Financial Commercial Analyst – FMCG Retail Cape Town
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
14 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Responsible for working with various departments in organization and assisting with day-to-day queries analysis on sales/profitability providing support as well as producing information to enable management to make key decisions. Responsible for elements of the month end process budget process and financial forecasting.
Key Responsibilities
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- Review the forecast monthly by brand channel and customer in collaboration with sales leaders and supply chain & planning;
- Support the Finance Manager and Head of Commercial Finance with month end reporting budget and forecasting processes and ad-hoc reporting requirements and any related projects;
- Develop and maintain accurate customer and brand contribution statements and evaluate the financial data to provide meaningful insights to management;
- Assimilating financial data into valuable information to create daily weekly and monthly reporting of pertinent financial information to all departments and key stakeholders.
- Ensure all pricing and promotions for customers are reflected accurately in SAP;
- Monitor monthly promotional and operating expenses in comparison with Budget and latest estimates providing accurate views on risks and opportunities;
- Analyze promotional ROI performance of promotional activity and make relevant recommendations and monitor new product launches and sales in comparison with targets;
- Assist product managers with the costing for new product development;
- Financial modelling and price simulation analysis.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams including sales marketing and operations to understand their financial needs and provide proactive and reactive support to achieve business objectives;
- University degree and ideally studying towards the CIMA degree;
- A minimum of two-years of experience in a finance analytical role;
- Highly numerate with excellent analytical skills and attention to detail;
- Knowledge and insights about customers and needs in confectionary FMCG industry and/or Retail;
- Expert ability in Microsoft Excel SAP experience considered to be an advantage;
- Microsoft Office skills Word PowerPoint and Outlook;
- SAP (S4 HANA) experience considered to be an advantage;
- High caliber of professional interpersonal skills with excellent analytical conceptual and communication skills (both oral and written);
- Proven track record of delivering results within a major FMCG organization;
- Demonstrated strong leadership qualities;
- Performance driven tenacious and goal orientated;
- Innovative problem solver and a facilitator of change;
- Well-organized and able to set priorities and clear targets;
- Proven ability to conduct complex quantitative and statistical analyses complimented with qualitative inputs from multiple sources to draw conclusions and make recommendations;
- Capable of managing numerous projects at once in a high-paced environment;
- Ability to think outside the box when searching for solutions to problems;
- High degree of flexibility;
- Able to grow with the level of responsibilities and with the size and structure of the business.
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Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
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