Commercial Finance Analyst

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Talent Acquisition Consulting Full time

**Position Purpose**

Responsible for working with various departments and assisting with day-to-day queries, providing support as well as producing information to enable management to make key decisions. Responsible for elements of the month-end process.

**Key Responsibilities** (include but are not limited to the following)
- Review the forecast monthly by brand, channel, and customer in collaboration with sales leaders and supply chain;
- Support the CFO and Head of Commercial Finance with budget and forecasting processes, month-end reporting, and ad-hoc reporting requirements and IT-related projects;
- Develop and maintain accurate customer contribution statements;
- Ensure all pricing for customers is reflected accurately in SAP;
- Monitor monthly marketing and trade spending in comparison with the Budget and latest estimates;
- Assist product managers with the costing for new product development;
- Administrator for the business intelligence warehouse (IBM Cognos);
- Analyze and recommend promo mechanics across brands to improve efficiency and uptake;
**Targeted Skills and Competencies **(in no particular order of importance)
- University degree and ideally studying towards the CIMA degree;
- A minimum of two years of experience in a finance analytical role;
- Highly numerate with excellent analytical skills and attention to detail;
- Knowledge and insights about customers and needs in the confectionary FMCG industry and/or Retail;
- Expert ability in Microsoft Excel, and SAP experience considered to be an advantage;
- Microsoft Office skills - Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook;
- The high caliber of professional interpersonal skills, with excellent analytical, conceptual, and communication skills (both oral and written);
- Proven track record of delivering results within a major FMCG organization;
- Demonstrated strong leadership qualities;
- Performance-driven, tenacious, and goal orientated;
- Strong communication and networking skills;
- Strong internal influencing skills;
- Able to set priorities and clear targets;
- Innovative problem solver and a facilitator of change;
- Well-organized and ideally with project management experience;
- Proven ability to conduct complex, quantitative, and statistical analyses complemented with qualitative inputs from multiple sources to draw conclusions and make recommendations;
- Capable of managing numerous projects at once in a high-paced environment;
- Ability to think outside the box when searching for solutions to problems;
- A high degree of flexibility; and
- Able to grow with the level of responsibilities and with the size and structure of the business.



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