Job Title: Junior Financial Data Analyst
Organisation: SolarNow
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
SolarNow is an asset financing company that sells high quality solar
product and appliances to households and businesses in Uganda. The company
started in 2011 and has since opened 46 branches throughout Uganda, employs
around 600 people.
product and appliances to households and businesses in Uganda. The company
started in 2011 and has since opened 46 branches throughout Uganda, employs
around 600 people.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform
financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking. - Keenly
analyze financial data – and create financial models for decision support - Reporting
on financial performance and preparation for regular leadership reviews - Analyze
past results, perform variance analysis; identify trends, and make
recommendations for improvements - Work
closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting
and decision support - Evaluate
financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans
and forecasts - Guide
cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and
procedures - Provide
analysis of trends and forecasts and recommending actions for optimization - Recommend
actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative
analyses; study proposed changes in methods and materials - Identifying
and driving process improvements, including creation of standard and
ad-hoc reports, tools and Excel dashboards - Increases
productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools - Market
research, data mining, business intelligence, and valuation comps
Key Result Areas:
- Grow financial performance through
analysis of financial results, forecasts, variances, and trends. - Create recommendations to be presented to
management and executives - Develop financial models to support
valuation, planning, and forecasting - Aid in the capital budgeting and
expenditure planning processes - Reconcile existing transactions through
cross-referencing of incoming and outgoing data - Conduct comparables analysis and market
research to support internal financial analysis - Responsible for maintaining up-to-date
technical knowledge on financial instruments, market conditions and trends
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The applicant must hold a BA, BS or B.Com
degree required (Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics). MBAs
are preferred - Strong analytical and data gathering
skills - Good business acumen
- Three years of business finance or other
relevant experience - Three to five years of business finance or
other relevant experience - Finance, Accounting, Economics or
Statistics are preferred fields - Proven work experience in a
quantitatively-heavy role - CFA, CMA, CPA or like designations
preferred - High proficiency with financial modeling
and techniques - Strong fluency with Excel formulas and
functions - Strong
financial analysis foundation creating forecasts and models - Proficiency
with Microsoft Excel is required; familiarity with data query/data
management tools extremely helpful (Access, SQL, Business Objects) - Strong quantitative and analytical
competency - Self-starter with excellent interpersonal
communication and problem-solving skills - Advanced knowledge of Excel
- Personality and interpersonal skills
- Self-starter with the ability to
streamline functions and passion to learn and grow - Strong interpersonal skills, including
written and oral communication skills - Comfort dealing with ambiguity and ability
to work independently - Experience working with and presenting to
senior executives - Must possess excellent communication and
presentation skills, and be comfortable interacting with executive-level
management - Strong financial modeling experience
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send
their motivation letters and updated CVs to: [email protected]
their motivation letters and updated CVs to: [email protected]
Deadline: 20th December 2017
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