Finance Analyst
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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)
· 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