To model, interrogate and provide insights on detailed cost and profitability information in support of both current operational management decisions and planning for the future.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Prevent wastage and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs.
- Provide input into costing projects involving a segment, business unit, function or country/region (as applicable).
- Influence creative business solutions, optimise processes and inform strategic decisions through cost modelling and data analysis.
- Build, run and execute profitability models and provide required reports for business.
- Provide feedback to the business on monthly and ad hoc analysis and reports to support decision making.
- Build and calculate cost models and work within established work and service processes.
- Conduct review and scenario planning to provide guidance on budgetary process in terms of spend and forecast adjustments.
- Develop new insights into situations and apply innovative solutions to make organisational improvements.
- Provide input into the development of the tactical strategy, and develop and implement a supporting operational strategy.
- Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation.
- Deliver internal and external customer service excellence through adherence to quality service standards.
- Continuously assess own performance through seeking timely, and clear feedback and request training where appropriate.
- Prepare and complete monthly costing journals in line with SLA methodology.
- Responsible for planning and running of budget and forecast processes.
- Build and maintain costing models.
- Prepare costing and ad-hoc reports on a monthly basis.
- Report on periodic variances and their causes.
- Identify, control and escalate potential risks which may lead to increased costs.
- Manage costs within approved budget to achieve cost efficiencies.
Qualifications and experience:
- Matric.
- Minimum Qualification - Relevant Diploma/Undergraduate Degree in Finance, Costing, Mathematics or similar.
- Preferred Qualification - Relevant postgraduate degree, Financial or analytical modelling qualifications, CIMA or ACCA.
- Experience - 3 to 5 years experience in costing/commercial/finance/pricing, of which 1 to 2 years ideally at a junior specialist level.
- Knowledge and experience in Analytics Costing/Pricing principles.
- CIMA/Associate General Accounting (SA)/ACCA or SAIPA will be advantageous.
- Strong SQL and/or Power BI skills.
- Banking/Financial Services Industry exposure.
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