Commercial Finance Analyst
Midrand, South Africa
This role reporting to the Senior Commercial Finance Manager, will be a Finance Business Partner to the South African Flavour commercial team, providing financial insights to drive improved decision-making and deliver business results through driving growth and profitability. Focus will be both strategic and tactical to achieve targeted near and long-term goals and objectives.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Partnering with commercial team to drive growth and profitability
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Prepare analysis and insights on the key drivers of financial performance for the South African Flavour business unit
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Support the Senior Commercial Finance Manager in preparing and managing customer and product profitability analysis and reporting
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Interpret and analyse customer specific requests from the sales team and partner to develop financial P&Ls and analytics
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Business partner to the Sales teams, providing insightful analysis to support decision making
Financial reporting and analysis
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Support Financial reporting and analysis for all customers
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Daily and weekly sales reporting
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Support month-end processes, quarterly financial forecast, and budget
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Financial data maintenance – support new product code creation, maintain product mapping, create system inputs of key financials during forecast and budget cycles.
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Develop financial models through benchmarking and process analysis
Business Planning and analysis
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Assist with the coordination and preparation of the long-term plan and annual budget process for the business.
Process Improvement and special projects
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Work to improve core commercial finance processes and reporting
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Ensure all processes are documented and Sarbanes Oxley compliant
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Prepare ad hoc commercial project viability studies
CANDIDATE PROFILE
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BCom in Accounting/Finance Relevant degree or equivalent Qualification
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4-5 years’ experience in Finance roles with FMCG preferable
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High level of Advanced Excel skills required and preferably experience of TM1, SAP and PowerBi
- Experience in communicating effectively and building positive working relationships with commercial teams
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Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyse and interpret complex data to provide actionable insights to support decision making
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Strong personal leadership, being able to work in a results-driven culture with big focus on execution
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Demonstrates initiative, accountability and adopts a perspective of continuous improvement
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Strong planning and organisational skills and ability to manage to deadlines
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Thorough understanding of business, processes, systems, and internal controls
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