Job Description

The learnership is an opportunity to gain work experience and to satisfy requirements to complete a Business Administration NQF 3 qualification. Successful candidates will be employed on a 12 month fixed term contract


This learnership is registered with the Services Seta. The learnership has a blended learning approach which includes 2 days a month of remote facilitation i.e. via Google Meets with a commitment to self study while the learner works in our organization in order to gain work experience to satisfy requirements for a qualification.

Responsible for supporting our Washrooms / Pest and Ambius businesses. Reports to the Finance Business Partner.

KEY WORK OUTPUTS & ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Financial reporting


Delivery of accurate and timely management information:

Daily and weekly reporting of operational and sales information. Monthly reporting of key accounting, sales and operational performance along with regular performance reviews with operational management. Ad-hoc analysis and reporting as requested by senior management. To provide commentary and investigate changes in management information to add value to reports and aid understanding of changing business performance. To respond to queries with data accuracy and follow up with investigations of data sources where required. To change and adapt management information as required to meet business needs. To provide Budgeting, Forecasting and Planning support to the Finance Director and the management accountant. To provide assistance and support to the Management Accountants to ensure the accuracy of accounting information. To actively support the Finance Team in the successful delivery of key business initiatives and projects. Assist in commission calculations

Analysis

Maintain open and good relations with the operations director / Sales Director / Area Commercial Financial Controller and the branch managers. Support their understanding of key financial processes and measures, and their role in providing timely and good quality information to support business processes. Challenge and develop their understanding of commercial performance measures and suggest ways to improve. Provide assistance and support to their reporting and data needs to manage their business. Understand challenges, customer and business performance issues that are specific to individual areas. Provide explanation and understanding of Budget targets to branch managers, and collate feedback to Finance of key issues.

Price and Margin Analysis

Help the business understand pricing and margins and advise on ways of maximising potential Accurate reporting of Margin Analysis for month-end reporting Assist in the completion of management presentations to explain month-end performance in relation to pricing and margin and attend monthly business review Discount analysis and margin reporting for use in commission schemes Maintaining business models for profitability Maintaining Price List for all businesses

Requirements

SKILLS and COMPETENCIES

Strong excel skills Accuracy and attention to detail Able to work in a fast-paced environment Effective time management skills Drive and motivation Some database knowledge Qlik, Big Query, Data Studio would be beneficial but not essential

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

Matric certificate Finance Degree will be advantageous Post Matric Qualification in Finance Above average communication skills (written/verbal/non-verbal) Numerical acumen Computer literate Business acumen Strong knowledge of Microsoft office (especially Microsoft Excel) and Google suite * Ability to work in a hybrid environment