Senior Analyst - Planning & Reporting

Purpose Statement

The Analyst will support the preparation of the statutory and management accounting reporting process, and will perform tests, reconciliations, analysis with the purpose of testing the reasonableness of the various financial reports, which include financial statements, information package supporting various decision points.

The objective of this role is to enable the Financial Shared Service Centre to meet their business objectives by providing quality general accounting analysis and overall business support for end markets.

Accountabilities

• Serve as an independent contributor for a component of the Record to Report function inclusive of, General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Reconciliations, Month End Close, Statutory & Financial Reporting, Management reporting, product costing data integrity and quality.
• The Financial Reporting Analyst will perform specific tasks allocated by the line manager in the area of integrity, quality and reasonableness of the management and statutory reporting process, which includes quarterly reporting exercises.
• Assistance in preparation of various submissions of the management reporting unit as well as legal entity reporting requirements as per the deadlines and with the frequency set by the business process.
• Identify material movements based on pre-established template
• Perform analytical review to ensure the movements vs. previous periods or vs. the previous forecast make sense.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• At least 1- 2 years of experience in an FMCG or similar dynamic operating environment
• Understand the impact of the accounting process and practice;
• Understand the platforms and analyse reports, identify issues and challenges within reports functionalities and data;
• Understand and apply relevant financial skills and knowledge.
• A good understanding and knowledge of relevant finance tools and systems, specifically BI/BPC, SAP or ERP equivalent
• Able to contribute projects and process improvements and handle a remote/virtual customer base model
• Detail-oriented, analytical, proactive, and can work under pressure with minimum supervision
• Knowledgeable in identifying risks and in implementing controls

Fresh Graduates with ACCA highly encourged to APPLY!