Financial Analyst

A global leader in quantitative and qualitative market research have a great job opportunity for a Financial Analystto join their team in Cape Town. You must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, be self-motivated and possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with relevant experience working in a corporate finance setting. Does this job seem like the perfect challenge? Keep reading!

Your key job responsibilities as the Financial Analyst in Cape Town will include:

• Prepare regularly recurring reports on a weekly and monthly basis
• Support Accounting with coding and processing invoices and purchase orders
• Follow up and allocation of the Global Service Line invoice and Budgets (R&D, T&E)
• Assist with preparation of monthly financial reporting including variance analysis of current period, year-to-date, and against budget
• Ad hoc reporting and preparation of decks for the Service Line Boards
• Make sure the finance system is accurate and correct it if needed (pipeline, coding of products, etc.)

Requirements for this Financial Analyst job in Cape Town:

• Completed Bachelor’s Degree
• 2 years plus experience in corporate finance and/or accounting
• Computer Systems proficiency is necessary and a high competency level with Excel (being able to do VBA Macros) Word & PowerPoint is essential
• The ability to efficiently and effectively analyze large amounts of data
• Focused and proactive with the ability to work independently while contributing to team initiatives
• Strong analytical skills and effective verbal and written communication skills must be demonstrated
• Data savvy with a strong attention to detail and accuracy