Job Summary
We are seeking a commercially astute and analytically strong Financial Analyst / Financial Modelling Specialist with proven experience in manufacturing finance, investment modelling, and strategic project evaluation.
This role goes beyond building spreadsheets or preparing financial reports. The successful candidate must be able to interpret financial models strategically, extract business intelligence from financial data, and advise leadership on what the numbers mean operationally and commercially.
The ideal candidate should possess strong experience evaluating manufacturing, industrial, agro-processing, pharmaceutical, or infrastructure-related projects and must understand how financial assumptions translate into real business performance, profitability, operational efficiency, funding decisions, and investment outcomes.
The candidate will play a critical role in supporting investment structuring, capital raising, project feasibility analysis, scenario planning, and executive decision-making across multiple sectors.
Core Requirement:
Candidates must have hands-on experience building and interpreting financial models for manufacturing, industrial, agro-processing, pharmaceutical, infrastructure, or investment-related projects.
The ideal candidate must demonstrate the ability to:
Translate financial models into strategic business insights and commercial recommendations
Interpret operational drivers behind model outputs rather than simply preparing spreadsheets
Analyze manufacturing cost structures, production economics, capacity utilization, margins, and capital expenditure implications
Conduct investment and project viability analysis with strong commercial reasoning
Support investor discussions, fundraising decisions, and executive strategy using financial data
Candidates with purely accounting/reporting backgrounds without strong modelling and investment evaluation experience may not be suitable for this role.
Additional Skills:
Manufacturing Finance Analysis
Investment Modelling
CapEx & Operational Cost Analysis
Project Finance Structuring
Commercial Feasibility Analysis
Industrial & Production Economics
Strategic Financial Interpretation
Investor Readiness & Capital Structuring
Educaional Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, or related discipline.
Minimum of 4 years' experience in financial analysis, financial modelling, corporate finance, investment analysis, or strategic finance.
Advanced proficiency in:
Microsoft Excel (Advanced formulas, dashboards, scenario analysis)
Financial modelling
PowerPoint
Financial software tools / ERP systems
Professional certifications (ACA, ACCA, CFA, FMVA, or similar) are an advantage.