About the Role

The Senior Financial Analyst role at our client’s Elandsfontein location requires a professional with expertise in financial accounting, expense control, and business partnering. The ideal candidate will provide accurate financial insights to support strategic decision-making, drive revenue growth, and optimize cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring all journal entries are accurately captured and allocated to the correct accounts and cost centres
• Monitoring operating expenses and ensuring alignment with budgets
• Reviewing and approving purchase requisitions in line with policy and budget controls
• Providing financial insights and variance explanations to business unit managers
• Resolving accounting queries and maintaining accurate audit trails
• Developing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial forecasts
• Supporting strategic and operational planning cycles
• Conducting scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Collaborating with business units to gather assumptions and validate financial projections
• Tracking sales performance against targets
• Analysing revenue across regions, product lines, and customer segments
• Preparing sales performance dashboards and management reports
• Identifying trends, growth opportunities, and underperforming areas
• Supporting sales pipeline and conversion analysis
• Analysing product pricing and margin performance
• Monitoring pricing deviations, discount structures, and promotional pricing
• Conducting price elasticity and margin analysis
• Supporting pricing adjustments in collaboration with sales and marketing teams
• Analysing transportation, warehousing, and freight costs
• Calculating cost-to-serve by customer, region, and distribution channel
• Identifying cost-saving opportunities with supply chain teams
• Supporting logistics strategy through financial insights
• Conducting profitability analysis by customer, product, and region
• Identifying underperforming products or customer segments
• Supporting pricing and discount decisions with profitability insights
• Monitoring product life cycles and portfolio performance
• Calculating and validating commission payments
• Monitoring commission spend against budget
• Supporting the development and adjustment of commission structures
• Working with HR and Sales to ensure alignment with performance goals
• Preparing monthly management reports and dashboards
• Conducting variance analysis against budgets and forecasts
• Analysing key financial metrics and performance drivers
• Delivering actionable insights to senior management
• Developing financial models such as ROI, NPV, DCF, and breakeven analyses
• Evaluating capital expenditure proposals and investment opportunities
• Conducting scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Presenting financial risks and opportunities to leadership
• Coordinating the annual budgeting process
• Monitoring departmental budget performance
• Identifying cost trends and potential savings
• Analysing fixed and variable cost drivers
• Participating in strategic planning discussions
• Providing financial input into pricing, expansion plans, and operational decisions
• Recommending initiatives to improve profitability
• Facilitating communication between finance and operational teams
• Developing dashboards and visual reports using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Excel
• Analysing large datasets to identify trends and anomalies
• Automating reporting processes where possible
• Presenting financial information in an accessible format
• Streamlining reporting and analytical processes
• Improving tools, templates, and systems
• Increasing automation and reducing manual tasks
• Documenting finance processes and procedures
• Ensuring financial reporting aligns with policies and accounting standards
• Supporting internal and external audit processes
• Maintaining proper documentation and audit trails
• Safeguarding data integrity and confidentiality
• Building strong working relationships across departments
• Participating in stakeholder meetings and providing financial guidance
• Managing expectations and resolving issues in line with company policies
• Providing advice on finance-related matters affecting stakeholders

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Management Accounting, or a related field (NQF 8)
• CIMA registration preferred
• Minimum 7 years experience in Accounting or Management Accounting
• 35 years experience in a management or senior analytical role
• Strong computer literacy (MS Office Suite, ERP/SAP systems, and finance software)
• Advanced financial modelling capability
• Advanced Excel skills
• Strong knowledge of financial processes, controls, and reporting

Qualifications

No specific qualifications mentioned.

Salary & Benefits

Salary information not provided.

About the Role

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Financial Analyst to support financial planning, performance tracking, cost control, and profitability analysis across various business functions. The successful candidate will provide accurate, timely financial insights to drive decision-making, efficiency, and business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate daily accounting and monitor expenses against budgets.
• Partner with business units to provide financial insights and resolve queries.
• Develop forecasts (monthly, quarterly, annual) and support planning cycles.
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis in collaboration with various departments.
• Track sales performance, analyse revenue across regions and products, identify trends, and support the sales team with actionable insights.
• Analyse pricing strategies, monitor margins, and recommend adjustments to optimise profitability.
• Analyse logistics and distribution costs, assess cost-to-serve, and identify opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Evaluate profitability across customers and products, identify underperformance, and recommend corrective actions.
• Calculate and validate commissions, monitor budgets, and align commission structures with business objectives.
• Prepare management reports, conduct variance analysis, track KPIs, and recommend performance improvements.
• Build financial models (DCF, ROI, NPV, breakeven), evaluate capital projects, and present financial insights and risks.
• Coordinate the budgeting process, track adherence, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Participate in cross-functional strategy discussions and provide financial input on key business decisions.
• Create dashboards, analyse large datasets, and automate reporting processes.
• Streamline workflows, improve systems and templates, and increase automation.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies and standards, support audits, and maintain data integrity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Management Accounting, or a related field (NQF 8).
• CIMA qualification is preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years experience in Accounting or Management Accounting.
• 35 years experience in commercial business partnering, supporting operational and commercial teams, is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications not specified.

Salary & Benefits

• Salary details not specified.

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