FP&A Analyst

Our Company:

At impact.com we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading SaaS platform for businesses to automate their partnerships and grow their revenue like never before. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture where ambition and curiosity is rewarded. If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, and enjoy working with fun and talented people from all over the world, then this is the place for you!

impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. The company’s powerful, purpose-built platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with the brands and communities that customers trust to make purchases, get information, and entertain themselves at home, at work, or on the go. To learn more about how impact.com’s technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal, Fanatics and Levi’s, visit

Your Role at impact.com:

Exciting opportunity for a newly qualified CA(SA) to join the market leader in Partnership Automation as a Financial Analyst.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) is instrumental in helping to drive the decision making for Impact globally and acts as the analytical engine of our finance team to provide insights, high quality reporting and support business decision making. You will be a key functional member of Impact’s financial forecasting, annual budgeting processes, operating plan variance analysis and special projects.

You will be a key functional member of impact.com's financial forecasting, annual budgeting processes, operating plan variance analysis, and special projects.

What you'll do:

Prepares financial and business related analysis and research in such areas as financial and expense performance, cost of sales, cash flow forecasting, and working capital

Prepares consolidated forecasts and budgets and analyzes trends in revenue, expense, capital expenditures and other related areas

Financial instruments accounting

Assist with updating the company’s forecasting model monthly with information from the accounting systems and updating expense and revenue forecasts based on actual business events and timelines

Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance this involves updating the company dashboards and providing analysis

Develop financial models and analysis to support strategic initiatives

Compiles and prepares reports, graphs and charts of data developed

Assists with special financial and business related studies and cooperates with other departments in preparing analyses

Assist with compilation and analysis of consolidated budgets and long range plans

Maintains and coordinates group completion of financial review templates and meetings

Prepare presentations to Board of Directors and Senior Management Team

Ad hoc analyses, as needed

Support functional area leaders in development of their annual Expense and Capital budgets

Provide monthly financial reporting and variance analysis

Ensure budget holders understand their performance vs. budget

Develop comprehensive monthly forecasts, with input from budget holders on all assumptions

Work with budget holders to rebalance their plans, in response to changes in business priorities

Prepare revised Quarterly Budgets for the company as the fiscal year progresses from each quarter to the next

Monthly, prepare company forecasts in collaboration with cross-functional team members and provide explanations for variances from prior expectations

Develop business cases in support of new investment opportunities, and work with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive initiative budgets

Develop, track, and analyze key operational metrics for each functional area

Does this sound like you?

Newly qualified CA(SA) with Big Four audit firm experience (preferred)

Relevant working experience within finance/audit/advisory/investment banking sectors (preferred)

B.Com/B.Sc Degree or relevant financial qualification

Experience preparing management accounts and financial statements

Experience in financial analysis and modeling

Strong understanding of accounting

Problem solver, highly analytical, results oriented, timeliness, attention to detail and accuracy

Ability to work in a fast paced, high energy and high responsibility environment

Excellent communication skills, able to present at board level

Influencing and Negotiation: Ability to influence at all levels, as well as a demonstrated ability to work effectively within a team and be assertive in driving successful management strategies

Relationship Management: Able to build constructive and effective relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners

Communication Skills: Demonstrates strong listening, written and oral communication skill

Nice to have: Affiliate & Partnerships Industry Fundamentals Certification by PXA

Benefits:

Hybrid, Casual work environment

Responsible PTO policy

Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both

Primary caregiver leave

Training & Development

Learning the advanced partnership automation products

Medical Aid and Provident Fund

Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid

Group scheme for provident fund

Restricted Stock Units

3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval

Internet Allowance

Fitness club fee reimbursements

Technology stipend

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.

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