Finance Internship

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

Finance Internship position available in Cape Town.

Are you a BCOM Accounting Graduate wanting hands-on exposure to financial budgeting, reporting, planning and analysis? An incredible opportunity to join a Leading International FMCG client based in Cape Town.

We’re looking for an ambitious, commercially curious minded individual. Must be eager to learn, gain real-world experience, and build a career in finance from the ground up.

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