Senior Financial Analyst -Planning and Analysis

Role Description

• This is a full-time on-site role for a Senior Financial Analyst - Planning and Analysis. The Senior Financial Analyst will maintain financial model of the company, provide support in budgeting and planning process, capital allocation decisions, long term planning, business performance reviews and preparation of materials for the board/shareholders/funders

Role Description

Budgeting, planning, and forecasting

• Drive the annual process of budget preparation and regular update.
• Coordinate inputs to the budget from various business heads across the organisation
• Challenge inputs/assumptions where necessary
• Prepare monthly cashflow forecasts and update weekly actuals vs forecast.
• Monthly update of actuals and variance analysis against the budget.
• Prepare management reports for the monthly management meetings.

Capital allocation decisions/ financial model

• Perform valuation of specific investments the board undertakes. Present/defend the results to the senior management.
• Develop long term financial model for the organisation.
• Coordinate with business heads on the key assumptions for the valuation. Challenge key assumptions where necessary.
• Present results of the valuation modelling: NPV, IRR, Payback period, break even point, tornado charts etc.
• Whenever requested run multiple scenarios for the valuation.
• Perform valuation of the business using various methods and scenarios

Business performance reviews

• Agree business performance KPIs with the business heads
• Regularly populate data against the KPIs
• Analyse and interpret the data, identify trends, convert data into information and share with the business heads/depot managers and senior management
• Recommend actions based on the analysed data
• Regularly provide insights to hold performance review with the business heads/depot managers
• Analyse the unit costs of various business activities
• Track performance of individual depots
• Perform internal benchmarking, analyse best and poor performers (depots, logistics, call centre etc). Identify the attributes of best performers and disseminate across the organisation
• Suggest improvements to business processes based on the analysed data
• Analyse consumption: top/bottom users, trends. Share insights and improvement recommendations with the management

Management information for the board

• Prepare management information for the board
• Prepare information for ad-hoc requests from board/shareholders/funders
• Track agreed KPIs and prepare summary notes
• Provide financial/business information for purposes of draw down notes
• Follow up on requests from board/shareholders/funders

Must Have/Key capabilities

• Must be capable of complex financial techniques, including statistics and programming.
• Scenario analysis and help prepare for future changes and uncertainties by assessing their impact on financial models.
• Sensitivity analysis to evaluate how input changes affect model outcomes, considering both positive and negative scenarios.
• Consolidation to assess business units, and enhance data analysis and modeling accuracy.
• Some programming knowledge would be an advantage but not necessary.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in mathematics, accounting, or finance; master's degree, CFA, or diploma in financial planning a plus
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a financial analyst in a Financial Institution, FMCG,
• Excellent Excel skills or experience with similar spreadsheet software, including the use of charts, macros, and VBA
• Knowledge of basic accounting concepts and a solid understanding of financial analysis terminology and best practices, such as DCF and financial statements
• A keen eye for detail and an ability to sift through large data sets to extract meaningful information
• Excellent time managem