GIF (Global Infrastructure Finance) Analyst Yes Learnership at Forvis Mazars Group

Job Description

• The job involves joining GIF.
• You will work in the Johannesburg office, but will be in daily contact with team members from the other offices within our business.
• Expert tuition will be provided in the FAST financial modelling standard in MS Excel, which is a market leading methodology in the production of long-term budgeting, operational and transactional financial models

Duties and Responsibilities

Financial modelling is key to this role and the work will involve:

• Providing model assurance service/model auditing following the shadow modelling approach, where tested templates are used to review client models;
• Reviewing project related documents like credit agreements, tax and accounting reports and payment mechanisms for assurance;
• Taking an active part in a continuous process of improving the quality and productivity of model auditing processes and procedures; and
• Interacting with the clients ranging from leading energy and infrastructure project financiers, investors, developers, government agencies and advisors.

Minimum Requirements

You should apply for this job if you are a professional who:

• can use English to communicate technical ideas clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing
• have an excellent academic background
• have studied accounting and/or finance
• possesses strong analytical skills and a critical and questioning attitude and enjoy the challenge of solving logic problems; can anticipate questions and provide the answers as part of your solution
• is motivated by the energy and infrastructure sectors – the projects we work on involve raising finance to get real life projects off the ground that have an enormously positive societal value
• is an innovator: able to follow a defined process but continuously looking to make improvements; and
• likes to work in a team, and willing to contribute to, as well as benefit from a continuous learning environment