Senior Financial Analyst

West Coast Personnel; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 680,000 - 815,000; Full time

Job summary

West Coast Personnel is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst in Gauteng to drive financial planning, performance analysis, and strategic decision-making across the business.

You will partner with operations, sales, and logistics to deliver insights that improve profitability, cost efficiency, and growth. Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, modelling, and performance reporting for multiple departments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Management Accounting, or a related field.
• CIMA qualification or registration is advantageous.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in finance or management accounting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts.
• Support budgeting processes and strategic planning.
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Collaborate with departments to gather inputs and assumptions.
• Analyse financial results and provide performance insights.
• Prepare management reports and dashboards with variance analysis.
• Monitor KPIs and pricing/margin performance.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and operational efficiencies.
• Build financial models to support investments and projects.
• Perform ROI, NPV, and breakeven analyses.
• Partner with leaders to provide financial insight and present to senior management.

Skills

FP&A

Financial modelling

Budgeting

Forecasting

Excel

Data analysis

Dashboards

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Management Accounting

CIMA qualification or registration advantageous

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANAYLYSTGAUTENGR67 000 P/MMy client is looking for a commercially focused Senior Financial Analyst in Gauteng, to support financial planning, performance analysis, and strategic decision-making across the business.

This role will work closely with operations, sales, logistics, and senior management to provide financial insights that drive profitability, improve cost efficiency, and support business growth. The successful candidate will play a key role in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and performance reporting while acting as a finance business partner to multiple departments.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts
• Support strategic planning and budgeting processes
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Collaborate with departments to gather financial inputs and assumptions
• Analyse financial results and provide performance insights
• Prepare management reports, dashboards, and variance analysis
• Monitor key financial KPIs and performance drivers
• Provide recommendations to improve profitability and cost efficiency
• Analyse sales performance across products, customers, and regions
• Conduct customer and product profitability analysis
• Monitor gross margins and pricing effectiveness
• Support pricing strategies and margin optimisation
• Analyse logistics, distribution, and operational costs
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and operational efficiencies
• Evaluate cost-to-serve by customer and channel
• Build financial models to support investment decisions and projects
• Conduct ROI, NPV, and breakeven analysis
• Support strategic initiatives and capital investment decisions
• Partner with business leaders to provide financial insights
• Present financial analysis to senior management
• Support cross-functional teams with data-driven decision making

Minimum Requirements

• Matric
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Management Accounting, or a related field
• CIMA qualification or registration advantageous
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in finance or management accounting
• At least 3–5 years in a senior or management-level finance role
• Experience in FP&A, financial modelling, budgeting, and forecasting
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills
• Experience working with ERP systems (SAP or similar)
• Data analysis and dashboarding experience (Power BI, Tableau, or similar)
• Strong financial reporting and analysis capability

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Commercial mindset with strong business acumen
• Proactive and results-driven approach