Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Prepare and maintain departmental and programme budgets, forecasts, and financial models.
• Monitor expenditure, commitments, accruals, and supplier payments.
• Conduct budget-versus-actual analysis and provide meaningful variance reporting.
• Deliver financial insights to support strategic decision-making and resource allocation.

Reporting & Performance Monitoring

• Produce monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc management reports.
• Analyse financial and operational data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reporting tools, and KPI tracking frameworks.
• Monitor programme performance against agreed targets and objectives.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure financial and governance records remain accurate, compliant, and audit-ready.
• Maintain supporting documentation, approvals, contracts, business cases, and risk registers.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing information and evidence packs.

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with Finance, Procurement, Operations, and Management teams.
• Coordinate information flow across multiple stakeholders to ensure project objectives are achieved.
• Present findings and recommendations to management in a clear and concise manner.

Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve reporting, controls, forecasting, and overall financial processes.
• Assist with implementation of new tracking, monitoring, and analytical tools.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Management, or a related field.
• 3-5 years' experience in a Financial Analyst, Management Accountant, FP&A, Commercial Finance, or similar analytical role.
• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modelling and data analysis.
• Experience interpreting and presenting complex data to support business decisions.

Advantageous Experience

• Exposure to ESG, economic development, infrastructure, project finance, or impact-reporting environments.
• Experience with procurement processes, supplier management, and contract administration.
• Working knowledge of governance, compliance, and audit controls.
• Experience working with dashboards, business intelligence tools, and performance-reporting systems.

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent financial modelling and reporting capabilities.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Commercial mindset with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Self-motivated, organised, and capable of working independently.

What’s on Offer?

✅ Salary of R600,000 per annum
✅ Exposure to strategic business and financial decision-making
✅ Opportunity to work with senior stakeholders across multiple functions
✅ Diverse analytical and reporting responsibilities
✅ Professional and collaborative working environment

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Finance, Accounting, Costing, FP&A, CA (SA), SAICA, SAIPA, CIMA
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Monique Du Preez
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