JOB TITLE: FP&A Analyst,
DEPARTMENT: Finance
REPORTING TO: Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
LOCATION: Johannesburg
ADDITIONAL INFO
- The Company financial year end is 31st of December. Limited leave may be granted at key points in the annual financial calendar
- Overtime might be required during month ends and other key points in the annual financial calendar
PURPOSE OF POSITION
This role will assume responsibility for the budgeting, forecasting, reporting activities of the Commercial & Industrial segments and FP&A activities associated with Projects carried out within the MEA Region.
This includes running weekly flash meetings to gather detailed information from the commercial, project and customer service teams about the current performance of the business. The role is also responsible for reviewing, consolidating, and challenging these and other inputs to ensure robust and accurate information is provided for the MEA business
The position is also expected to lead the improvement of FP&A processes as well as provide a range of scheduled and ad-hoc analysis to supply the business with insightful financial information.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Forecasting
- Gather information and data regarding the outlook for the business
- Challenge and question the inputs received to drive meaningful discussion and ensure strong forecast accuracy
- Support the short-, mid- and long-term forecasting processes
- Support in the preparation of the budget and strategic plan
- Completion of required reports and packs on time, and in a high quality
- Track and manage risks and opportunities
Business partnering
- Support commercial teams with data and information regarding forecast and performance
- Build relationships to ensure good collaboration with the business
Reporting
- Collate and analyse monthly results and report to management and Group with a high quality and within agreed monthly deadlines
- Manage questions, queries, and communications with key stakeholders
- Deliver a suite of regular reports and analysis to management
- Deliver proactive and ad-hoc analysis on topical issues and problem areas
- Collaboration with the financial accounting team to ensure any new information or developments are appropriately forecasted
Projects
- Monitor the progress of projects by analysing information and reporting out to all relevant stakeholders
- Preparation of customer acceptance for signoff and ensure billing of signed acceptance is done timeously.
- Support the FP&A team with analysis that helps understand the impact of project profitability on the monthly and quarterly results of the business.
Continuous Process Improvement
- Driving process change and improvement across the business
- Inspiring and supporting others in making positive change
DELAGATION OF AUTHORITY
The associate has the authorisation to work within the framework of the actual Delegation of Authorities (DOA).
Internal
- Finance team in region
- Business units
- Regional management
External
- Customers
- Channel Partners
MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE (INDICATORS)
Leading
- Strong feedback from key internal stakeholders
- Meeting objectives per the regional daily management
- Completion of Process improvement activity
Lagging
- Complete and timely submission of key deliverables
- Forecast accuracy
- Accuracy of monthly reporting
Development of objectively improved financial reporting
PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Education/achievements
- Tertiary level education
- Bachelor’s Degree in finance, Accounting, or related field
- Registered Chartered Accountant
Experience/Knowledge
- Previous FP&A experience in a multinational environment
- HFM knowledge
- SAP knowledge
Specific Skills
- High attention to detail and accuracy with methodical working methods
- Proficiency in MS Excel
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Customer focussed
- Ability to work without supervision, under pressure and meet strict deadlines
- Ability to be flexible and agile in a high-pressure environment
Potential Skills
- Ability and aspiration to process through to other senior finance roles
ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES & BEHAVIOURS
Competency Descriptors
Customer Driven
- Gains insight into customer needs.
- Identifies opportunities that benefit the customer.
- Builds and delivers solution that meet customer expectation.
- Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships.
Collaborative
- Works cooperatively with others to achieve shared objectives.
- Represents own interest while being fair to others and their areas.
- Partners with others to get work done.
- Credits others for their contributions and accomplishments.
Inclusive
- Seeks to understand different perspectives and cultures.
- Contributes to a work climate where differences are valued and supported.
- Applies others’ diverse experiences, styles, backgrounds, and perspectives to get results.
- Is sensitive to cultural norms, expectations, and ways or communicating.
Accountable
- Follows through on commitments and makes sure others do the same.
- Acts with a clear sense of ownership.
- Takes personal responsibility for decisions, actions and failures.
- Establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results.
Champions VBS
- Identifies and creates the processes necessary to get work done.
- Separates and combines activities into efficient workflow.
- Seeks to improve processes, from small tweaks to complete reengineering.
- Is a simplifier, focused on cutting through complexity.
- Prioritizes to the critical few – focuses on what matters most.
Self-Aware
- Reflects on activities and impact on others.
- Proactively seeks feedback about shortcomings.
- Admits mistakes and gains insight from experiences.
- Knows strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits.
Pioneering
- Comes up with useful ideas that are new, better, or unique.
- Introduces new ways of looking at problems.
- Can take a creative idea and put it into practice.
- Encourages diverse thinking to promote and nurture innovation.
Agile
- Learns quickly when facing new situations.
- Experiments to find new solutions.
- Takes on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks.
- Extracts lessons learned from failure and mistakes and bounces back
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Energized by our shared purpose and values, we have a strong culture shaped by a deep organization-wide commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) and corporate responsibility. Eight vibrant global employee resource groups serve as powerful focal points for connection, community, and advocacy, and we actively support community causes through Vontier Cares. We offer flexible remote and in-person, open-space work options.
The Vontier Business System (VBS), our engine for success and our competitive advantage, powers every aspect of our business performance through a continuous improvement mindset. As we look to the future, we will continue to evolve VBS to prepare our teams for new challenges and opportunities, and to stay on the forefront of changing technologies through fast iteration and focused experimentation. To learn more about us visit: www.vontier.com
