Finance Analyst

Listing reference: kalam_000170
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 14 July 2026
Position summary
Industry: Mining & Quarrying
Job category: Business Analyst
Location: Rivonia
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
About our company
Kalagadi
Introduction
To provide rigorous corporate finance analysis and commercially grounded decision support to the business leadership through integrated financial modelling, investment appraisal, liquidity and funding analysis, forecasting, and strategic performance insight. The role is also responsible for supporting finance transformation initiatives as a Finance Subject Matter Expert, with a specific focus on finance process design, data integrity, controls, and benefits realisation
Job description

Corporate Finance, Capital Allocation and Strategic Decision Support

  • Develop, maintain and continuously improve integrated financial models for capital projects, strategic initiatives, restructurings, business improvement programmes and other major financial decisions.
  • Perform investment appraisal and capital allocation analysis using DCF, NPV, IRR, payback, sensitivity and scenario analysis to support robust decision-making.
  • Support the evaluation of funding options, liquidity scenarios, debt structures and balance sheet optimisation initiatives, including downside and covenant-related analysis where applicable.
  • Prepare and support executive-quality business cases, capex papers, Board submissions, lender information packs and other decision papers as required.
  •  Analyse strategic options, quantify financial risks and trade-offs, and translate complex financial outputs into clear commercial recommendations for senior stakeholders.
  • Conduct post-investment and post-implementation reviews to assess whether approved initiatives delivered the expected financial returns, operational benefits and strategic outcomes.

Forecasting, Planning and Performance Insight

  • Develop and maintain rolling forecasts, annual budgets and long-term planning models that integrate profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow impacts.
  • Drive forecast accuracy through disciplined assumptions governance, structured challenge processes, and reconciliation between operational drivers, financial outcomes and liquidity requirements.
  • Perform variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior periods, identify the key drivers of performance, and recommend corrective actions to management.
  • Support working capital, cash flow and cost optimisation analysis to improve financial discipline, funding visibility and business resilience.
  • Prepare insightful management reporting, dashboards and executive summaries that highlight performance, risks, opportunities and required decisions.

Finance Transformation, ERP and Controls Enablemen

  • Serve as a Finance Subject Matter Expert on finance transformation and ERP initiatives by supporting finance process design, requirements definition, data mapping, user acceptance testing, cutover readiness and post go-live stabilisation.
  • Support the design and implementation of finance processes that are efficient, standardised, well-controlled and aligned to reporting, compliance and operational requirements.
  •  Promote data integrity, master data discipline, appropriate controls and segregation of duties considerations within finance process and system changes.
  • Assist in identifying, quantifying and tracking the financial impact of cost saving, productivity and value improvement initiatives in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence and business stakeholders.
  • Support benefits realisation tracking for approved transformation initiatives and provide management with clear reporting on realised versus planned outcomes.

 

Minimum requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE)

Qualifications

·        BCom Degree in Accounting; Financial Management; Economics; Commerce. Honours or CIMA/CA(SA) preferred

Experience

·        5–8 years' relevant experience in finance, financial planning and analysis or management accounting.

·        Advanced Excel, ERP systems, financial modelling, and strong analytical ability.

·        Experience within the mining, heavy industrial or engineering environment.

·        Experience in finance transformation, ERP implementation or finance process improvement is advantageous

·        Exposure to capital project evaluations

·        Experience using Business intelligence tolls (Power BI, Qlik or similar) will be advantageous

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