Financial Business Analyst
An Agritalent client, a leading agribusiness, seeks a Financial Business Analyst for its subsidiary providing specialized mechanisation and maintenance service relating to agricultural equipment to producers. With 33 outlets and 17 mechanisation workshops, you can be part of delivering excellent service.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Financial and operational analysis and reporting:
- Financial and operational analysis, training, reporting and internal control measurement of financial information.
- Market research and comparison.
- Scenario calculations and comparisons.
- Sensitivity and Inventory analysis to improve and maintain operational efficiencies through detailed data analytics, reporting and continuous improvement of processes in order to sustain a sound control environment.
- Generate financial and management reports.
- Prepare/capture and analyze financial information.
- Monitor actual results and provide narrative to explain variances against the budget and prior periods.
- Monitor system, processes and procedures:
- Measure and report on internal controls.
- Identify needs and weaknesses in the system, and implement process and procedure improvements.
- Assist in the development, testing, and implementation of changes in the system, processes and procedures.
- Initiate, implement and manage projects.
- System and user support (Equip and SAP).
- Business and data analytics:
- Establish long-term and value-adding relationships with assigned business partners to educate and develop the analytic capability of the organisation.
- Support the business KPI's by identifying data needs and delivering value cases to drive business value creation.
- Perform cleansing, de-duplication and harmonising of data.
- Assist business partners with the analysis and interpretation of key operational performance measurements to enhance decision making.
- Analysis, evaluation and development of business processes.
- Initiate, implement and manage projects:
- Identify and follow up on business needs.
- Initiate, plan, implement and manage projects.
- System and process testing in QA (Equip and SAP).
- Report findings and feedback to management.
- Liaise between business unit and IT.
- Network with all relevant parties, entities, bodies, institutions and individuals.
- Perform ad hoc presentations as and when requested.
- Prepare budgets:
- Gather historic financial information.
- Apply expected financial and economic indicators on historic information.
- Incorporate all changes to current business model and structure.
- Prepare and analyse budget.
Desired Experience & Qualification
- At least 2 years relevant work experience (Candidates with experience in T-SQL, ODB's and SQL will receive preference).
- Relevant BSc degree or B-degree with Management Accounting (CIMA).
- Candidates with a quantitative mathematical background will receive preference.
- Strong communication skills to interact with customers and team members.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Attention to detail and accuracy in financial data analysis and reporting.
- Strong organisational and time management skills to meet deadlines and manage multiple tasks.
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