Financial Analyst

Job description / Role

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to prepare and manage financial and profitability reporting and act as a lead in the preparation of department and division annual budgets as well as the annual audited financial statements.
• Responsible for comparing and analyzing the company's performance and trends to the company's business plan and budget on a monthly basis.
• Responsible for preparing a monthly financial analysis report including the financial data of each LoB/Department/MU compared with the budget and the historical data and investigate the reasons of any variances through the concept of cost benefit analysis (if any).
• Analyze the Company/LoB/Department/MU financial targets and extract any relevant information.
• Participate in the analysis of any valuation of targeted companies or any proposed merger from financial point of view.
• Participate in the yearly budget process, yearly forecasting and monthly cost of orders analysis, also any credit analysis with our bank.
• Responsible for consolidating the financial results of the group by legal entities, LoBs, Market Units, etc.
• Provide a monthly reporting package for the group and the related detailed analysis per business arm by the end of the first week of the next month.
• Prepare analysis of budget variances and forecast expenditures for departments.
• Prepare monthly reviews to determine if the appropriate percentage of the budget has been expended.
• Prepare managerial financial statements on monthly basis to reflect budgeted vs actual revenues and expenditures, and to compare with prior year revenues and expenditures.
• Maintain the detailed analysis for the shareholder's requirements and requests.
• Make presentations and respond to questions concerning previous and proposed budget detail.

Personal skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including time management skills.
• Strong analytical skills, strong work ethic and detail-oriented.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Risk management experience.
• Ability to create and give presentations to executive management.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent command of English.

Technical skills:

• B.Sc. in Accounting.
• CMA is a plus.
• 3-5 years of experience in a relevant position is preferred.
• Knowledge and understanding of general financial, accounting (GAAP and/or IAS) and business principles.

Education:

• B.Sc. in Accounting.

About the Company

Giza Systems, a leading systems integrator in the MEA region, designs and deploys industry-specific technology solutions for asset-intensive industries such as the telecoms, utilities, oil and gas, hospitality and real estate among other market sectors. We help our clients streamline their operations and businesses through our portfolio of solutions, managed services, and consultancy practice. Our team of 1000 professionals are spread throughout the region with anchor offices in Cairo, Riyadh, Dubai, Doha, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Abuja, Kampala and New Jersey, allowing us to service an ever-increasing client base in over 40 countries.