Senior Consultant: FP&A (8m Maternity Cover) at Robert Walters

• A leading multinational organisation is seeking a Senior Consultant Financial Planning and Analysisto join their vibrant Johannesburg team. This role offers you the opportunity to become an integral part of a high-performing finance function, where your expertise in financial planning, forecasting, and analysis will directly influence strategic business decisions across the group.
• You will thrive in a multicultural environment, collaborating with executive management and cross-functional teams both locally and internationally. The organisation values flexibility, professional growth, and a supportive network, ensuring you have access to ongoing training opportunities. If you are passionate about driving business success through insightful analysis and enjoy working in a dynamic, inclusive setting, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact.

Key qualifications and experience required for the Senior Consultant: FP&A

• Minimum relevant BCom degree
• Honours / CIMA / other professional qualification (advantageous)
• 3-5 years’ relevant FP&A experience within a multinational commercial organisation
• Industry experience: FMCG/Manufacturing (preferred)
• Proven track record of change implementation and process improvement
• Business partnering experience (essential)

Key duties for the Senior Consultant: FP&A

• Organise and direct key aspects of the financial planning and analysis function to achieve all planning, forecasting, and managerial reporting objectives for the group.
• Develop comprehensive analyses based on metrics to evaluate financial and operational performance for enterprise-wide cross-functional projects and initiatives.
• Establish systems that enforce best practice business planning across the group, ensuring consistency and accuracy in all processes.
• Identify and investigate potential inefficiencies and risks encountered by the business using financial and operational performance metrics.
• Partner with executive management during all forecasting and budgeting exercises, providing valuable insights to support decision-making.
• Analyse financial and operational information to identify trends, interpret data for senior management, and recommend actionable strategies.
• Collaborate in the development and implementation of the annual operating budget and resource plan, aligning resources with organisational goals.
• Review historical and forecasted business segment results, examining major trends within each segment regarding revenue, cost categories, and profitability.
• Coordinate with all levels of management and staff to gather, analyse, summarise, and prepare recommendations regarding financial plans and business planning.
• Manage monthly reports and forecasting for the group including expected outcomes, flash reports, and variance analysis.

Key skills

• Strong business partnering with other divisions i.e. Sales – NB
• Mature, well-balanced and confident personality who is self-driven, highly motivated and energetic
• Operational finance expertise allowing you to provide practical insights into business performance.
• Driven and innovative
• Business acumen & problem solving
• Interpersonal savvy
• Advanced Excel skills and PowerPoint skills
• Ability to effectively partner with business and drive insights
• Ability to work independently as well as proactively partner with business teams.
• Speed and accuracy with figures combined with attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.