Costing & Profitability Analytics Manager

FirstRand Bank India; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

FirstRand Group is seeking a Cost Accountant Manager to drive profitability and strategic decision-making at the FNB Point of Presence Finance division. You will build cost models, use advanced analytics, and partner with Finance and Analytics teams to translate data into actionable business insights.

The role combines finance, data science, and business strategy, leveraging SQL, Power BI/Tableau, and advanced modelling to influence budgeting, forecasting, and performance improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Cost & Management Accounting, Business Analytics, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 4–5 years in Cost Accounting, Financial Analytics, Financial Data Intelligence, or similar analytics roles.
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering experience with cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and enhance cost allocation, profitability, forecasting, and predictive models.
• Apply analytics techniques to identify trends, risks, and performance drivers across Branch Banking.
• Use SQL and data interrogation to analyze large datasets.
• Develop insights to support cost optimisation and profitability improvement initiatives.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning.
• Translate financial/operational data into actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
• Partner with Finance, Analytics, Data, and Business teams to solve commercial challenges.

Skills

Financial analytics

Data intelligence

Data storytelling

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree (Accounting/Finance/Analytics)

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

Job description

FirstRand Group is seeking a Cost Accountant Manager to drive profitability and strategic decision-making at the FNB Point of Presence Finance division. You will build cost models, use advanced analytics, and partner with Finance and Analytics teams to translate data into actionable business insights.

The role combines finance, data science, and business strategy, leveraging SQL, Power BI/Tableau, and advanced modelling to influence budgeting, forecasting, and performance improvements.