One of the country’s leading fruit exporters, recruits for a Financial Analyst to join their talented team of experts. This opportunity will suit a dynamic, curious professional who is looking for a challenging and rewarding career within a global environment.
Reporting to the Director: Finance & Business Development, this position will work closely with the Exco team, delivering feasibility studies and financial modelling of investments and projects.
Minimum knowledge and experience required to perform this job competently:
Education and Experience:
✓ Qualifications in Accounting or Investment Finance (Ideally CFA, CIMA or CA)
✓ Minimum of 5 years financial modelling experience, ideally in the fruit production and associated agricultural processing (and value-add) industries. Alternatively in Agri private equity, management consulting or equivalent.
✓ Advanced and exceptional Excel proficiency and digital literacy
Key Results Areas are:
• Building and maintaining financial models based on historic data & known industry standards & benchmarks, while interacting with the various stakeholders of the project/business/newco
• Analysis for feasibility consideration of investment decisions (including acquisitions), credit funding, deal making, etc. that includes sensitivity checks, payback analysis, etc.
• Compile and update company valuations
• Assessment of new production development costs paybacks
• Preparing investment proposals to the Board of Directors/Exco
• Assisting in execution of approved projects
• Assist Senior Management & other business partners as internal lead for various legal entities by preparing presentation materials, coordinating meetings and managing agendas
• Oversee due diligence sessions for transactions
• Other ad hoc financial tasks requested by the SA Exco Team
Essential attributes for success in this role:
• Demonstrable quantitative and presentation skills
• A passion for new ventures and investments, with a strong commercial focus
• Excellent company- and private equity valuation skills.
•Ability to apply skills creatively to diverse investment opportunities
• Exceptional numeric reasoning confidence
• Leadership
• Accountability
• Teamwork
Other competencies they will interview for:
Attention to detail with exceptional numerical reasoning & problem-solving skills Confidence, resilience and self-motivation Time management and efficiency under pressure
Email CV in WORD format: cvs@agricruitment.co.za
Please consider your application as unsuccessful if you have not been contacted within 2 weeks.
POPIA: by applying for the position, the applicant gives permission to the company to scrutinise and process personal information shared.