Senior Financial Analyst

Who we are:

GMG is a global well-being company retailing distributing and manufacturing a portfolio of leading international and home-grown brands across sport everyday goods health and beauty properties and logistics sectors. Under the ownership and management of the Baker family for over 45 years GMG is a valued partner of choice for the worlds most successful and respected brands in the well-being sector. Working across the Middle East North Africa and Asia GMG has introduced more than 120 brands across 12 countries. These include notable home-grown brands such as Sun & Sand Sports Dropkick Supercare Pharmacy Farm Fresh Klassic and international brands like Nike Columbia Converse Timberland Vans Mama Sitas and McCain.

Job Summary:

• The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementation of robust processes aligned to both legislative and company requirements and ensuring that the Sports Finance function delivers a timely and accurate reports. Manage all accounting activities include P&L & B/S reviews to support the business by implementing and maintaining a partnership approach with each function.

Accountabilities :

Core Responsibilities:

1. Development experience in financial dashboards in the Power BI & enhancement on existing Dashboards on need basis.
2. Responsible for the Daily Financial and management reporting for Sports Division.
3. Developed monthly Business Review Deck that enables in identifying dark areas and allocating resources accordingly this includes- Sales comments Sales bridges analyzing on Retail KPIs P&L Comments price volume analysis to generate awareness of financial performance of the business with Operations and Business unit leadership team.
4. Commercial analysis on rentals savings for lease renewals/contracts of non-performing stores and financial based conclusion on proposed action plans.
5. Developed Investment appraisal model basis capital budgeting methods such as NPV IRR Payback Period and Capital Intensity ratio helps in business expansion analysis
6. Supporting in Annual Budgeting/Quarterly forecasting and drafted standalone and consolidating model analyzing and validating inputs provided by Business Teams.
7. Preform monthly closing activities analysis this includes: -

• Researching general ledger activity and variances to budget and prior year

• Monitor the cost structure of business unit and its departments.

• Liaising with internal departments including Retails Operations Buying & Planning Marketing Accounting and Payroll.

• Tracking the capex spend vs budget for all major projects and subsequent preparation of capex pack on monthly basis.

• Review of provisions accruals and Credit Notes

Educational Qualifications and Certificates:

• CA/CIMA/ACCA holder (or pursuing) or
• Tertiary qualifications in accounting or finance

Experience :

3 - 5 years experience preferably in retail industry in financial planning and analysis or commercial finance.

Key Skills
Cognos,Forecasting,Hyperion,Financial Concepts,Pivot tables,Accounting,Analysis Skills,Microsoft Excel,Financial Analysis,Financial Modeling,Budgeting,Financial Planning
Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1