Senior Finance Analyst: Showmax at Multichoice

Purpose of the Position

• Support the Finance Manager and General Manager Showmax in financial reporting and finance partnering functions
• Responsible for timely and accurate preparation of all Showmax Nigeria Financial reporting, management reporting, budgets and forecasts and procurement process (tracking spend against budgets)

Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Design, maintain and improve upon robust budgeting model (record trends, understand drivers, correlation, sensitivities, dependencies)
• Facilitation of Showmax Nigeria budget and forecast planning cycles
• Perform analysis and provide commentary on month-end variances against budgets, forecasts and prior years
• Preparation and analysis of monthly rolling forecasts for Group submission
• Extract, combine and summarise data to analyse the financial impact of new initiatives and effectively communicating key findings to senior leadership to influence and support tactical and strategic business decisions
• Develop metrics and reports to provide monitoring for new initiatives
• Proactively partner with the Showmax business to identify and evaluate opportunities to improve bottom line business performance and ensure that change initiatives are implemented
• Tracking business financial objectives, as well as projecting and monitoring run rates to ensure that set targets are met
• Provide support for adhoc analysis and request pertaining to outlooks and projects

Financial Reporting and Operations

• Prepare month end reporting packs for analysis
• Adhere to Group reporting deadlines including month end; forecasts; budgets; half-year and year-end
• Review/ prepare schedules and reports for statutory reporting packs for half-year and year-end reporting periods
• Consult with the Shared Services and auditors to prepare and assist with internal and statutory audits
• Tracking and management of the procurement process and related key stats
• Perform reconciliations
• Prepare required schedules and documents for tax purposes
• Accounts receivable and accounts payable functions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• ICAN/ACCA preferable, with database / Excel proficiency
• MBA advantageous

Experience / Skills

• A minimum 5 – 8 years in a Financial accounting/analyst role
• Detailed commercial and financial acumen, balanced with creative flair
• Hands-on experience with financial analysis, modelling and report building
• Industry understanding and experience would be advantageous
• Strong communication and relationship building skills

Technical Competencies

• Advanced Excel skills (Macros, pivots and working with advanced and complex formulae)
• SAP experience
• Financial Modelling
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to present financial data using detailed reports and presentations
• Excellent communication, presentation skills
• Understanding the procurement process

Behavioural Competencies

• SAP experience
• Speed and accuracy with figures
• Effective stakeholder management
• Persuading and influence
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Proactive and ability to plan ahead
• Coaching
• Conflict resolution
• Attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize multiple deadlines
• Analytical thinking
• Innovative problem solver
• Holistic thinking
• Structured, agile, results oriented, customer focused
• Acts with integrity and fairness and high standards of accountability