Senior Finance Analyst

DataFin was established in 1999. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have established relationships with industry leaders and a vast majority of our business is repeat business. ENVIRONMENT: A fast-paced Financial Services Group seeks the numerical expertise of a highly analytical & solutions-driven Senior Finance Analyst to join its team. Your core role will be to support business unit activities and influence performance through the responsible gathering of data and information to produce meaningful financial analysis, models, reports and management presentations. Key areas of accountability include cost and month end management and budgeting and forecasting. The successful candidate must be a qualified CA(SA) with up to 2 years’ post-articles, Advanced Excel proficiency, strong commercial awareness, able to analyse large volumes of data and preferably some People Management experience. DUTIES: * Support Operations teams in the relevant Operations Business with monthly results, budget and forecasts. * Support Operations teams in the relevant Operations Business Units with ad hoc requests on financial matters and data (results, budgets, forecasts, etc.) as well as analysis support to the Finance Business Partner team to enable in depth analysis. * Provide high quality, complete and detailed analysis of results compared to forecast in close interaction the Business Unit Managers, including understanding and explaining key drivers of results. * Take responsibility for the budget cycle for the relevant business areas and manage budget vs actuals on a month-to-month basis. * Ensure results (reports and presentations) are professionally and clearly communicated, highlighting key assumptions and potential risks to drive and support business decisions. * Ensure that all requests received from stakeholders are managed and delivered on within the agreed upon timelines. * Responsible for monthly/quarterly/half yearly/yearly presentations to stakeholders relating to budget and actuals submissions. * Contribute towards operational efficiency by identifying opportunities for improving data, systems and processes/procedures. * Take responsibility for monthly Executive Management meetings. * Production of ad hoc reports and presentations and other value add activities across Finance. * Support provided on projects or requests from the business. REQUIREMENTS: * Newly qualified CA(SA) up to 2 years post articles experience. * Proven analytical skills - ability to analyse large volumes of data. * Advanced MS Excel. * People Management experience (preferred). * Experience engaging with senior Management. *Advantageous –* * Retail and/ or Financial Services industry experience. ATTRIBUTES: * Business acumen and commercial awareness. * Strong problem-solving. * Expert attention to detail – high quality and accuracy of output. * Deadline driven and ability to work under pressure and excel in a fast-changing environment. * Strong communication skills and