Financial and Pricing Analyst – Cape Town

The Financial and Pricing Analyst is responsible for proposal budgeting, cost and pricing analysis and financial analysis. This includes the administration and application of various financial tools and work processes required to run and improve the organisations financial and operational performance. The Financial and Pricing Analyst will also be responsible for providing financial management and administration support to the South Africa projects.

**Key Performance Areas:
Proposal budgeting **

• Provide support to the Business Development, International Operations and Program Teams in the development of proposal budgets
• Coordinate the timely review and internal approval of proposal budgets as it related to the proposal development process
• Maintain a cost and pricing schedule to support the preparation of proposal budgets
• Maintain a proposal budget tool

Product Costing

• Collaborate with the Programs Department and Head Office Finance teams to determine costs drivers of m2m’s business and develop a framework for defining m2m’s products
• Support the Finance Manager and Finance Director in calculating the cost of each of m2m’s products

Provide financial support to the Head Office Departments

• Provide financial accounting, management support and assistance to the senior programme staff and heads of departments, including updating and monitoring of budgets in Adaptive
• Preparation and analysis of monthly Budget vs Actual Reports for head office departments
• LOE management of head office staff including, updating LOE data on budgeting software and review and analysis of budgeted LOE vs Actual LOE charged
• Preparation of Annual Budget for HO Departments
• Ensure timely and accurate submission of financial data, reports, financial narrative and variance analysis when necessary to Heads of departments

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business and/or accounting
• Cost and Management Accounting experience
• 5 years’ experience in a budgeting and financial analysis role
• Sound business and technical acumen

Competencies:

• Focused and versatile team player that is comfortable under pressure
• Ability to communicate at all levels with clarity and precision both written and verbally
• Strong Analytical thinker
• Ability to rationalize work, apply advanced systems to simplify work and negotiate systems improvements, propose solutions to make best use of staff and financial resources
• Experience with Financial Management tools and systems
• Previous experience in a multi-national organization at head office level preferred
• Knowledge of institutional donor requirements; EC, DFID, UN partner agreements, SIDA, USAID, CDC, etc preferred
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work on own and within various teams;
• Ability to manage competing tasks; ability to prioritize and produce high level output consistently
• Ability to implement new initiatives and processes and do so in a collaborative manner

mothers2mothers is an equal opportunity employer. We particularly encourage applications from people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA), people with disabilities, women and previously disadvantaged people.

Competitive salary packages will be negotiable in accordance with m2m’s remuneration policies.