Finance Analyst (6-month FTC)

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

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