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Job Purpose

The Financial Analyst is responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and reporting company costs to support cost control, profitability improvement, and management decision-making. The role focuses on reviewing cost movements, identifying variances, validating cost assumptions, and providing practical recommendations to improve financial performance.

Key Responsibilities

1. Cost Monitoring and Analysis

• Monitor actual costs against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Analyze cost variances and explain key reasons for increases or unusual movements.
• Review cost trends by department, product, project, channel, customer, or business unit.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and areas requiring management attention.

2. Gross Margin and Profitability Analysis

• Analyze gross profit and margin movements.
• Review cost of goods sold, purchase price variances, logistics costs, production costs, and other direct costs.
• Support profitability analysis by product, customer, channel, or business segment.
• Highlight margin pressure areas and recommend corrective actions.

3. Inventory and Costing Review

• Review inventory costing, stock movements, consumption, damages, wastage, slow-moving, and expired items.
• Support physical inventory counts and analyze stock count variances.
• Coordinate with Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Accounting to resolve inventory or costing discrepancies.
• Ensure inventory and cost transactions are properly recorded and classified.

4. Budgeting and Forecasting Support

• Support the preparation of cost budgets and forecasts.
• Work with department heads to validate cost assumptions and spending plans.
• Track actual spending against approved budgets and highlight overspending.
• Provide cost inputs for revised forecasts and business planning.

5. Expense and Supplier Spending Review

• Review major expense categories and supplier spending trends.
• Analyze purchase orders, invoices, contracts, and business justifications where required.
• Identify unusual spending, duplicate costs, incorrect classifications, or possible PO splitting.
• Ensure spending is aligned with approved budgets, policies, and Delegation of Authority.

6. Reporting and Dashboards

• Prepare regular cost analysis reports for management.
• Maintain cost trackers, financial models, and reporting templates.
• Support the development of dashboards for cost, margin, inventory, and expense monitoring.
• Present analysis in a clear and practical format for management review.

7. Controls and Process Improvement

• Support the improvement of cost control processes and reporting accuracy.
• Ensure cost-related activities are supported by proper documentation and approvals.
• Follow up on cost control issues with relevant departments.
• Recommend process improvements to strengthen cost visibility and accountability.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Cost Accounting, or related field.
• Professional certification such as CMA, ACCA, CPA, or similar is an advantage.
• 2–5 years of experience in cost control, cost accounting, FP&A, inventory accounting, or financial analysis.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of cost accounting, budgeting, and financial analysis.
• Good knowledge of inventory, procurement, supply chain, and expense control processes.
• Strong Excel skills; Power BI or similar reporting tools are an advantage.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Odoo, or similar.
• Ability to analyze data and explain cost drivers clearly.
• Good communication and coordination skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong follow-up and problem-solving skills.

Key Performance Indicators

• Timely preparation of cost control and variance reports.
• Accuracy of cost analysis and margin explanations.
• Effective monitoring of budget versus actual spending.
• Timely identification of unusual cost movements and overspending.
• Quality of support provided to management and business units.
• Improvement in cost visibility, reporting accuracy, and cost control discipline.