Job Title: Financial Analyst
Organisation: Human Capital Business Solutions
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Other Locations: Cairo
About Organisation:
Human Capital Business Solutions is a boutique human resources consultancy that specializes in strategic HR consulting, Talent Acquisition & Management and HR Outsourcing services.
On behalf of our client in the FMCG sector, we are looking for a competent and experienced Financial Analyst to be based in Kampala and Cairo (Hybrid)
Job Summary: The Financial Analyst is responsible for identifying financial performance, trends, financial risks and making recommendations. S/he assists with financial planning, budgeting processes, analyzing financial statements, developing financial models, as well as preparing and performing research and analysis as may be required by leadership. The Financial Analyst contributes to the accomplishment of organizational objectives, including profit maximization, correct pricing of goods, Opex optimization, budgeting, and working capital management
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assists in the preparation of annual/quarterly business plan as well as the annual operating plan presentation
- Performs replacement margin reported by business units and selling price adjustments and discusses it with line manager
- Works closely with the team to calculate and discuss savings from planned initiatives for each category, value chain, and value Stream and review it with line manager
- Assists in working capital management for the value stream and reviews with the line manager by optimizing the level of working capital (i.e., Inventories, Receivables)
- Prepares a monthly flash report within 3rd working day and review it with line manager
- Prepares a monthly business performance presentation for each category/value stream and business unit to ensure that selling prices provide the targeted margins
- Prepares a monthly business Opex analysis and ensures that it is reported to management yield/production losses and communicates with operations and manufacturing management
- Reviews the landed-cost-matrix to ensure correct material costs are recorded in the system as well as updates standard costs for inventories
- Prepares annual/quarterly budgets that include volumes, revenue, cost of production, opex, and net contribution by category
- Analyses the price purchase variance (PPV) and price exchange variance (PEV) Standard cost revaluation released in the profit and loss account, as well as evaluates and reviews the capital proposal with the line manager
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and Accounting
- 1-2 Years working experience in a similar role in Food and Beverages Industry is an advantage
- Accounting Professional Certifications, i.e. ACCA, CMA, ICWA, CA, CPA are preferred.
- Understanding of SAP ERP is an added advantage.
- Communication Skills
- Problem-solving Skills
- Analytical Thinking
- Interpersonal Skills
- Result-Oriented
- Negotiation Skills
How to Apply:
Candidates who meet the criteria outlined above should submit their applications, resume and academic documents in pdf format with “HCBSU-FA- FINANCIAL ANALYST” as the Email subject via [email protected].
Deadline: 25th August 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12