Executive, Cost Analytics

Job Summary

The Executive, Cost Analytics is responsible for evaluating, monitoring, and analyzing company expenditures and operational costs. This role focuses on identifying cost-saving opportunities, performing variance analysis, and providing actionable financial insights to support strategic decision-making and maximize corporate profitability.

Job Description

• Institutional Cost Analytics: Collect, consolidate, and analyze operational and financial data (e.g., facility management, logistics, human resources, and project-based expenditures) to assess the Directorate's overall spending efficiency.
• Budgetary Control & Variance Monitoring: Conduct monthly variance analysis comparing actual expenditures against approved Directorate budgets. Investigate discrepancies, identify root causes of overruns, and proactively alert senior management.
• Operational Optimization Support: Collaborate closely with the Operations and Management arms of DOFM to evaluate operational bottlenecks, analyze vendor performance, and propose data-backed cost-saving or cost-avoidance initiatives.
• Financial Forecasting & Modeling: Assist in developing the Directorate's annual operating budgets and mid-term financial frameworks. Build predictive models to forecast future operational costs based on changing programmatic needs.
• Compliance & Governance: Review cost-tracking systems to ensure all expenditures align with internal corporate governance policies, external regulatory requirements, and donor/grant allocation rules where applicable.
• Reporting & Visualization: Design and maintain institutional dashboards and cost reports that simplify complex financial metrics for non-finance operational leads and executive directors.

Key Qualification

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Public/Business Administration, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• Experience: 2 to 5 years of experience in cost analysis, public/institutional finance, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), or operations finance.

Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g., advanced formulas, Pivot Tables, Power Query) for complex data manipulation.
• Practical experience using enterprise-grade ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday) and public-sector budgeting modules.
• Proficiency in data visualization platforms such as Power BI or Tableau is highly desirable.

Soft Skills

Superior analytical skills, keen attention to detail, strong ethical judgment, and the ability to effectively communicate financial realities to diverse operational teams.