Faith Mmbi

A results-driven Financial Analyst with extensive experience managing major capital projects in supply chain, mining, IT, and metals sectors. Adept at driving project performance and operational efficiency through robust financial analysis, budget management, and change management. A highly skilled communicator with the ability to engage stakeholders and provide data-driven insights. Possesses a solid understanding of internal controls and a strong command of Power BI and SAP. Known for consistently meeting deadlines and delivering impactful reports that support strategic decision-making and performance optimization.

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Senior project control analyst – Fortna (Feb 2024 – Present)
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Lead and control large-scale capital projects, ensuring 100% contractual compliance and delivering performance analysis to senior stakeholders.
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Negotiate equipment orders and supplier contracts, managing project costs and aligning with the budget and capital plans.
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Provide market intelligence and support project managers with the development of cost models and supply strategies.
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Manage project financial elements, including depreciation and amortization, and collaborate with clients on commercial reviews.
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Foster best practices and manage a team of four to achieve timely deliverables and maintain strong employee and customer relations.
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Review the capital allocation to the business, identifying potential savings, business risks and improvement opportunities as per agreed budget and capital plan
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Conduct site visits.
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Ensuring 100% contractual compliance
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Management of project financial elements specific to capital outlay, acquiring new assets, depreciation guidelines as well as amortization.
• Ensure that all enquiries are dealt with speedily and effectively regarding capital project finances
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Advise Departmental heads accordingly when the need arise.
• Managing a team of four.
• Fostering best practice processes and sharing within the team.
• Maintain good employee and customer relations
2. Process specialist: Project finance – Infosys BPM (Oct 2022 – Feb 2024)
• costing analysis and investigations / reconciliations
• Manage cost allocations.
• Assisting Engineering Managers with the budget preparation and budget
management.
• Monitoring spending and financial controls to ensure that spending is kept
within approved budget parameters
• Proactively manage & control costs to be aligned with budget and revised plan.
• Compilation of budgets and monthly budgets report as per WBS.
• Cashflow compilation, monitoring and monthly reporting.
• Detailed analysis of variances and root cause of analysis with potential
solutions.
• Consolidation of information for management reporting.
• Creating and managing the schedule on MS Projects.
• Keeping track of project changes and managing change register.
• Attend to audit requests and liaise between the auditors and the department.
• Processing of invoices to clients.
• Supporting Project Managers with the financial management and reporting for
their projects
• Updating contracts according to client requirements.
3. Cost Engineer - Hatch Africa (Pty) Ltd (Feb 2019 – Oct 2022)
• Create and maintain projects on SAP from FEL1 to FEL 4.
• Performance analysis and insights based on monitoring of performance against
forecasts and physical progress related metrics throughout projects.
• Manage and prepare monthly and quarterly capital performance reporting
together with Project Managers and
• Engineering leads and ensure the correct capital accounting treatment to the
Fixed Asset Register.
• Provide cash flow monitoring to ensure related funding requirements are met,
always assuring the quality and
• control of said project planning.
• Liaising with project managers and business unit leads ensuring everyone is in
synch and is adhering with the
• project plan.
• Ensure sound capital cost management processes and perform the necessary
reviews to guarantee that detailed
• cost management supports the overall financial governance and reporting
requirements.
• Preparing monthly cost reports and provide early warning financial advice to
project management teams.
• Ensuring provisions and accruals are done were necessary.
• Preparing and managing project cash-flow forecast.
• Performing management accounting functions and reports.
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Liaising with stakeholders to resolve queries timeously.
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Development of project control plan, basis of estimate, basis of schedule plan and change management plan.
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Site visits for inspection and progress measurement.
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Training new starters and supervising juniors.
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Integrate cost data with schedule data to identify potential resource and time constraints.
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Monitor actual CAPEX costs vs estimated CAPEX and identify reasons for variances.
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Contributing to the budget planning process and ensuring that the plan is realistic and attainable.
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Prepare presentation materials and participates in the client and internal Project Management meetings.
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Bookkeeper - Ndaka property group (Jul 2018 – Jan 2019)
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Monitored, verified, and approved invoices and reviewed balances using financial software to assess balance sheet
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for variances.
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Applied proper codes to invoices, files, and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
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Accurately calculated deductions and processed payroll for 8 employees.
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Maximized client loyalty and satisfaction with prompt, thorough and timely resolutions.

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Advanced Diploma in Financial Management [NQF 7] (2022) – University of Johannesburg (CIMA Accredited)
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Diploma in Accountancy [NQF 6] (2017) – University of Johannesburg
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National Senior Certificate (2012) – Tsosoloso ya Afrika