26 Budget Analyst jobs in South Africa
budget analyst
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Summary
Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters, Mission Support Directorate, Finance Division. -Location Negotiable After Selection- Additional selections may be made for other organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.
Duties
In this position, you will serve as a budget analyst within the division to advise, formulate and execute budget requirements for all phases of work of the budget cycle. You will be providing expert analytical services, advice, information and recommendations to USBP Executive Directors concerning the status, availability, obligation, and expenditure of budgetary funds. This position starts at a salary of $101, GS-12, Step 1) to $56, GS-13, Step 10) with promotion potential to 156, GS-13, Step 10). GS Salary: Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area. If you do not see your geographic area listed, select the "Rest of United States" pay table. Some positions fall under a special pay rate depending on the series, grade level and location of the position. Please visit this link to view special pay rate charts. As a Budget Analyst, you will be responsible for analyzing budgets to develop annual and long-term multi-year budget estimates for assigned activities. Typical work assignments will include: Monitoring the obligation and disbursement of funds with multiple sources and types to ensure resources are allocated properly. Providing analytical services to support the formulation, justification, presentation, enactment, and execution stages of the budget process for the agency. Planning, organizing, and carrying out a major, substantive budget activity for a significant program component. Providing authoritative interpretations of congressional legislation and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policies and precedents.
Requiremennts
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below) All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English You may be required to pass a background investigation CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce that is dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards. Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes. Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties. Please review further details via the following link. DHS uses E-Verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities. Bargaining Unit: This is a bargaining unit covered position, represented under the National Treasury Employees Unions - NTEU. For local chapter contact information see Chapter Websites - National Treasury Employees Union - NTEU.
Qualifications
Experience: You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Preparing official quarterly and annual financial reports; Advising program managers, law enforcement personnel and budget staff on the necessity for budgetary action to be implemented to meet procurement needs; Notifying management officials of trends regarding the obligation of funds; Reviewing, analyzing, consolidating, and revising budget estimates. You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Analyzing financial and budgetary relationships to develop recommendations for financial and/or budget actions; Assisting managers in the development and completion of related budgetary and financial documentation; Supporting in the development of internal policies and procedures for budgetary and other related activities of the Division. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements. Education Substitution: There is no education substitution for this series at either the GS-12 or GS-13 grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must: Meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process; and Meet all applicable Time in Grade requirements (current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the federal service) by 09/17/2025. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Background Investigation: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country, and integrity. During the screening and/or background investigation process, you will be asked questions regarding any felony criminal convictions or current felony charges, the use of illegal drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamines, ecstasy), and the use of non-prescribed controlled substances including any experimentation, possession, sale, receipt, manufacture, cultivation, production, transfer, shipping, trafficking, or distribution of controlled substances. For additional information on the preemployment process, review the following link: Applicant Resources | CBP Careers Residency: There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by CBP. Individuals are required to have physically resided in the United States or its protectorates (as declared under international law) for at least three of the last five years. If you do not meet the residency requirement and you have been physically located in a foreign location for more than two of the last five years, you may request an exception to determine if you are eligible for a residency waiver by meeting one or more of the following conditions: Working for the U.S. Government as a federal civilian or as a member of the military A dependent who was authorized to accompany a federal civilian or member of the military who was working for the U.S. government Participation in a study abroad program sponsored by a U.S. affiliated college or university Working as a contractor, intern, consultant or volunteer supporting the U.S. government Probationary Period: All employees new to the federal government must serve a one year probationary period during the first year of his/her initial permanent federal appointment to determine fitness for continued employment. Current and former federal employees may be required to serve or complete a probationary period. Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not CTAP/ICTAP eligible. View information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. To be considered well qualified under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be rated at a minimum score of 85 for this position. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the Required Documents section of this announcement.
Education
Please see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position.
Additional Information
Positions with known promotion potential do not guarantee promotion, nor is the promise of promotion implied. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here. Additional Hiring and Special Appointing Authorities: See "THIS JOB IS OPEN TO" section above for what additional Appointing Authorities may apply. Veterans, military spouses, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and people with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility and to understand what documentation would be required with your application, please click on the appropriate link below. You must provide documentation supporting your eligibility prior to the closing date of this announcement. If you have any questions regarding your eligibility, please contact the CBP Hiring Center via the contact information listed at the end of this job opportunity announcement. Veterans Military spouses Effective until December 31, 2028, any spouse of a member on active duty may be eligible Land Management Hiring Flexibility Act: The following documents are required at the time of application: SF-50s to demonstrate that you meet the eligibility requirements and the most recent performance rating signed by your supervisor or a statement from your supervisor documenting acceptable performance. The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR
- u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR
- Veterans, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.
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Financial Planning
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JOB CONTEXT
The Financial Planning & Analysis Manager is responsible for the financial planning and forecasts submissions in accordance with Nutreco's accounting policies and procedures and supports decision making from a financial perspective analyzing in a wide variety of business processes from various perspectives, such as costs, revenues, profitability etc. and assists in preparing proposals regarding CAPEX projects.
He / She works closely with the Opco Controller on financial planning, forecasts, all accounting, reporting, and financial disclosure matters and consults often with relevant stakeholders, and confers with his / her peer Tax Manager, Treasury Manager as well as the Business Control Managers.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Financial Planning, Analysis & Reporting
- Manages financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes and submissions.
- Creates variance analysis reports and financial models.
- Leads real-time financial performance monitoring.
- Escalates any financial issues to management.
- Sets and tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) and objectives.
- Completes market research and comparable company or OpCo analysis.
- Recommends strategies for increasing financial performance.
- Prepares detailed monthly financial reports for management.
- Uses popular financial planning and analysis tools.
- Collaborates with senior members of the accounting and finance teams.
- Prepares ad-hoc analysis as required from time to time.
Data collection and insight generation
- Uses data and analysis in problem identification (bottlenecks, efficiencies, insights, etc.) continuously searching for data sources to conduct analysis valuable to the company, continuously enhancing the problem analysis / identification in terms of relevance, quality and insights based on business requirements,
- Collects, analyses, coordinates and selects internal and external data and research for further analysis, to have an optimal set of data and research results available, which provides the relevant business area with desired information and/or further analyses or reporting.
- Discovers ways in which business value can be drawn from analysis and develops trusted information with true insights.
- Visualizes the analysis and transforms the analysis into valuable and relevant insights for business.
Advice
- Proactively advises colleagues and management on data and insight analysis, opportunities and market developments,
- Optimally informs and advises internal stakeholders and customers about analysis and related insights,
- Acts as a liaison with managers, advises and supports them concerning all finance related matters, formulates and presents possible solutions
Planning & Control cycle
- Supports the business with the planning & control cycle, including the preparation of the 3-year development plan and annual budgets, and the reporting of actual results:
- Communicating guidelines and instructions, and creating templates to facilitate the planning and reporting processes
- Participate in the financial review process between the OpCo(s), Division and Nutreco Corporate
- Performing financial analysis of actual performance compared to plan and last year
- Preparing management information, such as monthly reports and presentations on various topics
- Assisting in the preparation and analysis of annual financial reports.
Market Developments / Investments
- Assesses market developments using analytics and data insights, so that knowledge and insight of developments in area of expertise is up-to-date and ensured in the long term
- On request of the business, performs analysis of capital expenditures, credit applications, divestment proposals and other events with a major financial impact, by:
- Performing investigations and analyses in line with corporate guidelines
- Preparing cover notes and presentations
Analysis / Analytics
- Conducts and merges complex internal and external analysis. Carries out structural and ad hoc analysis and advanced analytics to transform data and research into useful information, which offer useful insights and recommendations to the designated business area.
- Develops and provides ad hoc financials analysis that add value to the business and contribute to the delivery of the Divisional strategy.
- Assists functional counterparts in the OpCo as required on matter involving cost determination issues, valuation, distribution of overhead, treatment of costs and product pricing,
- May conduct special studies and analysis such as cost impact of proposed changes in facilities, systems and processes.
Compliance / Governance / Audits
- Supports and promotes the Division wide compliance to corporate policies, especially relating to the Finance and Administration functions,
- Ensures that systems and procedures are in compliance with company policies, the reporting & accounting strategy and with accounting standards, and applicable rules & regulations.
- Follows all IFRS developments closely and implements new or revised accounting policies and procedures, if necessary,
- Contributes to further professionalizing the (Finance) function, including signaling of areas of improvement and implementing solutions,
- Responsible for the overall control of the financial administration, monitors enforcement of guidelines and guidance of all administrative processes of the entity, to achieve full compliance with all relevant (financial) standards,
- Supports and prepares (financial) audits, ensures all relevant financial information is available for internal and external Auditors.
COMPETENCIES
- Attention to details,
- Interpretation and analytical skills
- Timeliness, accuracy and reliability of all periodic and ad-hoc reporting and management information
- Level of compliance / non-conformities
- Demonstrates excellent financial and quantitative skills.
- Communicates effectively and has strong presentation skills.
- Collaborates well with colleagues using adept social skills.
- Works independently using project management skills.
- Builds strong working relationships and has good leadership skills.
- Learns quickly and has strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
- CA / CIMA Qualification advantageous
- 6+ years' working experience
- Manufacturing industry background
- ERP System experience, Unite M3 would be advantage,
- Professional skills in Microsoft software (especially MS Excel and PowerPoint) and Power BI
- HFM / OneStream knowledge
- Technical knowledge of IFRS, General Accounting and Tax legislation
Financial Planning
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The Financial Planning & Analysis Manager is responsible for managing an effective and efficient operation of the financial planning, analysis, reporting and accounting function. The Financial Planning & Analysis Manager supports management, especially the Controller, in decision making regarding Finance & Control and Business matters, with investigations, analyses, reports, presentations and advice.
He/She performs economic research and analysis for use in the development of business strategies and tactics and in the subsequent appraisal of the results. The Financial Planning & Analysis Manager may also prepare statistical studies (economic and financial) and forecasts for business conditions and trends and draws relevant conclusions. Additionally, provides the business management with accurate and reliable internal financial information and external financial statements regarding the performance and the valuation of the business for various stakeholders.
Job Description:
JOB CONTEXT
The Financial Planning & Analysis Manager is responsible for the financial planning and forecasts submissions in accordance with Nutreco's accounting policies and procedures and supports decision making from a financial perspective analyzing in a wide variety of business processes from various perspectives, such as costs, revenues, profitability etc. and assists in preparing proposals regarding CAPEX projects.
He / She works closely with the Opco Controller on financial planning, forecasts, all accounting, reporting, and financial disclosure matters and consults often with relevant stakeholders, and confers with his / her peer Tax Manager, Treasury Manager as well as the Business Control Managers.
Key Accountabilities
Financial Planning, Analysis & Reporting
- Manages financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes and submissions.
- Creates variance analysis reports and financial models.
- Leads real-time financial performance monitoring.
- Escalates any financial issues to management.
- Sets and tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) and objectives.
- Completes market research and comparable company or OpCo analysis.
- Recommends strategies for increasing financial performance.
- Prepares detailed monthly financial reports for management.
- Uses popular financial planning and analysis tools.
- Collaborates with senior members of the accounting and finance teams.
- Prepares ad-hoc analysis as required from time to time.
Data collection and insight generation
- Uses data and analysis in problem identification (bottlenecks, efficiencies, insights, etc.) continuously searching for data sources to conduct analysis valuable to the company, continuously enhancing the problem analysis / identification in terms of relevance, quality and insights based on business requirements,
- Collects, analyses, coordinates and selects internal and external data and research for further analysis, to have an optimal set of data and research results available, which provides the relevant business area with desired information and/or further analyses or reporting.
- Discovers ways in which business value can be drawn from analysis and develops trusted information with true insights.
- Visualizes the analysis and transforms the analysis into valuable and relevant insights for business.
Advice
- Proactively advises colleagues and management on data and insight analysis, opportunities and market developments,
- Optimally informs and advises internal stakeholders and customers about analysis and related insights,
- Acts as a liaison with managers, advises and supports them concerning all finance related matters, formulates and presents possible solutions
Planning & Control cycle
- Supports the business with the planning & control cycle, including the preparation of the 3-year development plan and annual budgets, and the reporting of actual results:
- Communicating guidelines and instructions, and creating templates to facilitate the planning and reporting processes
- Participate in the financial review process between the OpCo(s), Division and Nutreco Corporate
- Performing financial analysis of actual performance compared to plan and last year
- Preparing management information, such as monthly reports and presentations on various topics
- Assisting in the preparation and analysis of annual financial reports.
Market Developments / Investments
- Assesses market developments using analytics and data insights, so that knowledge and insight of developments in area of expertise is up-to-date and ensured in the long term
- On request of the business, performs analysis of capital expenditures, credit applications, divestment proposals and other events with a major financial impact, by:
- Performing investigations and analyses in line with corporate guidelines
- Preparing cover notes and presentations
Analysis / Analytics
- Conducts and merges complex internal and external analysis. Carries out structural and ad hoc analysis and advanced analytics to transform data and research into useful information, which offer useful insights and recommendations to the designated business area.
- Develops and provides ad hoc financials analysis that add value to the business and contribute to the delivery of the Divisional strategy.
- Assists functional counterparts in the OpCo as required on matter involving cost determination issues, valuation, distribution of overhead, treatment of costs and product pricing,
- May conduct special studies and analysis such as cost impact of proposed changes in facilities, systems and processes.
Compliance / Governance / Audits
- Supports and promotes the Division wide compliance to corporate policies, especially relating to the Finance and Administration functions,
- Ensures that systems and procedures are in compliance with company policies, the reporting & accounting strategy and with accounting standards, and applicable rules & regulations.
- Follows all IFRS developments closely and implements new or revised accounting policies and procedures, if necessary,
- Contributes to further professionalizing the (Finance) function, including signaling of areas of improvement and implementing solutions,
- Responsible for the overall control of the financial administration, monitors enforcement of guidelines and guidance of all administrative processes of the entity, to achieve full compliance with all relevant (financial) standards,
- Supports and prepares (financial) audits, ensures all relevant financial information is available for internal and external Auditors.
COMPETENCIES
- Attention to details,
- Interpretation and analytical skills
- Timeliness, accuracy and reliability of all periodic and ad-hoc reporting and management information
- Level of compliance / non-conformities
- Demonstrates excellent financial and quantitative skills.
- Communicates effectively and has strong presentation skills.
- Collaborates well with colleagues using adept social skills.
- Works independently using project management skills.
- Builds strong working relationships and has good leadership skills.
- Learns quickly and has strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
- CA / CIMA Qualification advantageous
- 6+ years' working experience
- Manufacturing industry background
- ERP System experience, Unite M3 would be advantage,
- Professional skills in Microsoft software (especially MS Excel and PowerPoint) and Power BI
- HFM / OneStream knowledge
- Technical knowledge of IFRS, General Accounting and Tax legislation
Our organisation:
Trouw Nutrition is the global leader in innovative feed specialties, premixes and nutritional services for the animal nutrition industry. Trouw Nutrition provides species-specific nutritional solutions consisting of feed concepts, products and nutritional know-how. The unique combination of products, models and services Trouw Nutrition offers, boosts productivity and supports animal health through all life stages, contributing to our customers' peace of mind. Trouw Nutrition's nutrition solutions have met the need of farmers and home-mixers, feed producers, integrators and distributors. Trouw Nutrition has locations in 25 countries and around 5000 employees. Our mission is Feeding the Future.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Trouw Nutrition is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, military status or any other status protected by applicable local law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process if you require accommodation. Trouw Nutrition is committed to compliance with all applicable legislation, including providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities.
Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist
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Large, integrated and well-established group in the agriculture sector is looking to employ a Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist. This role will have a strong focus on finance and data analysis. The group has interests across the country and this role will be situated in Paarl, Western Cape.
The ideal candidate will have a relevant tertiary degree with at least 2 years experience in a management accounting and financial analysis role. A professional qualification, especially a CIMA designation, would be highly valued, though other designations are also acceptable given the appropriate job and industry experience.
The purpose of the role is to collect and analyse financial data to determine the gross profits of food projects and product lines, while preparing budgets and cost reports for management with a focus on gross profit and stock control. This role involves identifying areas for cost optimisation, recommending strategies, and working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate cost allocation and the development of enhanced financial models.
This is an excellent opportunity for personal growth as well as growth within this fast expanding business.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Financial Analysis:
- Analyse key financial data to determine gross profits of various projects and product lines.
- Identify gross profit losses, recommend turnaround strategies, and highlight focus areas to maximise profitability.
- Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes for improved efficiency.
Data Collection & Management & reporting :
- Extract and manage data from multiple sources, including ERP systems and external databases.
- Build and maintain comprehensive datasets for analysis using platforms such as Power BI and Mercur.
- Develop and maintain dashboards and automated reports tracking KPIs, sales metrics, market forecasts, pricing trends, procurement, and operational data for real-time monitoring.
- Improve reporting systems by reviewing current practices and implementing enhancements.
Budgeting and Forecasting:
- Prepare budgets and cost reports with a strong focus on gross profit and stock control.
- Identify opportunities for cost reduction and improved stock management.
- Provide insights to support strategic financial planning and decision-making.
Costings:
- Develop and implement cost-effective financial procedures and risk mitigation strategies.
- Review new costings for accuracy and ensure product line profitability.
Process Optimisation:
- Conduct research to support the development and enhancement of financial models.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Cost Accounting, Management Accounting, Financial Management, Agricultural Economics, or similar.
- Professional qualification - CIMA (ACMA, CGMA) preferred but will consider other qualifications along with the relevant experience.
- Minimum of 3 years' experience.
- Working knowledge in Power BI and Mercur would be highly advantageous.
- Experience as a Management Accountant and Data Analytics in an agricultural, food production, manufacturing, or related environment.
- Advanced MS Excel skills.
Key competencies:
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Communicate in a professional manner.
- High attention to detail.
- Ability to function independently.
- Innovative thinker.
- Organisational skills.
- Deadline driven.
- Ability to build credible relationships with internal and external clients.
Remuneration:
- R540,000 to R720,000 per annum cost to company, depending on experience.
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
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An innovative company in the financial services sector is seeking a
FP&A Manager
to join their team in
Johannesburg
.
As FP&A Manager, you will design and own the reporting ecosystem that powers smarter, faster, and more informed decisions. This role sits at the intersection of data, finance, and strategy - perfect for a professional fluent in Power BI, SQL and IFRS, who thrives in fast-paced environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build scalable, intuitive dashboards (e.g., in Power BI) tracking KPIs, financial health, and performance.
- Design and maintain automated reporting workflows for self-service analytics.
- Lead preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in line with IFRS and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure compliance and accuracy in reporting for regulated entities.
- Provide proactive financial insights and commercial decision support through data-driven dashboards.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (actuarial, risk, commercial, and technology) to translate complex results into clear business intelligence.
- Oversee reconciliations, variance analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and process improvements.
- Support regulatory submissions and external audits, embedding evolving IFRS standards into reporting.
Qualifications and Experience:
- CA (SA)
qualification is required. - 3+ years of experience in financial reporting, financial analysis, or business intelligence within financial services.
- Strong expertise in Power BI and SQL, with proven experience in automation and dashboard building.
- Knowledge of IFRS (insurance exposure advantageous).
- Strong data modelling and systems fluency (e.g., Xero, Syft, or similar).
- A commercially aware, analytical communicator who bridges finance and data to deliver clear, strategic insights.
Salary:
- R960,000 – R1,200,000 CTC / year, depending on experience.
Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist
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The Role
The FP&A Specialist is integral to the Group Finance function, providing comprehensive financial analysis, strategic insights, and decision-support to senior leadership. This role ensures alignment between financial performance and corporate strategy, facilitating effective planning, forecasting, and performance management across the group.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Develop and maintain financial models, forecasts, and budgets to evaluate business scenarios and support decision-making.
- Perform variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior periods providing explanations for variances and recommending corrective actions.
- Provide management reporting with clear insights and recommendations.
- Analyse business performance trends, KPIs, and drivers of profitability.
- Partner with business units to support strategic initiatives and resource allocation.
- Prepare scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate risks and opportunities.
- Consolidate financial information across entities/projects for group reporting.
- Develop and deliver presentations and reports for senior management, highlighting key financial metrics and trends
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the FP&A function to enhance reporting accuracy and timeliness.
KEY COMPETENCIES
- Strong ability to interpret and present complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
- Advanced skills in financial modelling and proficiency with financial software and ERP systems.
- Solid understanding of management reporting and business performance metrics.
- Analytical, detail-oriented, with strong problem-solving ability.
- Strong business acumen and commercial awareness.
- Ability to identify issues, analyse root causes, and implement effective solutions.
- Effective communication and collaboration across departments.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (essential).
- Professional qualification (e.g., CIMA, CFA, CA(SA), SAIPA, ACCA) advantageous.
- 5–7 years' experience in financial planning and analysis or related roles, with experience in group-level reporting and analysis.
- Proven track record in budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling.
- Experience in the renewable energy sector or other capital-intensive industries.
CHARACTER & ATTRIBUTES
- High integrity, confidentiality and professionalism.
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
- Works effectively within cross-functional teams and builds strong relationships with stakeholders.
- Proactively identifies opportunities for improvement and takes ownership of initiatives.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
Employment Package Outline:
Salary:
Market-Related
Benefits:
Medical aid
Retirement contribution
Employee assistant programme
Professional development opportunities
Rewards:
Performance bonus
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Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
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About the Role:
An exciting opportunity exists for a seasoned
FP&A Manager
to join a prominent mining group. This role is central to strengthening financial planning, analysis, and reporting to enable data-driven decisions across diverse operations. In alignment with the board's transformation strategy, preference will be given to suitably qualified female candidates.
Role Overview:
- Oversee and manage the full FP&A function across multiple mining sites.
- Design and refine financial models that drive both strategic initiatives and operational performance.
- Deliver accurate and insightful budgets, forecasts, and performance reports to leadership.
- Collaborate closely with operational teams and site stakeholders to ensure transparent and reliable reporting.
- Champion process enhancements and embed best practices in financial planning and analysis.
- Utilise tools such as HFM, TM1, SAP, and Power BI to provide meaningful reporting and insights.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior executives, offering strategic financial input to guide key decisions.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Chartered Accountant (CA), CIMA, MBA, or Master's Degree in Economics/ Finance.
- 10+ years' experience
in finance, with a minimum of experience at
more than one mining operation
. - Proven track record of building strong stakeholder relationships in a mining environment.
- Advanced proficiency in HFM, TM1, SAP, and Power BI.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- A strategic thinker with a hands-on approach.
- Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable working in a complex mining environment.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
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Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
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Beyond Elevation is a small startup, it provides high priority consulting to innovative companies in the UK, US and South Africa. This is a unique chance for someone to join a small company, learn all the tricks and grow quickly within the company ranks.
We are looking for someone who can wear different hats but loves doing financial modelling, excel spreadsheets and business analysis.
Role Description
Working directly with the CEO this is a unique role and a golden opportunity to get in front of world's best innovative, tech companies and be part of a growing startup.
These are a musts for you to qualify for the role:
- You have to be hungry and pro-active.
- Great at MS Excel. You can build financial models using complex formulas.
- Financial analysis, creating and managing KPIs
- Can create Financial Models for businesses with Revenue models, P&L, CF and BS
- Understand accounting principles and able to reconcile accounts
- Create financial reports, presentation and analysis
- Be able to make sense of a lot of data
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or business administration
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or a related certification is a bonus
Looking forward to having you on board
We are a small company, salary is startup level at the begining, however, this will change in the very near future.
Apply only if you have all skills mentioned above.
Consultant: Financial Planning and Analysis
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What We'll Bring
Dynamics of the Role
TransUnion Africa is currently recruiting for a dynamic and figures orientated individual to be responsible for Financial Planning and Analysis for specific lines of businesses within the company to achieve all planning, and forecasting objectives for the assigned areas. This goal orientated, driven and innovative individual will navigate a multicultural and highly competitive environment while partnering with a number of internal and external customers such as the CFO and the TU Executive team to ensure that the Financial Planning and Analysis is managed in a way that exceeds expectations.
The Team's Focus
The Finance Team operates in a vibrant, fast-paced, and demanding performance-based environment where the internal and external customer drives results. With multiple reporting lines within the headquarters based in Chicago as well as locally, deadlines are highly pressurized and non-negotiable. This team has a strong customer focus and aims to become a strategic partner with the business, enabling better business decisions and a brighter future for TransUnion. The team considers external factors which will influence the work environment as well as future conditions to ensure effective strategies.
What You'll Bring
- A BCom in Accounting or a related finance degree, combined with 2–3 years of experience in a commercial financial environment.
- A proven track record in change implementation and process improvement is essential.
- Ability and willingness to work in an unstructured environment with fluid change processes.
- Prior FP&A experience and advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills would be advantageous.
In addition to the above requirements, the successful candidate will have the following competencies:
Functional Competencies
- Knowledge of financial systems, such as People Soft and One Stream (on a technical level) and financial system configuration.
- Operational finance.
Behavioral Competencies
- Ability to work independently and proactively.
- Speed and accuracy with figures as well as attention to detail.
- Ability to effectively partner with business and drive insights.
- Planning and organizing skills with the ability to be proactive and to plan ahead.
- Leadership.
- Ability to prioritize work deliverables in a creative environment in order to meet multiple, tight and highly pressurized deadlines.
- Ability to think and move quickly in a dynamic fast-moving environment.
- Business acumen.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills- upward, downward and lateral.
- Conflict management.
- Problem solving.
- Systematic and analytical.
Personal Qualities
- A strong participative team member, diplomatic, tough, and assertive, prepared to stand his/her ground, yet flexible and adaptable to a dynamic and demanding environment.
- Quick learner.
- Integrity and trust - Absolute integrity and ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive information.
- Mature, well-balanced, and confident personality who is self-driven, highly motivated and energetic.
- Personable, decisive, and confident bearing with the versatility to associate and communicate at all levels.
- Negotiating skills and entrepreneurial spirit.
- Prepared to work long hours.
- Drive for results.
- Disciplined.
- Action orientated.
- Practical.
- Innovative/ Creative.
- Determined.
- Interpersonal savvy.
Impact You'll Make
- Responsible for executing all planning, forecasting and managerial reporting objectives of the divisions assigned.
- Develop analysis based on metrics to evaluate financial and operational performance for the divisions or enterprise-wide cross functional projects and initiatives as assigned.
- Identification and investigation of potential inefficiencies and risks encountered by the business based on financial and operational performance metrics.
- Partner in leading the executive management team through all forecasting and budgeting exercises.
- Analysis of financial and operational information to identify trends and interpret trends for senior management.
- Partner in the development and implementation of the annual operating budget and resource plan.
- Analysis of historical and forecasted business segment results including a review of major trends within each segment in terms of revenue, major cost categories and profitability.
- Coordination with all levels of management and staff to gather, analyze, summarize and prepare recommendations regarding financial plans and business planning.
- Responsible for coordinating monthly reporting and forecasting activities for the Group, covering Expected, Mid-Month, and Walks submissions.
- Responsible for co-coordinating reports required by TU Africa and International.
This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.
TransUnion Job Title
Consultant, Financial Planning & Analysis
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
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Salary:
R 50 000,00 - R 70 000,00 CTC per month (depending on experience)
Location:
This role is based in Cape Town. It's currently remote, with a future goal of building a local office and moving to a hybrid working model.
Are you a fully qualified
CA(SA) or CGMA
who loves using financial data to provide strategic guidance? We're hiring a proactive FP&A Analyst for a fast-growing, global company. This is a new role where you'll be a key part of the team, influencing important business decisions.
Responsibilities
As the FP&A Analyst, you'll be a trusted finance partner to various teams, including commercial and operations. Your main duties will include:
- Providing insightful financial analysis on key performance indicators and trading performance.
- Supporting the biannual budgeting process, long-term planning, and monthly reporting.
- Developing and maintaining key financial models.
- Delivering clear, actionable insights on revenue, margin, and costs.
- Assisting with business cases and investment decisions.
Requirements
We're looking for a curious, analytical finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
- You must be a
fully qualified CA(SA) or CGMA
with proven experience in a financial planning or analysis role. - You should have strong Excel and modeling skills, and be able to confidently explain financial information to non-finance colleagues.
- A proactive and questioning mindset is essential.
- Experience with SQL, NetSuite, or a background in e-commerce is a bonus.