Strategic Finance Analyst at Population Services International (PSI)

As the Strategic Finance Analyst, you will work closely with senior leadership, business unit and department leaders supporting the development of annual operating plans (AOP), long range plans (LRP), periodic forecast updates, investment analysis and maintaining company KPI’s.

Primary Functions/Goals:

• You will be responsible for the financial and analytical aspects of key business decisions, go-to-market strategies, resource allocation, partnership, and investment decisions.
• You will help drive the annual planning process, working closely with business partners to translate top-down targets into accountable budgets and complete analysis, modelling, and research to support preliminary and adjusted forecast cycles.
• Perform valuation analysis using various valuation techniques (DCF, NPV, Real Options, etc.) on the overall long term business plan, as well as any incremental investment opportunities and business segments as part of the company’s long term investment strategy by developing pro-forma financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow statements)
• Participate in all parts of the acquisition, investment, and strategy lifecycle, including transaction origination, market research, due diligence, transaction structuring, and financial analysis.
• Develop frameworks to analyze business problems using qualitative and quantitative approaches, working on financial benchmarking and business modeling to provide fact-based rationale for Viya’s strategic choices across organic and inorganic upside opportunities.
• Your work will also involve conducting extensive due diligence work, which may include collecting historical information, developing and executing a comprehensive work plan, reviewing contracts and policies, gathering and analyzing data, identifying risks, conducting competitor analysis, financial analysis, and valuation.
• Develop and maintain forecast models including bottoms up, data driven models to understand segmentation, pricing optimization, sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis and financial impact analysis through advanced simulation methods.
• Develop and standardize financial analysis models and templates that can be utilized across the company and financial organization by employing best-in-class financial modelling techniques.
• Effectively influence finance and non-finance stakeholders by providing the essence of what is important regarding key issues through clear explanation of complex financial issues and respective consequences.
• Perform all activities in accordance with the Company’s Mission, Vision and Values, and in compliance with the Company’s policies, procedures and Code of Ethical Business Conduct.
• This is also not an exhaustive list of all tasks that an incumbent is expected to perform but is instead a summary of the primary responsibilities and requirements of the job. The incumbent may be asked to perform duties not included above. Viya Health reserves the right to revise job profiles at any time based on changes to the required job responsibilities.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, with a focus on Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Accounting or another quantitative field is required.
• A postgraduate degree in a related field e.g. MBA, Economics or Accounting would be advantageous.
• 5+ years of work experience, preferably in analytical finance roles in fields such as Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Equity Research, Private Equity, Equity Strategic Consulting.