Renewable Energy FP&A Analyst — Strategy & Insights

SET Recruitment Consultants; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

SET Recruitment Consultants is seeking a Corporate Finance Analyst to join a growing renewable energy IPP in Cape Town. You will work closely with senior leadership on financial planning, analysis, and strategic decision-making to influence portfolio performance.

The role requires a Master's in Economics and at least 3 years FP&A experience, with strong Excel and BI tooling. You will deliver budgets, dashboards, and insightful management reporting to support growth and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Economics is required.
• At least 3 years in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting or corporate finance.
• Strong knowledge of planning, forecasting, budgeting and management reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP) and financial analysis.
• Experience with IBM Planning Analytics or Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Support annual budgets, rolling forecasts and medium-term plans.
• Analyse performance, identify drivers, trends and variances.
• Prepare management and board reporting packs.
• Deliver actual vs budget and actual vs prior year analyses with commentary.
• Collaborate with budget owners to improve forecasting accuracy.
• Develop and maintain financial reports, dashboards and models.
• Drive automation and process improvements across finance.
• Assist with ad hoc financial analyses and strategic projects.

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Excel advanced

Stakeholder management

Education

Master's Degree in Economics

Tools

IBM Planning Analytics

Power BI

Job description

SET Recruitment Consultants is seeking a Corporate Finance Analyst to join a growing renewable energy IPP in Cape Town. You will work closely with senior leadership on financial planning, analysis, and strategic decision-making to influence portfolio performance.

The role requires a Master's in Economics and at least 3 years FP&A experience, with strong Excel and BI tooling. You will deliver budgets, dashboards, and insightful management reporting to support growth and efficiency.