Finance / Business Graduate

Time Personnel; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Time Personnel invites applications for a Finance / Business Graduate in Cape Town. You will support the finance team with actual monthly reports, variance analysis, and forecasting, while developing dashboards in Power BI and other tools.

This entry-level position emphasizes analytical thinking, problem-solving, and strong communication within a regional finance context. The role targets recent finance graduates, offering exposure to budgeting, performance management, and business decision

Qualifications

• Matric or equivalent qualification.
• Strong knowledge of Excel (macro, programming), PowerPoint, multi-dimensional tools (ESSBASE, EOS, Microsoft database type) are an asset.
• Excellent analytical, mathematical, and creative problem-solving skills.
• Integrity and rigor are a must, as well as pro activity and team spirit.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Able to exercise independent judgment and take action on it.

Responsibilities

• Prepare ACTUAL monthly reports (Volume & Revenue at D+2, Variance Analysis, PnL, Mid-month forecast and Month End Forecast).
• Develop and maintain accurate & user-friendly performance tracking tools (Power BI and others).
• Aggregate reporting & insights from Clusters to identify risks & opportunities vs forecast.
• Help consolidate and analyse the LE/Budget/R&O forecasts received from markets.
• Contribute to LE/Budget/R&O forecasting for Regional Office.
• Support Regional Controller in leading forecast processes for regional office and South Africa market (initial budget, revisions & landings) in coordination with HR, Marketing Managers and GM.
• Build and consolidate monthly reporting files to analyse Actual vs Forecast.
• Ensure full understanding of variances in labour cost, travel expense and other overheads.
• Develop dynamic ways to visualize large data sets to empower Management for effective decision taking (with various tools such as Power BI etc.).
• Improve ways of working on existing internal reports to gain efficiency.
• Support the team to create pertinent presentation for Senior Executive meetings.
• Ad-hoc analysis of business results for different stakeholders

Skills

Analytical skills

Mathematical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivation

Prioritization under pressure

Customer service orientation

Independent judgment

Education

Matric or equivalent

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

ESSBASE

EOS

Microsoft database tools

Job description

Finance / Business Graduate job vacancy in Cape Town.

We are looking for a motivated Commerce Graduate to join a dynamic regional finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in financial reporting, business analysis, budgeting, and performance management.

You will support the Finance team by analysing financial data, preparing reports and insights, and assisting management with informed business decisions.

Ideal for a recent Finance graduate looking to build a strong foundation and develop a career in business finance and commercial analysis.

Requirements:

• Matric, or equivalent qualification
• Strong knowledge of Excel (macro, programming), PowerPoint, multi-dimensional tools (ESSBASE, EOS, Microsoft database type) are an asset.
• Excellent analytical, mathematical, and creative problem-solving skills
• Integrity and rigor are a must, as well as pro activity and team spirit.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail
• Highly self-motivated and directed
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure
• Strong customer service orientation
• Able to exercise independent judgment and take action on it.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare ACTUAL monthly reports (Volume & Revenue at D+2, Variance Analysis, PnL, Mid-month forecast and Month End Forecast)
• Develop and maintain accurate & user-friendly performance tracking tools (Power BI and others)
• Aggregate reporting & insights from Clusters to identify risks & opportunities vs forecast.
• Help consolidate and analyse the LE/Budget/R&O forecasts received from markets.
• Contribute to LE/Budget/R&O forecasting for Regional Office
• Support Regional Controller in leading forecast processes for regional office and South Africa market (initial budget, revisions & landings) in coordination with HR, Marketing Managers and GM
• Build and consolidate monthly reporting files to analyse Actual vs Forecast
• Ensure full understanding of variances in labour cost, travel expense and other overheads
• Develop dynamic ways to visualize large data sets to empower Management for effective decision taking (with various tools such as Power BI etc.).
• Improve ways of working on existing internal reports to gain efficiency.
• Support the team to create pertinent presentation for Senior Executive meetings
• Ad-hoc analysis of business results for different stakeholders