Finance Planning & Analytics Intern

Time Personnel; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Time Personnel is seeking a financial/analytical professional to lead monthly reporting and forecasting for the South Africa market. You will build and maintain performance tools, analyze variances, and support regional budgeting and forecasting cycles with cross-functional collaboration.

The ideal candidate will have strong Excel and Power BI skills, a rigorous mindset, and the ability to present insights to senior management.

Qualifications

• Matric or equivalent qualification is required.
• Strong knowledge of Excel (macro, programming), PowerPoint and BI tools.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Prepare ACTUAL monthly reports (Volume & Revenue at D+2, Variance Analysis, PnL, Mid-month forecast and Month End Forecast).
• Develop and maintain accurate and user-friendly performance tracking tools (Power BI and others).
• Aggregate reporting and insights from clusters to identify risks and opportunities vs forecast.
• Help consolidate and 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 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 visualizations for large datasets to empower Management in decision making.
• Improve ways of working on existing internal reports to gain efficiency.
• Support the team to create pertinent presentations for Senior Executive meetings.
• Ad-hoc analysis of business results for different stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Team spirit

Self-motivation

Prioritization under pressure

Customer service orientation

Independent judgment

Integrity and rigor

Education

Matric or equivalent

Tools

Excel (macros)

PowerPoint

ESSBASE

EOS

Microsoft databases

Power BI

Job description

Time Personnel is seeking a financial/analytical professional to lead monthly reporting and forecasting for the South Africa market. You will build and maintain performance tools, analyze variances, and support regional budgeting and forecasting cycles with cross-functional collaboration.

The ideal candidate will have strong Excel and Power BI skills, a rigorous mindset, and the ability to present insights to senior management.