Junior Financial Analyst — Power BI & Forecasting

Time Personnel; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 450,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Time Personnel in South Africa (Wes-Kaap) seeks an analytical Reporting Specialist with strong Excel and Power BI skills. You will prepare actual monthly reports (Volume & Revenue at D+2), perform variance analyses, and assist in PnL and forecast processes.

You will develop tracking tools, consolidate forecasts from markets, and support LE/Budget/R&O processes for the regional office and SA market, enabling informed management decisions.

Qualifications

• Matric or equivalent qualification.
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving skills.
• Integrity and rigor; pro activity and team spirit.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Logical, efficient, and detail-oriented.
• Self-motivated and directed with initiative.
• Able to prioritize and execute tasks under pressure.
• Strong customer service orientation; 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 and opportunities vs forecast.
• Consolidate and analyze 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.
• Explain variances in labour costs, travel, and overheads.
• Visualize large data sets to empower management decisions.
• Improve efficiency of existing internal reports and prepare exec presentations.
• Ad-hoc analysis for various stakeholders.

Skills

Matric / equivalent

Excel (macros)

PowerPoint

Analytical thinking

Integrity & rigor

Proactive & team spirit

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivated

Prioritization under pressure

Customer service orientation

Independent judgment

Education

Matric / Equivalent

Tools

Power BI

ESSBASE

EOS

Microsoft database tools

Job description

Time Personnel in South Africa (Wes-Kaap) seeks an analytical Reporting Specialist with strong Excel and Power BI skills. You will prepare actual monthly reports (Volume & Revenue at D+2), perform variance analyses, and assist in PnL and forecast processes.

You will develop tracking tools, consolidate forecasts from markets, and support LE/Budget/R&O processes for the regional office and SA market, enabling informed management decisions.