[Hiring] Funding Analyst @Prodigy Finance Limited

Role Description

Strategic Finance is responsible for enabling and improving the strategic and financial decision-making for Prodigy. Our responsibilities combine more traditional elements of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) such as financial forecasting and trend analysis, with commercial and strategic tasks including:

• Value creation frameworks
• Capital allocation decisions
• Broader financial problem solving

You will also support the rest of the Strategic Finance team in input into ExCo and Board analysis and presentations, as well as partnering with the various business areas on specific analyses required to support them in their areas.

This is a growth role, where you will begin in a funding analyst capacity and expand into strategic financial modelling as you build depth and context within the business.

Your role will focus on leading the financial planning and analysis elements within the team:

• Providing accurate and insightful analysis on how the business is performing and importantly, providing insights as to why.
• Identifying key business levers and drivers, using leading indicators to help us detect any potential issues early.
• Tracking performance relative to KPIs, Budget and Outlook.
• Compilation and ongoing tracking of Annual Budget, particularly on cost allocation development and review.
• Looking at value creation opportunities, including process improvement and automation.
• Partnering with the various business areas to support them in delivering on their Budget.
• Driving regular meetings with Budget Owners to discuss material variances when comparing actual results to the budget.
• Continuously educating budget owners on good fiscal management.
• Ensuring deviations from the budget are timely and accurately captured in the business forecasts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or other relevant field
• 5+ years of relevant experience in a technical financial modeling role (e.g. accounting firm, investment banking)
• Excellent proficiency in Excel/Google sheets
• Consistent track record of success and career progression

Requirements

• Strong quantitative & modelling skills
• Solid accounting technical skill-set
• Well-developed problem-solving abilities
• Self-motivated and enjoys complex tasks
• Attention to detail and ability to deliver high degree of accuracy when working across large data sets
• Ability to provide data/analysis in a user-friendly and visual format to non-finance managers
• Strong sense of integrity for handling sensitive topics and data
• Balance conflicting demands and interests
• Excitement for cross-area partnership and collaboration

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration package
• Company contribution to healthcare/medical aid scheme
• Remote Work
• Generous leave policy (24 days annual leave + 1 day for every year worked to a max of 29 days, birthday leave, 6 months' primary caregiver / 2 months' secondary caregiver parental leave, 4 weeks sabbatical leave after 5 years of continuous service)