KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaborate with subsidiary finance functions to prepare and consolidate annual forecast, budgets, and related key performance indicators.
Coordinate alignment of subsidiary financial plans and budgets to the approved Group strategic themes. 
Review budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations 
Analyse past financial data to identify trends, patterns, and co-relate to industry trends, and draw recommendations for performance improvement. 
Create agile, integrated financial plans and build in scenarios to reflect likely macro-outcomes. 
Prepare reports and presentations for senior management, tracking performance against budget, with commentary on on budget variances.
Track remedial actions per entity towards meeting budgets gaps and run rates.
Review and provide recommendations to senior management on cost reduction strategies, and revenue growth opportunities.
Prepare regular reports on budget re-prioritization and resource allocation based on emerging trends to aid in achieving annual targets.
Review Group expenditure trends to identify common themes and draw recommendations for improvement of operational efficiency.

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
The preferred candidate will meet the following criteria:

Possess a Bachelor's degree from a recognized university.
Is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Professional qualification in financial analysis (e.g. CFA) or Master's degree in a business related field is an added advantage
Have at least five (5) years' work experience in the finance field, including the following areas:

Financial analysis and business performance management
Use of business intelligence solutions such as EDWH, SQL, SAP BI, etc.
Finance project management
Stakeholder management