Finance Analyst - 6 Months FTC
A leading supplier of petroleum products in Southern Africa is seeking a Finance Analyst to join their team for a 6-month Fixed Term Contract (FTC). This position provides financial analysis and cost reporting for the Cape Town Refinery as part of the Finance Team.
Responsibilities:
- Support refinery cost centre owners with monthly financial information and analysis of their results to improve decision-making.
- Identify areas of financial control weakness to be addressed.
- Understand the effect of business drivers on the refinery’s financial performance.
- Provide strategic financial advice to the business unit to improve their business performance.
Duties & Responsibilities
Base Business KPI’s:
- Process monthly opex accruals and ensure monthly account reconciliations are performed on time. Liaise with BU contacts to ensure accrued items are timeously cleared from the accruals account.
- Produce monthly cost reporting and coordinate cost review meetings with cost centre owners. Leverage financial acumen to influence business decision-making with the goal of meeting opex budgetary targets.
- Perform monthly variance analysis of actual vs budget on operating expenses (opex) and provide explanations for variances for submission to head office reporting team and other stakeholders (EXCO, ultimate shareholder).
- Coordinate monthly 24-month rolling forecast for refinery opex – gather inputs from key stakeholders, review for reasonability and accuracy, consolidate, and present for business unit leader approval.
- Coordinate annual opex business planning – gather inputs from key stakeholders, review for reasonability and accuracy, consolidate, and present for business unit leader approval.
- Prepare and present divisional opex financial reports and variance explanations as required by Refinery Leadership Team at monthly governance meetings.
Ad-hoc KPI’s:
- Provide financial guidance to refinery business unit (Examples of guidance and support include accounting policy & IFRS interpretation and application, tax implications of proposed actions, capex vs. opex decisions, etc.).
- Participate in special projects as directed by Manager, Refinery Finance. Projects are focused on continuous improvement in the areas of cost (SAP, ARIBA, cost reporting).
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Fully qualified CA(SA) or CIMA - non-negotiable.
- 2-5 years of experience post-qualification, especially in cost analysis and reporting - highly preferable.
- Strong financial, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability and confidence to work well with a broad spectrum of personnel across the organization and constructively provide guidance within a team environment.
- SAP experience knowledge would count in candidate’s favour.
Package & Remuneration
Should you not receive a response within 14 days, please consider your application as unsuccessful.
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