Senior Financial Analyst – FP&A

Johannesburg, South AfricaFull-timeSeniorOn-sitePosted 9 Nov 2026

Job Overview

West Coast Personnel's client is looking for a commercially focused Senior Financial Analyst in Gauteng (advertised R67,000 per month) to support financial planning, performance analysis and strategic decision-making across the business.

Working closely with operations, sales, logistics and senior management, the analyst provides financial insights that drive profitability, improve cost efficiency and support growth – playing a key role in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and performance reporting while acting as finance business partner to multiple departments.

Key Responsibilities

Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts and support strategic planning and budgeting
Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis
Analyse financial results, prepare management reports, dashboards and variance analysis
Monitor key financial KPIs and performance drivers and recommend profitability improvements
Analyse sales performance and conduct customer and product profitability analysis
Monitor gross margins and pricing effectiveness and support margin optimisation
Analyse logistics, distribution and operational costs, including cost-to-serve by customer and channel
Build financial models and conduct ROI, NPV and breakeven analysis for investment decisions
Partner with business leaders and present financial analysis to senior management

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Management Accounting or related; CIMA qualification or registration advantageous
Minimum 7 years' experience in finance or management accounting
At least 3–5 years in a senior or management-level finance role
Experience in FP&A, financial modelling, budgeting and forecasting with advanced Excel
Experience with ERP systems (SAP or similar)
Data analysis and dashboarding experience (Power BI, Tableau or similar)

Skills & Requirements

FP&AFinancial ModellingBudgeting & ForecastingVariance AnalysisProfitability AnalysisMargin AnalysisCost-to-ServeROI & NPV AnalysisAdvanced ExcelSAPPower BIBusiness PartneringCIMA