Analyst 1, Finance

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Responsibilities related to financial management, including budgeting, preparing financial reports, conducting cost analyses, and improving financial processes. It involves monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs), supporting audits, managing capital tracking, ensuring legal compliance, and maintaining documentation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Track, monitor, analyse, and control department budget
• Prepare a monthly financial analysis of actual against budget
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of cost centres and management reports
• Consolidate spending at the divisional level and perform a detailed analysis of costs on the  product level
• Recommends actions by analysing data and making comparative analyses
• Involve and focus heavily on budgetary control, financial analysis, and management reports
• Reconciles transactions by comparing and correcting data, and maintains the database by entering, verifying, and backing up data
• Prepare various reports and charts, and the Operation Review when necessary
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve financial processes and systems
• Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and long-term financial forecasts
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and provide insights to improve financial performance
• Support internal and external audit processes by preparing required documentation and analyses
• Involved in capital tracking and depreciation forecast
• Participate in ad-hoc projects and reports as assigned by the immediate supervisor from time to time
• Ensure meeting company and departmental compliance to applicable legal and IMS requirements
• Responsible for the health and safety of the individual at the workplace
• Ensure departmental compliance with ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, and ISO22301 standards

• Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy, Finance or Business Administration, preferably a member of a professional body
• Minimum 3-5 years of working experience in the management reporting, cost accounting, budgetary control in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

PREFERRED:

• Able to work independently as well as a team member
• Able to manage routine workload and ad-hoc projects with minimal supervision
• Preferably good exposure to ERP accounting system
• Demonstrated experience with capital budget, accounting, financial analysis and reporting

SKILLS

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills and interpersonal skills
• Strong time management skills and ability to meet tight deadlines
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI is an added advantage
• Flexible – ability to quickly react to changing business needs
• Problem solving skills – motivated to take challenges with minimal supervision
• Positive attitude and ability to act as team player

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