Recruitment-room Volunteers
Strategic Analyst
Job Description
Your Purpose…
- To make exercise irresistible
Your Duties and Responsibilities…
- Regular reporting and analysis on various aspects of the business.
- Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting of actual performance vs forecast and vs budget
- Reporting on various sections of the P/L (E.g. Employment, Marketing, Sales costs, IT costs, Property costs, Operational costs & Utilities).
- Reporting on and performing analysis on the business’ membership numbers, including sales, terminations and transfers.
- Reporting using various P/L views in line with local and Group reporting requirements
- Monthly reporting to the Group of SA P/L and membership performances
- Assisting with the maintenance of our 5 year forecasting model and the development of this model.
- Budget preparation and analysis to support strategic direction of the business.
- This includes bottom-up budgeting for various sections of the P/L (E.g. Employment, Marketing, Sales costs, IT costs, Property costs, Operational costs & Utilities) in conjunction with the HODs and Business unit owners, by providing relevant financial information and assisting with calculations and analysis to ensure accurate budgeting and budget adherence.
- Being the finance business partner to various departments by providing the HODs with the relevant financial information to assist with budget preparation, budget adherence and evaluating ad-hoc projects (pre & post).
- Financial appraisals of investment opportunities, including:
- Financial modelling and scenarios analysis;
- Analysis of member and other business information in support of this investment
- Preparing relevant, concise and accurate reports supporting the model for Management.
- Value-adding analysis requested by VA Management. This would include but is not limited to:
- Appraisal of membership contract changes; sales efficiencies and other income generating opportunities;
- Evaluating of operating costs which will include the allocation of employed resources; structure amendments; utility efficiencies; rental costs and any other cost saving opportunities;
- Developing and maintaining Best in Class (BIC) models for the business and implementing these in other areas;
- Performing any other ad-hoc analysis as and when required.
- Identification and analysis of trends and performance in the business.
- Monthly reporting requirements to support decision-making processes above.
- Assisting with and preparing Board Submission files in conjunction with the live forecasts and Budgets.
- Assisting Management with ad-hoc analysis and report preparation.
Our Minimum Requirements…
We can’t live without…
- CA (SA) with 2-4 years post-qualification experience.
- Analytical thinker.
- Accuracy of reporting and attention to detail.
- Ability to drill down into detail while retaining the big picture.
- Excellent MS-Excel abilities.
- Good communication and presentation skills.
- Have initiative and be well-organised.
- Ability to work independently and see tasks through to completion.
- Good writing and reporting skills using MS PowerPoint.
- Commitment to deadlines.
We’d like you to have…
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
We’d love you to have…
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- High Interpersonal skills (EQ)