Financial Analyst at Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Industries: Consumer Goods, Chemicals, Consumer Services

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining and developing various financial models and standard templates distributed for use by all of Finance during the planning processes, ensuring quality, accuracy and focused analytic review.
• Guide cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures; providing trends and forecasts; explaining processes and techniques; recommending actions.
• Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools
• Track General & Administrative expense, Advertising & Promotion expense
• Market research, data mining, business intelligence, and valuation comps
• Manage all aspects of competitive analysis and reporting, including developing a process and regular cadence for the dissemination of key peer company and industry-wide developments
• Forecasting/Budgeting – Prepare cost models to be used by FP&A team for the forecast. Prepare financial forecasts including monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts. Communicate the financial forecast to the respective business leads.
• Prepare monthly journal entries and perform account reconciliations
• Prepare & analyse financial statement
• Compile and analyse financial information for business unit to determine standard costs, perform variance analysis between actual and standard costs
• Monitor, analyse and report on inventory valuation, logistics, and production costs
• Support annual planning and quarterly forecasts of logistics costs

Education, Experience & Other Requirements

• MBA and/or CPA or CA would be an added advantage
• Self-motivated and self-directed, with a high sense of urgency
• Excellent communication skills
• Highly analytical, with strong financial analysis skills
• Knowledge of accounting systems and controls
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.