Financial Analyst Operating Cost

The Financial Analyst: is part of the team that is responsible for contributing to the improvement of the V&A Waterfront's overall profitability by identifying trends, assessing risks and opportunities, and collaboratively working towards improved overall business efficiency. To do this, the incumbent is expected to provide comprehensive data analysis with key insights to collaboratively ensure more informed business decisions.

**Job Objectives**:
**Analysis and Business Insights**
- Involved in the development and implementation of new business processes and systems
- Data analysis identifying trends, opportunities, risks, and internal control gaps
- Collate and report on qualitative and quantitative data analysis of Business data to provide insights
- Responsible for providing input on business models and cases (varies across departments but with a focus of financial, risk and qualitative aspects)
- Develop insightful business commentary that “tells the story of’’ the business position to company management
- Provide data analysis enabling effective decision making (revenue, costs, and capital etc.)
- Direct and drive the business to classify the nature of expenditure between capital and operating expenses, i.e., capital, refurbishment, tenant installation, planned maintenance, repairs and maintenance
- Compile and supply valid, accurate and complete business information for benchmarking
- Obtain external benchmarking information and compile a benchmarking report comparing data from the Business, ensuring a valid understanding of deviations and potential recommendation to close the gap (e.g., operating cost per square meter report)
- Investigate and identify new/alternative sources for benchmarking information
- Review and update of 12 month rolling forecast for the group split into various sectors
- Produce budgets annually for the business
- Coordination and management of forecasting/budgeting processes across the business to different staff levels
- Timeous delivery of rolling forecast report on a quarterly basis
- Continually streamlining software requirements to meet business expectations where applicable

**Operational Execution**
- Ensure and collaboratively contribute to operational efficiency
- Collaboratively improving new business processes and systems to ensure value-ad
- Review and approve payments and cost allocations submitted by the business
- Conduct post-mortem evaluations of business proposals compared to actual returns etc.
- Ensure and manage overall compliance to policies and procedures

**Monthly Consolidation and Reporting**
- Responsible for any reporting submission required at EXCO, Propcom, and Board level for approval.
- Report writing, preparation and review which is relevant, concise and assists users in deliverables of key performance areas
- Calculating, reporting and commenting on operational ratios and property key information indicators
- Development and streamlining of reporting to meet business expectation within a changing environment and timeously provide useful management information
- Reconciles various accounts to include General Ledger, provisions, accruals and Loan accounts
- Continual development of reports to meet business expectation and a changing environment
- Actively streamlining the software support which facilitates the reporting output;
- Support role - shareholder reporting elements such as benchmarking, operational metrics etc.
- Further ad hoc reporting as required

**Governance**
- Provide and ensure compliance and effective overall risk management
- Calculate risk metrics and monitor against risk appetite and tolerance levels
- Provide accurate and timeous reports for more informed decision-making
- Regular and robust review of processes and policies applicable

**Financial Management**
- Collaboratively provide information to business units and assist them in completion and review of budget input
- Review and analyse the operational and overhead budget input and provide feedback to business units
- Timely review, finalize, and make recommendations of operational and overhead budget deliverables (budget deliverables include budgets for all companies within the group, relevant supporting schedules, executive summaries and presentations)
- Support with the budget process across the business and varying staff levels
- Obtain sign-off of for approved budget by all responsible personnel
- Shareholder budget requirements - compilation, completion, review and recommendation of annual targets
- Continually streamline the budgeting software requirements for the business
- Data analysis identifying opportunities, challenges and/or internal control gaps
- Review and update of 12-month rolling forecast for the group split into various sectors
- Produce budgets annually for the business.

**Stakeholder Engagement**
- Ensure efficient and effective stakeholder management and relations
- Play a supporting role within the greater business by providing spec