Job Purpose

The Financial Analyst will be responsible for consolidating and analyzing financial data, taking into account the group’s goals and financial standing. Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance. Assembling and summarizing data to structure sophisticated reports on financial status and risk. Ensures robust financial planning, accurate reporting, and insightful analysis to support executive decision-making.Internship program promotion

Summary of Key Responsibilities;

• Consolidate and analyze financial data (budgets, income statement forecasts etc.) taking into account the company’s goals and financial standing.
• Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance
• Analyse the company’s products costs, prices and margins to ensure accuracy and alert adverse variations
• Analyse company operating expenses ensuring there is budget control, they are reported in correct lines and alerts adverse variations accounts, providing early warning of potential developments
• Hold OPEX meetings with relevant parties to obtain explanations on variations
• Perform volumes analysis and obtain explanations on the variations
• Prepare and review regulatory reports on company statistics, i,e, volumes,
• Review customer data base and ensure its integrity.
• Review profit centre and cost centre data base and ensure its integrity
• Perform regular checks on amendments made to data base to ensure that they are approved
• Analyse and propose appropriate provisions. accruals and adjustments to results
• Track and monitor the provisions and accruals to ensure they are matched and reversed accordingly
• Preparation and review of JV shared costs and
• Ensure claims and contributions are made timely and accounted for appropriately
• Maintaining Customer database and Customer update forms.
• Assemble and summarize data to structure sophisticated reports on financial status and risks
• Develop financial models, conduct benchmarking and process analysis
• Conduct business studies on past, future and comparative performance and develop forecast models
• Analyze company operating expenses ensuring that they are reported incorrect lines and alert adverse variations accounts, providing early warning of potential developments
• Preparation of Flash results to track business performance
• Preparation of Dashboard report
• Budget process- Monitoring and controlling
• Compiling the budget and the strategic plans for the company
• Developing and maintaining tools, KPIs, highlighting areas of improvement and ensure early warning for Under-performance
• Coordinate the budget monitoring meetings, follow up action points to ensure corrective actions are taken.
• Raising and Maintaining Fixed Asset Register
• Compile data and prepare schedules for the Budget and Long Term Plan
• Perform technical review/approval on all Purchase Requisitions

Required Skills and Competencies

• Strong negotiation, verbal and written communication
• Strong and effective interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Self-driven and self-starter
• Very good computer skills specifically excel
• Should be objective and take initiative
• Ability to maintain quality and safety standards at all times

Primary Areas of Accountability:

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Accountancy, or Full CA Zambia, ACCA, CIMA
• Must have a minimum of 5+ proven working experience as a Financial Analyst
• Working experience as a Financial Planning Analyst in the OMC or telecoms sectors will be a plus
• Sound knowledge of IFRS and Taxation rules
• Very good knowledge of finance and managerial accounting
• Must abide by strict confidentiality and non-disclosure requirements
• Proven knowledge of financial forecasting and diagnosis, corporate finance and information analysis
• SAP system experience will be a plus
• Must be conversant with the current financial subjects, accounting, tax laws, money market and business environments
• Must be a member of ZICA
• QUALIFIED & EXPERIENCED FEMALES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION

• Consolidate and analyze financial data (budgets, income statement forecasts etc.) taking into account the company’s goals and financial standing.
• Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance
• Analyse the company’s products costs, prices and margins to ensure accuracy and alert adverse variations
• Analyse company operating expenses ensuring there is budget control, they are reported in correct lines and alerts adverse variations accounts, providing early warning of potential developments
• Hold OPEX meetings with relevant parties to obtain explanations on variations
• Perform volumes analysis and obtain explanations on the variations
• Prepare and review regulatory reports on company statistics, i,e, volumes,
• Review customer data base and ensure its integrity.
• Review profit centre and cost centre data base and ensure its integrity
• Perform regular checks on amendments made to data base to ensure that they are approved
• Analyse and propose appropriate provisions. accruals and adjustments to results
• Track and monitor the provisions and accruals to ensure they are matched and reversed accordingly
• Preparation and review of JV shared costs and
• Ensure claims and contributions are made timely and accounted for appropriately
• Maintaining Customer database and Customer update forms.
• Assemble and summarize data to structure sophisticated reports on financial status and risks
• Develop financial models, conduct benchmarking and process analysis
• Conduct business studies on past, future and comparative performance and develop forecast models
• Analyze company operating expenses ensuring that they are reported incorrect lines and alert adverse variations accounts, providing early warning of potential developments
• Preparation of Flash results to track business performance
• Preparation of Dashboard report
• Budget process- Monitoring and controlling
• Compiling the budget and the strategic plans for the company
• Developing and maintaining tools, KPIs, highlighting areas of improvement and ensure early warning for Under-performance
• Coordinate the budget monitoring meetings, follow up action points to ensure corrective actions are taken.
• Raising and Maintaining Fixed Asset Register
• Compile data and prepare schedules for the Budget and Long Term Plan
• Perform technical review/approval on all Purchase Requisitions

• Strong negotiation, verbal and written communication
• Strong and effective interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Self-driven and self-starter
• Very good computer skills specifically excel
• Should be objective and take initiative
• Ability to maintain quality and safety standards at all times
• Sound knowledge of IFRS and Taxation rules
• Very good knowledge of finance and managerial accounting
• Proven knowledge of financial forecasting and diagnosis, corporate finance and information analysis
• SAP system experience will be a plus

• Degree in Accountancy, or Full CA Zambia, ACCA, CIMA
• Must be a member of ZICA