Finance Analyst

About Us

THE ROLE

The Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist reports directly to the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager; supports the preparation of financial models, company budgets and management reports; performs quantitative and qualitative analysis of all operational and financial aspects of a company to evaluate the company’s progress toward achieving its goals and to map out future goals and plans.

Financial Planning

• Works closely with the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager in formulating the business’s medium and long term financial and strategic plan.
• Supports in examining and evaluating the cost-efficiency of each operating company and departments within the departments of the parent company, taking into consideration the percentage consumed from the financial resources.
• Develops professional relations with key leaders of businesses to facilitate information sharing and collaborate with them to analyze different projects to develop goals, measure performance and make recommendations.
• Communicates results to management and provides recommendations/improvements that will lead to company improvements such as but not limited to cost reduction, revenue generation and streamlining operations.
  
  

• Creates, updates, and maintains financial models for on-going and prospective investments and business.
• Performs scenario and what-if analysis on corporate and project financial models to assist in determining optimal actions the company should take.
• Utilizes tools to deliver meaningful insights into business performance.
  
  

• Collaborates with individual departments to prepare budgets and consolidate them into one overall corporate budget.
• Compares historical results against budgets and forecasts and performing variance analysis to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward.
• Supports the annual budgeting process across the company. The activities include but not limited to coordinating the preparation of five (5) year plan, annual budgets, quarterly and monthly forecast reporting.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in accountancy, finance, economics, or business management courses with specialization in finance is preferred.
• With at least three (3) years of experience in relevant field (e.g., financial modelling, valuations, financial planning, budgeting).
• Experience in the relevant industry (i.e., oil and gas) is a plus.
• Has obtained or is in the process of obtaining relevant certifications such as: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Advanced Financial Modeler (AFM) or Chartered Financial Modeler (CFM).
• Project management experience (e.g., managing timeline, team/resources, quality, costs, risks, stakeholders).
• Advanced financial modelling, valuations, and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and presentations skills, including ability to communicate succinctly complex topics to top management and preparation of concise PowerPoint deck for management use
• Advanced in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint