Finance Intern: Budgeting, Reporting & Analytics

Time Personnel; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 89,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Time Personnel in Cape Town is offering a Finance Internship to a motivated BCOM Accounting graduate. The role provides hands-on exposure to budgeting, reporting, planning and analysis across a leading international FMCG client.

You will learn to produce monthly reports, develop Power BI dashboards and consolidate forecasts in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates possess strong Excel skills, analytical thinking, excellent communication, and the ability to prioritize tasks under pressure.

Qualifications

• Matric or equivalent qualification.
• Strong Excel skills (macro, programming) and PowerPoint.
• Analytical, mathematical and problem-solving abilities.
• Integrity, initiative and team spirit.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and work under pressure.
• Customer service orientation and independent judgment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare ACTUAL monthly reports (Volume & Revenue at D+2, Variance Analysis, PnL, forecasts).
• Develop and maintain performance tracking tools (Power BI and others).
• Aggregate reporting from Clusters to identify risks/opportunities vs forecast.
• Analyse LE/Budget/R&O forecasts from markets.
• Contribute to LE/Budget/R&O forecasting for Regional Office.
• Support Regional Controller in leading forecast processes for regional office and SA market.
• Build and consolidate monthly reporting files to analyse Actual vs Forecast.
• Understand variances in labour, travel and overheads.
• Create dynamic visualizations for management decision-making.
• Improve efficiency of existing internal reports.
• Prepare presentations for Senior Executive meetings.
• Ad-hoc analysis for various stakeholders.

Skills

Excel (macro, programming)

PowerPoint

ESSBASE

EOS

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivated

Prioritization under pressure

Customer service orientation

Independent judgment

Education

Matric or equivalent qualification

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft database type

MS SQL / databases

Job description

Time Personnel in Cape Town is offering a Finance Internship to a motivated BCOM Accounting graduate. The role provides hands-on exposure to budgeting, reporting, planning and analysis across a leading international FMCG client.

You will learn to produce monthly reports, develop Power BI dashboards and consolidate forecasts in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates possess strong Excel skills, analytical thinking, excellent communication, and the ability to prioritize tasks under pressure.