuals vs forecast/budget/prior year across a variety of lines of business (financial, liquidity, etc) and investigate reasoning through data analysis as well as collaboration with business
• Take ownership of reporting/developing reports for other functional areas of the business including but not limited to Treasury, Shared Services and Human Capital. An example would include liquidity and cash flow reporting, as well as working capital management to give detailed insight on the Groups management of its cash and ensuring it is being deployed to the areas with the greatest ROI.

Continuous Process Improvement

• Self-driven to continuously assess reporting for areas of improvement
• Lead projects to implement improvements identified
• Work with the divisions BI developer to move to the next level of business insights, embracing predictive analytics, machine learning and AI.

Qualifications:

• CA (SA)/CIMA essential with 2 or more years post article experience
• Previous FP&A experience

Specific skills

• High level of proficiency in MS Excel
• Attention to detail
• Willingness to continuously develop skills and embrace new technology
• Have a strong level of general business acumen, thinks conceptually and identifies and addresses future challenges and opportunities, often in an ambiguous environment
• Excellent communication skills to all levels of Management including Executives
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Ability to work with minor supervision, under pressure and meet strict deadlines