Data Analyst - Finance

Communicate Finance; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Communicate Finance is seeking a data analytics and FP&A professional in Gauteng to source, validate, and analyze data for planning, forecasting, and decision-making. The role develops dashboards, reports, and predictive tools that reveal performance trends and future opportunities.

You will collaborate with finance and operations, build complex models, and ensure data accuracy to drive strategic outcomes and improved business performance.

Qualifications

• Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting solutions.
• Build forecasting, budgeting, and scenario-planning models.
• Analyze trends, variances, risks, and opportunities across the business.
• Perform complex data reconciliations and ensure data integrity.
• Develop revenue, profitability, capacity, and resource utilisation models.
• Translate complex data into actionable business insights.
• Support process automation and reporting improvements.
• Partner with finance and operational stakeholders to support decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing, consolidating, validating, and analysing data from multiple systems to support planning and decision-making.
• Develop dashboards, reports, predictive models, and analytical tools for visibility into performance and future trends.
• Collaborate with finance and operations to deliver accurate insights that influence strategy and drive performance.

Skills

Data analytics

Financial analysis

FP&A

Power BI

Excel

SQL

Data modelling

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Data integrity

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance/Analytics/Data Science

Tools

Power BI

Excel

SQL

ERP/CRM systems

Job description

Job Description:

The successful candidate will be responsible for sourcing, consolidating, validating, and analysing data from multiple systems to support financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and commercial decision-making. You will develop dashboards, reports, predictive models, and analytical tools that provide visibility into business performance and future trends. The role requires strong collaboration with finance and operational teams to deliver accurate, actionable insights that influence strategy and drive business performance.

Skills & Experience:

• Develop and maintain financial and operational dashboards and reporting solutions
• Build forecasting, budgeting, and scenario-planning models
• Analyse trends, variances, risks, and opportunities across the business
• Perform complex data reconciliations and ensure data integrity
• Develop revenue, profitability, capacity, and resource utilisation models
• Translate complex data into actionable business insights
• Support process automation and reporting improvements
• Partner with finance and operational stakeholders to support decision-making
• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in Data Analytics, Financial Analysis, FP&A, Business Intelligence, or a similar analytical role
• Advanced Excel skills and strong financial modelling capability
• Strong Power BI experience, including dashboard development and data modelling
• SQL and data extraction experience advantageous
• Experience working with ERP, CRM, and business intelligence systems preferred
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement skills

Qualification:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, Economics, Information Systems or Computer Science

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