Analyst: Cash Forecasting & Planning – Graduate

An online payments platform is looking for Cash Forecasting & Planning Analyst to create realistic cash demand forecasts and replenishment plans to enable optimal cash activities for delivery against specified service requirements, costs, and risk levels. The job is ultimately accountable for optimal planning of the company’s overall Cash inventory, movement, and handling costs at acceptable service and residual risk levels.  

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:  

Cash Supply Chain Monitoring and Analysis: 

• Assist with the planning and management of cash holding levels and inventory 
• Develop and maintain supply and demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation to support the cash planning team 
• Analyse and estimate funding requirements, averages, and maximum holdings 
• Analysis of peak and off-peak cash requirements and forecasting of future cash needs  
• Analysis of centre level cash holdings by denomination to reduce overall cash inventory
• Monitoring and managing overnight risk limits and values 

Management Reporting 

• Preparation and interpretation of daily, weekly, and monthly MIS and reporting for management and operational requirements 
• Providing support with ad-hoc data analysis and requests 
• Prepare MIS for management, operational team, and cash planning functions (trend analysis, decision making, recommendations) 
• Identification and interpretation of trends in cash utilisation and ATM activity both on a national and regional level 
• Maintain live transactional ATM list 

Cost Management and Control 

• Support ATM channel in achieving financial targets 
• Design and establish new methods to improve operations and minimise costs 
• Monitor the execution of monthly CIT plan to ensure adherence to operational and budgetary requirements 
• Assist with scenario planning to optimise profitability 
• Medium and long-term analysis of cash demand, utilisation, and CIT activities 
• Determine optimal funding sourcing options to reduce wholesale CIT activity and running cash inventory at a minimum 
• Weekly and monthly verification of CIT activities (retail and wholesale), ensuring that the monthly plan is adhered to 
• Confirmation of services rendered 
• Provide input into annual budgeting process and ongoing reporting and tracking of actual performance to budgeted performance 

Key performance measures 

• Accuracy and quality of reporting and analysis 
• Timeous completion of tasks and adherence to deadlines 
• Cost management and control 
• Reduction in overall cost of cash (funding, cash holding and transportation costs) 
• Interpretation of ATM performance metrics 
• Effective collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders  

Formal Skills and Knowledge: 

• Contribute to team agreements  
• Knowledge of laid down company procedures and processes 
• Knowledge of systems used in within the company 
• Knowledge of the company solutions available to clients 

Internal and external relationships 

• ATM Operations 
• Operational Finance 
• ATM Installations 
• Key Accounts Managers- ATMs 
• IT 
• Product Owner – ATMs  

REQUIREMENTS  

• Matric (Grade 12) 
• Tertiary qualification in finance/data analysis 
• Experience in resolving customer queries 
• 1+ years’ experience in Cash and ATMs 
• Experience in cash planning and recon 
• Clear criminal and credit record 
• Contactable via own mobile phone  
• Valid driver’s license 
• Experienced in MS Office suite – advanced level Excel 
• Business & Financial Acumen: Understands event financials, analysis, and performance metrics 
• Process Discipline: Understands process as critical to ease of execution, client satisfaction, and innovation. Is conscious of the processes; holds team accountable to process; reports process conflicts and/or issues; is accountable for the results of their actions (good or bad); take ownership to show others that they can trust you to do the right thing 
• Risk Management: Thorough at identifying potential risks or risk analysis for probability of occurrence; working knowledge at risk elimination or reduction strategies to monitor risks and expert with risk management strategies 
• Critical Thinking & Sound judgement: Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. Knows when to ask for help or clarify assumptions. Identifies and implements solutions to problems 
• Communication Skills: Listens, speaks, and writes clearly and consistently for maximum impact. Ability to influence and diplomatically advocate a point of view with both internal and external customers when situation requires a strong voice. Ability to say no when appropriate 
• Learning Agility: Seeks out experiences that may change perspective or provide an opportunity to learn new things; enjoys experimentation, being curious and effectively dealing with the discomfort of change; pursues, responds to, and uses feedback; views failures and mistakes as an opportunity to learn; focuses on what is possible, removes barriers; is persistent, focused, patient, and respectful even during stressful situations 
• Digitally Savvy: Uses information in various digital formats effectively and efficiently to perform job tasks; evaluate the quality, relevance, usefulness, validity, and applicability of digital information; interpret, analyse, summarize, compare digital information. Must have solid MS Office Suite experience – Word, Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint  
• Negotiation: Good negotiation skills that lead to each side sensing some satisfaction and feeling of a “win” situation 

Personal Attributes: 

• Meeting customers’ needs: I make every effort to understand and fulfil the needs of my internal and external customers 
•  Accepting development opportunities: I accept responsibility for my own development so that I can reach my full potential; and I jointly determine appropriate developmental activities with my manager 
•  Inspiring others to develop I instil in others a curiosity for new knowledge experiences, and challenges, and help team members to create development opportunities for the achievement of their full potential 
• Anticipating changes: I anticipate changes in work tasks, situations, and the environment, and actively use new situations as opportunities to achieve results 
• Considering impact: When attempting to improve my work outputs, I consider the people and systems that will be impacted by my actions 
• Working interdependently: My best results are achieved when working with or through my team and, where applicable, several diverse teams across the group 
• Valuing teams: I value the talents of others, demonstrate commitment to my team, share important or relevant information, and contribute to the achievement of our goals 
• Having the confidence to achieve ambitious goals: I strive for the achievement of ambitious goals, as an individual and within teams. I ensure that my actions and decisions demonstrate a commercial mindset 
• Celebrating success: I celebrate success but guard against complacency, do not undermine or discredit others, or become arrogant 
• Building relationships: I actively build trusting and productive relationships with people at work, regardless of their cultural backgrounds, backgrounds, or viewpoints