Financial Analyst

Provide financial planning, analysis, reporting and modelling support. The role will support the management reporting, preparation of budgets, forecasts, , financial models, service costing, variance analysis and business cases, ensuring accurate and timely financial information is available for management decision-making. The position will work closely with Finance, Commercial, Operations, and Shared Services to collect, validate and analyse financial and operational information. The role is primarily an analytical and execution-focused finance role, supporting Business Partnering who owns the overall business partnering, commercial finance and senior stakeholder engagement agenda. Management Reporting & MIS • Prepare monthly management reporting and financial analysis. • Maintain revenue, cost and profitability schedules. • Prepare monthly variance analysis and supporting commentary. • Track key operational and financial KPIs. • Develop reporting by service/product group. • Link operational metrics such as services, kilometres, tonnes and ton-kilometres to financial performance. • Ensure reporting data is complete, accurate and reconciled to the underlying financial information. • Maintain recurring MIS templates and improve reporting efficiency. Budgeting & Forecasting • Support the annual ERF budgeting and forecasting process. • Collect and consolidate departmental budget inputs. • Maintain detailed budget working files and financial models. • Prepare budget versus actual and forecast versus actual analysis. • Update monthly forecasts based on latest operational and commercial assumptions. • Maintain the ERF 5-year financial plan and supporting schedules. • Track changes in volumes, train paths, manpower, fleet, fuel, maintenance, terminal and other operating assumptions. • Follow up with departments for outstanding budget and forecast inputs. Financial Modelling & Analysis • Develop and maintain Excel-based financial models. • Support financial modelling for new services, commercial proposals and operational changes. • Prepare scenario and sensitivity analysis. • Analyse revenue, direct costs, contribution margin and operating costs. • Maintain costing models for different services and routes. • Support investment and business-case analysis. • Ensure models are structured, transparent and easy to update. Commercial Finance Support • Support the Finance Business Partner with pricing and commercial analysis. • Prepare service-level cost calculations and profitability analysis. • Analyse customer, product, route and service profitability. • Prepare financial schedules and supporting analysis for commercial proposals. • Maintain pricing and costing databases/models. Cost & Variance Analysis • Monitor actual costs against budget and forecast. • Analyse key cost drivers including: • Fuel • Fleet maintenance • Terminal costs • Trucking • Manpower • Utilities • Shared services • Other operating costs • Investigate material variances and identify underlying drivers. • Support monthly accrual-to-actual analysis. • Track recurring and one-off cost movements. • Assist with cost allocation and cost-centre analysis. Data & Financial Information • Extract and consolidate financial and operational data from relevant systems and reports. • Perform data validation and reconciliation. • Maintain financial databases and supporting schedules. • Improve the quality and consistency of financial data used for reporting and planning. • Develop automated Excel reporting where practical. • Support the migration of recurring Excel reporting into Power BI or other BI platforms. Business Case & Decision Support • Prepare financial schedules for business cases under the direction of the Finance Business Partner. • Calculate revenue, cost, margin, cash flow, ROI, IRR and payback where applicable. • Perform sensitivity analysis on key assumptions. • Maintain supporting documentation and assumptions. • Provide clear analytical outputs for management presentations and decision papers. Intercompany & Shared Services Support • Support analysis of intercompany charges and recharges. • Maintain supporting calculations for shared-service and corporate allocations. • Coordinate with SSC to obtain actuals, accruals, invoicing and collection information. • Reconcile financial information between operational, commercial and accounting records. • Track outstanding financial information and follow up with relevant stakeholders. Process Improvement • Identify opportunities to automate recurring finance processes. • Improve Excel models, reporting templates and data structures. • Standardise recurring financial analysis and reporting. • Reduce manual reporting and duplication of work. • Support development of Power BI dashboards and automated management reporting. • Maintain appropriate documentation for key models and processes. Key Deliverables • Monthly MIS and variance analysis • Budget and forecast working files • 5-year financial plan support • Revenue and cost analysis • Service costing models • Pricing analysis • Profitability analysis • Business-case financial models • CAPEX/OPEX analysis • Operational KPI reporting • Intercompany/recharge calculations • Management reporting schedules • Power BI / reporting development support Key Interfaces • Finance Manager • Holding Finance • ERF CEO and management team • Commercial • Operations • Shared Services • Other corporate functions Academic Qualifications: • Finance or Accounting, are preferred fields • Bachelor degree/ Master grade level Professional Qualifications: - Experience: • 5+ years of business finance or other relevant experience • Strong quantitative and analytical competency Other Skills: • Sound knowledge and experience of SAP FI – CO. • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel • Excellent English language skills, verbal & written. • Knowledge of IFRS Show more Show less

5+ years of business finance or other relevant experience. Finance or Accounting degree preferred (Bachelor degree/Master). Strong quantitative and analytical competency. Knowledge of IFRS. Sound knowledge and experience of SAP FI–CO. Excellent English language skills (verbal & written).

Management Reporting & MIS: Prepare monthly management reporting and financial analysis; maintain revenue, cost and profitability schedules; prepare monthly variance analysis and commentary; track KPIs; develop reporting by service/product group; link operational metrics to financial performance; ensure data accuracy and reconciliation; maintain MIS templates and improve reporting efficiency. Budgeting & Forecasting: Support annual budgeting and forecasting; collect and consolidate departmental inputs; maintain budget files and models; prepare budget vs actual and forecast vs actual analyses; update monthly forecasts; maintain 5-year financial plan; track operating assumptions; follow up for inputs. Financial Modelling & Analysis: Develop and maintain Excel-based financial models; support modelling for new services and proposals; prepare scenario and sensitivity analyses; analyse revenue, costs and margins; maintain costing models; support investment and business-case analysis; ensure models are structured and up-to-date. Commercial Finance Support: Assist with pricing and commercial analysis; prepare service-level costings and profitability analyses; analyze customer/product/route profitability; prepare schedules for commercial proposals; maintain pricing and costing databases/models. Cost & Variance Analysis: Monitor actuals vs budget/forecast; analyse key cost drivers (fuel, fleet, maintenance, terminals, manpower, utilities, shared services, other); investigate variances; support monthly accrual-to-actual; track recurring and one-off movements; assist with cost allocation and cost-centre analysis. Data & Financial Information: Extract and consolidate data; perform data validation and reconciliation; maintain databases and schedules; improve data quality for reporting and planning; develop automated Excel reporting; support migration to Power BI or other BI platforms. Business Case & Decision Support: Prepare financial schedules for business cases; calculate revenue, cost, margin, cash flow, ROI, IRR and payback; perform sensitivity analysis; maintain documentation; provide analytical outputs for management presentations. Intercompany & Shared Services Support: Analyze intercompany charges; maintain shared-service allocations; coordinate with SSC for actuals, accruals, invoicing and collection; reconcile information; track outstanding data. Process Improvement: Identify automation opportunities; improve Excel models and reporting templates; standardize recurring analyses; reduce manual reporting; support Power BI dashboards; maintain documentation for models and processes.