Fp&a Analyst

**Our Company**:
Exciting opportunity for a newly qualified CA(SA) to join the market leader in Partnership Automation as a Financial Analyst.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) is instrumental in helping to drive the decision making for Impact globally and acts as the analytical engine of our finance team to provide insights, high quality reporting and support business decision making. You will be a key functional member of Impact's financial forecasting, annual budgeting processes, operating plan variance analysis and special projects.

**Responsibilities**:

- Prepares financial and business related analysis and research in such areas as financial and expense performance, cost of sales, cash flow forecasting, and working capital
- Prepares consolidated forecasts and budgets and analyzes trends in revenue, expense, capital expenditures and other related areas
- Financial instruments accounting
- Assist with updating the company's forecasting model monthly with information from the accounting systems and updating expense and revenue forecasts based on actual business events and timelines
- Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance this involves updating the company dashboards and providing analysis
- Develop financial models and analysis to support strategic initiatives
- Compiles and prepares reports, graphs and charts of data developed
- Assists with special financial and business related studies and cooperates with other departments in preparing analyses
- Assist with compilation and analysis of consolidated budgets and long range plans
- Maintains and coordinates group completion of financial review templates and meetings
- Prepare presentations to Board of Directors and Senior Management Team
- Ad hoc analyses, as needed
- Support functional area leaders in development of their annual Expense and Capital budgets
- Provide monthly financial reporting and variance analysis
- Ensure budget holders understand their performance vs. budget
- Develop comprehensive monthly forecasts, with input from budget holders on all assumptions
- Work with budget holders to rebalance their plans, in response to changes in business priorities
- Prepare revised Quarterly Budgets for the company as the fiscal year progresses from each quarter to the next
- Monthly, prepare company forecasts in collaboration with cross-functional team members and provide explanations for variances from prior expectations
- Develop business cases in support of new investment opportunities, and work with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive initiative budgets
- Develop, track, and analyze key operational metrics for each functional area

**Does this sound like you?**:

- Newly qualified CA(SA) with Big Four audit firm experience (preferred)
- Relevant working experience within finance/audit/advisory/investment banking sectors (preferred)
- B.Com/B.Sc Degree or relevant financial qualification
- Experience preparing management accounts and financial statements
- Experience in financial analysis and modeling
- Strong understanding of accounting
- Problem solver, highly analytical, results oriented, timeliness, attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work in a fast paced, high energy and high responsibility environment
- Excellent communication skills, able to present at board level
- Influencing and Negotiation: Ability to influence at all levels, as well as a demonstrated ability to work effectively within a team and be assertive in driving successful management strategies
- Relationship Management: Able to build constructive and effective relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners
- Communication Skills: Demonstrates strong listening, written and oral communication skill

**Nice to have**:
***Affiliate & Partnerships Industry Fundamentals Certification** by PXA**:
**Benefits**:

- **Hybrid, Casual work environment**:

- **Responsible PTO policy**
- Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both
- **Training & Development**
- Learning the advanced partnership automation products
- **Medical Aid and Provident Fund**
- Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
- Group scheme with Momentum for provident fund
- **Restricted Stock Units**
- 3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval
- **Internet Allowance**

**Fitness club fee reimbursements**Technology stipend**

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