Role Purpose
This role is designed for a fresh engineering or management graduate who will support the Finance team at Brandverse by working at the intersection of finance operations and engineering/project teams. The candidate will help collect analyse and report financial data enable process improvements and collaborate cross-functionally to support Brandverses growth ambitions.
Key Responsibilities
Assist in the preparation of monthly quarterly finance reports including cost tracking variance analysis and project-cost overlays.
Reconcile vendor invoices labour/project cost inputs and internal charge-backs; ensure accuracy of entries in finance systems.
Work with engineering/project teams to gather cost data (hours materials overheads) and map those into the finance dashboards.
Support budgeting and forecasting exercises: collecting inputs consolidating data and maintaining tracking sheets.
Build and maintain dashboards (Excel/Google Sheets) to show key finance metrics project KPIs cost per initiative ROI tracking.
Support process-improvement initiatives: automate manual tasks build simple tools (macros scripts dashboards) to reduce effort and increase accuracy.
Ensure compliance with internal controls and finance policies: document workflows assist audit prep ensure timelines are met.
Communicate finance findings to stakeholders (engineering operations leadership) in a clear timely manner.
Handle ad-hoc analysis or special projects as assigned (for example cost benefit of new verticals cross-border trade implications new category launch cost modelling).
Technical Skills:
Strong numerical aptitude and comfort with numbers.
Good working knowledge of spreadsheets (Excel/Google Sheets): formulas (LOOKUP SUMIFS) pivot tables charts.
Basic understanding of accounting/finance concepts (cost margin P&L balance sheet) is a plus.
Exposure or willingness to learn ERP/finance systems is desirable.