Finance Business Partner for Sustainability Growth

Anthesis South Africa; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 520,000 - 760,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Innovative working environment

Employee Participation Plan

Job summary

A global sustainability consultancy seeks a Finance Business Partner in Cape Town. This role involves financial analysis, forecasting, and the development of strategic initiatives. Ideal candidates have strong leadership and communication skills, along with expertise in IT reporting systems like Netsuite. The position is a 12-month fixed-term contract, offering competitive pay, the chance to impact sustainability goals, and working within a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a Finance Business Partner role is highly desirable.
• Ability to discuss operations with Business and Service Leaders.
• Strong awareness of internal client needs.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and track financial and KPI performance.
• Coordinate planning of annual budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Support development of strategic initiatives and investments.

Skills

Leadership skills

Understanding operational processes

IT reporting systems expertise

Outstanding communication

Conceptual thinking

Tools

Netsuite

Job description

Description

Department: Enabling : Finance

Location: South Africa - Cape Town

Description

About Anthesis
Anthesis is the sustainability activator. Proud to be a B Corp, we seek to make a significant contribution to a world which is more resilient and productive. We do this by working with cities, corporates, investors and other organisations to drive sustainable performance. We develop financially driven sustainability strategies, underpinned by technical expertise and delivered by innovative collaborative teams across the world.

At Anthesis Group, we are truly committed to putting people and our planet at the heart of all we do.

Summary of Role & Key Responsibilities

Summary of Role
The Finance Business Partner is an integral part of the overall Commercial and Financial business partnering support to the business. Working with the Commercial Financial Director and Business Line and Operational Leads, the role will support the global business leads in reporting, analysing and interpreting financial and operational performance metrics to inform company performance, growth, ambition and strategy. The role will coordinate forecasting, budgeting and planning. The role will also enable an efficient and effective process and control environment. Timely reporting and analysis will be a key output of the role to support decision making and enhance operational performance.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Key Responsibilities

Performance Monitoring and Reporting

• Monitor and track financial and KPI performance, providing variance analysis and commentary, identifying discrepancies and appropriate actions in response.
• Work closely with the Group finance function and business to develop efficient reporting tools and KPIs that support strategic goals.
• Work closely with the finance team to ensure accuracy of financial data used and reported by the business.
• Consolidate and check the consistency of data used.
• Oversee and review monthly revenue recognition calculations and project performance/status reviews.
• Compile monthly management reporting packs, providing analysis and commentary on results and outlook.
• Support and monitor company working capital objectives and reporting requirements.
• Use all management information platforms to provide management with insights into business performance.
• Support the business in cost control.

Financial Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting

• Coordinate the planning of the annual and quarterly budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Provide input and insight into assumptions for budgeting and forecasting.
• Collaborate with business leads and operations to gather inputs, consolidate data, and present reports and analysis for review to the Commercial Financial Director and responsible business leads.
• Give feedback on budgets and forecasts and advise the Commercial Finance Director on budget decisions.

Commercial and Financial Strategic Support to Business Lines / Commercial Finance Director

• Support the development of strategic initiatives and investments.
• Contribute to the process of developing and monitoring annual pricing calculations and pricing strategies.
• Work closely with the business to provide financial and commercial input into proposals and project scoping.
• Monitor and support adherence to financial policies, regulatory requirements, work procedures, and maintenance of financial and operational data integrity.
• Monitor current financial and operational processes and systems to identify areas for improvement and share best practices to enhance process efficiency and data accuracy.
• Support, monitor and actively manage internal control requirements related to bidding, recruitment, approvals, and reporting.
• Support acquisition activities and business integrations.
  
  

Key Requirements, Skills Knowledge & Expertise

Key Requirements

• Experience working in a Finance Business Partner role highly desirable
• Leadership and management skills.
• Conceptual thinker with the ability to understand the key operational processes of Anthesis and the main drivers of cost and quality.
• Strong understanding of operational processes and the ability to discuss operations with Business and Service Leaders.
• Extensive experience and expertise with IT reporting systems, including Netsuite.
• Outstanding communication skills, enabling effective representation of the controlling entity to the Business Line Lead/Management and the Commercial and Financial Director.
• Strong awareness of internal client needs and the ability to meet them effectively.
• Ability to work in a demanding and rapidly changing internal environment.
  
  

Benefits

Your Benefits

• Work within a highly motivated team in an innovative and rapidly growing global company
• Opportunity to have a direct impact and be a key part of the growth and development of the business and the team
• Work solely on projects that have an impact on the sustainability and climate change goals/challenges for clients
• Opportunity to work with, collaborate with and learn from sustainability SME’s who are passionate about the work they do and the impact Anthesis can have
• Exposure to a wide range of clients and projects on a global basis
• Competitive salary in line with education, experience and skills
• An opportunity to participate in the Anthesis Employee Participation Plan (EPP), an industry-pioneering employee incentive plan that allows all employees to be rewarded for the growth in the equity value of Anthesis.
• Cooperative, supportive and open working atmosphere.