Data Analyst - Finance

Reference: CTF023895-CV-1

Love turning data into business decisions? A leading national organisation is looking for a commercially minded Data Analyst to join its finance team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of finance, analytics, business intelligence, and strategic decision-making. We're looking for a naturally curious problem-solver who can take large volumes of financial and operational data and transform them into meaningful insights. The ideal candidate will be equally comfortable working with datasets, dashboards, financial models, and senior stakeholders. If you enjoy finding the story behind the numbers, challenging assumptions, and helping businesses make smarter decisions through data, this could be the opportunity for you. Duties & Responsibilities

Job Description

The successful candidate will be responsible for sourcing, consolidating, validating, and analysing data from multiple systems to support financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and commercial decision-making. You will develop dashboards, reports, predictive models, and analytical tools that provide visibility into business performance and future trends. The role requires strong collaboration with finance and operational teams to deliver accurate, actionable insights that influence strategy and drive business performance.

Skills & Experience

• Develop and maintain financial and operational dashboards and reporting solutions

• Build forecasting, budgeting, and scenario-planning models

• Analyse trends, variances, risks, and opportunities across the business

• Perform complex data reconciliations and ensure data integrity

• Develop revenue, profitability, capacity, and resource utilisation models

• Translate complex data into actionable business insights

• Support process automation and reporting improvements

• Partner with finance and operational stakeholders to support decision-making

• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in Data Analytics, Financial Analysis, FP&A, Business Intelligence, or a similar analytical role

• Advanced Excel skills and strong financial modelling capability

• Strong Power BI experience, including dashboard development and data modelling

• SQL and data extraction experience advantageous

• Experience working with ERP, CRM, and business intelligence systems preferred

• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement skills

Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, Economics, Information Systems or Computer Science

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R 850 000 - R 1 020 000 - Annually