Elandsfontein: Senior Financial Analyst

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.