Decision Support Analyst Projects and Deals at Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.

Summary of Role

• Member of a specialist team representing the CFO office on project teams and to BU’s, providing financial assurance on projects to top management, and financial and commercial analysis to BU’s relating to project strategy, individual projects, and Retail and/or C&I Deals. Works with the Senior Decision Support Analyst and other analysts on projects and/or deals of complexity appropriate to each analyst’s skills and experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide decision support economic analysis for projects, studies, initiatives and retail commercial deals (e.g. Capex, C&I etc.), include financial analysis of options
• Maintain fit for purpose economic models to assess project and deal economics
• Provide inputs into the Capital Planning Process
• Project forecasts
• Release of unallocated contingency
• Expense authorization and governance
• Project cost management with commercial and procurement deal assessments and reviews
• Enhance project financial metrics
• Implement and monitor accounting standards for projects - WBS structures, use of SAP capabilities, multi-currency budgets, etc.
• Approve deal structures as per SOCA controls per business function, aligned with strategies

Qualifications

• CIMA, CA(SA) preferred. Commerce degree in finance or Engineer & MBA combination will also be considered.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years post qualification experience with large industrial plant experience and/or fuels industry commercial deal experience desirable

Skills

• Aptitude to develop economics for project decision support.
• Financial modelling of commercial deals
• Understanding of the commercial drivers that impact enterprise profitability and returns on investment
• Understanding the business planning process
• Ability to articulate business performance through excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal
• The ability to engage with all levels of the organization
• Future career development may rely on experience and assessed ability to meaningfully improve project outcomes