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🔹 Custom Excel Solutions | Financial Modeling & Business Management Overview: I help small businesses and entrepreneurs create custom Excel solutions to streamline operations, improve business insights, and enhance financial visibility. 📊 What I can offer you: ✔ Tailor-made Excel financial models for budgeting & forecasting ✔ Cash flow management & break-even analysis ✔ Key indicator tracking dashboards ✔ Reporting & data analysis tools ✔ Simple yet powerful business intelligence solutions ✔ Transform data into actionable insights 💼 Whether you need an Excel tool to track sales, analyze costs, or manage cash flow, I can design a solution to fit your business needs. 🔹 Financial Forecasting & Business Intelligence Specialist | Data-Driven Decision Making Overview: I am a seasoned financial professional with over two decades of experience in financial modeling, credit risk analysis, business intelligence, and data visualization. I played a key role in driving strategic decision-making through data-driven insights, forecasting, and stakeholder collaboration. 💡 Key Expertise: ✔ Financial forecasting & budgeting (corporate & SME) ✔ Business intelligence & data visualization (Power BI, SQL, Excel) ✔ Credit risk analysis ✔ Strategic decision-making support ✔ Performance-driven management & financial reporting ✔ Data migration & automation (AWS experience) 🚀 I specialize in helping businesses leverage data for smarter decisions. Let’s work together to unlock your company’s full potential!

My strengths comprise of project evaluation, analysis and research as well as academic or technical writing. I give context to business or scientific ideas and translate data and publications into knowledge that can be understood by the client. Critical thinking, strong analytical skills, the ability to simplify complex data and writing skills are some of the traits for successful projects. I obtained a PhD in chemistry and have 10+ years experience in catalysis in both the academic and the industrial environment with a total of 13 publications. I served for five years as the editor of a chemistry journal. As a techno-economic analyst I compared ideas and projects to alternative and/or existing technologies and gave direction to R&D to reach competitiveness. In 2018 I acquired a MBA degree to strengthen and broadens my skills in the area of business strategy and execution.

Hi, I’m A Financial analyst who is a 🏆 2X Founder 🏆 Stellar Reviews. Every successful business starts with a strong foundation, that foundation includes a strong financial roadmap and the right financial analyst to conduct financial modeling. Whether it’s to apply for funding, a government grant, financials for your business plan or to foresee the financial future and performance of your business idea. There are many reasons why businesses succeed but without a properly constructed financial plan that prepares you for the unforeseen, the chances for success go down significantly. That’s exactly where I come in. I’ve helped Helped many business clients like, Zicaro Ventures start a new FinTech Company called Blue Sage Financial . Deal Leaders Africa with a successful merger that earned them over R20m; Financial Modeling and Financial Analysis for First Avenue Investment Management to identify great stock opportunities. I have vast exposure working with several international clients since I started freelancing on Upwork. Start-up Consulting services include: ✅ Risk and Uncertainty analysis ✅ Building robust Forecasted financial models and valuation ✅ Crafting winning business plans and pitch deck slides ✅ Conducting in-depth market research ✅ Feasibility Study to determine Project Viability/Business Idea ✅ Trend Analysis and Strategy My Financial Modeling and Analyst Consulting services include: ✅ Conducting financial due diligence ✅ Project Finance ✅ Equity investing and research ✅ M&A Financial Modeling – Valuation - Firm Value NPV ✅ Modeling Returns for investment opportunities ✅ Building monthly budgeting and forecasting tools ✅ Creating user-friendly Automated dashboards and metrics. ✅ Financial Statements Analysis (Ratios, Capex, Ebitda, ROI, IRR, etc) Valuation Methods Include: ✅Market Capitalization ✅Times Revenue Method ✅Earnings Multiplier ✅Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Method ✅Book Value ✅Liquidation Value ✅Dividend Discount Model (DDM) Sounds like a great fit? Click the green “Invite to Job button in the upper right-hand corner of the page and let’s work together! 🚀 Your Financial Analyst. Sandile N. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here’s a bit about me – My journey to becoming a Financial Analyst I’ve been working as a Financial Analyst for 4 years now. Achieved TOP Rated Plus in my first year on Upwork due to my hard work and dedication, This means I am considered to be one of the top 5% Financial Analysts and Modelers on Upwork My Experience started at First Avenue Investment Management (Boutique Asset management Company) where I worked as an Equity Financial Research Analyst. Here I learned and researched broader topics about local and International equity stock markets (South Africa and the USA). Exploring various aspects of company valuation, equity investment analysis with focus on competitive advantage, and market share analysis. Exploring different sectors, expanded my knowledge of macro and micro-economic factors, and building comprehensive financial models based on historical patterns, industry/Company drivers. Financial Analyst at Deal Leaders Africa, One of Africa’s Leading Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) firms. I was preparing financial models, with a focus on present value forecasted free cash flows (NPV) to determine the firm value for the merger sale. In addition, this is where I generated skills relating to business plans and pitch deck presentations in the process of pitching to potential buyers. Senior Financial Analyst at Zicaro Ventures. I assisted with the formation of Blue Sage Financial start-up. Everything from their business plan, pitch deck, research, and financial modeling. My Education I hold a Finance and Investment Management Degree - from the University of South Africa, an Investment Management Certificate from one of SA’s leading independent business schools - ASISA Academy, and International Financial Services Certificate from the CISI Institute in London. This is what you can expect when working with me as your Financial Analyst. ✅ Bulletproof attention to detail. ✅ Available in ANY TIME ZONE 🕐 to prevent communication breakdowns. ✅ Daily/weekly/monthly updates and reports about the project, keeping you up to date. ✅ Fluent in written and spoken English. Nothing gets lost in translation. ✅ World Class Financial Analysis and Financial Modeling services are sure to add value to your business. PS Moto: I believe my education, quantitative and qualitative technical skills acquired from my experience, and my determined spirit will enable me to add value to any position I will be placed into.

With over 8 years’ experience delivering business intelligence and analytics solutions, I help organisations turn complex, fragmented data into clear, trusted insight that drives better decisions, operational efficiency, and strategic focus. My work centres on creating a single, reliable view of performance by shaping data into consistent, analytics-ready datasets and translating them into intuitive executive dashboards. I do the T in ELT. This enables leaders to monitor outcomes, spot risks early, and take action with confidence, rather than relying on manual reports or conflicting numbers. I am recognised for bridging the gap between data and decision-making, working closely with stakeholders to ensure insights answer real business questions and support measurable outcomes. Across engagements, my work has improved data visibility and strengthened confidence in reporting. #Dimensional modelling, # Semantic Modelling,#Databricks,#Data Models,#Azure Data Studio, #SSMS Views, #Stored Procedures, #CTE's,#Views, #SSAS, #SSRS, #Power Pivot, #Power Query, #DAX, Mashup, #Azure DevOps for version control (Git)

CAREER OBJECTIVES I am a BCom Economics & Econometrics graduate with 5 years of experience in B2B and B2C sales, specializing in client engagement, data interpretation, and financial insight. I enjoy transforming complex data into actionable recommendations and supporting data-driven decisions that drive business growth. I am passionate about building a career in the financial field where I can apply my analytical skills, creativity, and collaborative mindset to deliver measurable impact and contribute to innovative solutions. AREAS OF EXPERTISE Economic Analysis Econometric Modeling Data Interpretation & Forecasting Policy Impact Assessment Market Research Statistical Inference Sales Business and financial management CORE COMPETENCIES Quantitative & Qualitative Research: Skilled at conducting in-depth research using both statistical data and contextual insights. I know how to gather, interpret, and connect numbers with real-world narratives to support sound conclusions

Accomplished health economist with a PhD in Health Economics from the University of Amsterdam and a MSc in development economics from the University of Oxford. Currently at FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, where I specialize in assessing the impact of innovative diagnostic technologies for infectious diseases and neglected tropical diseases, focusing on their effectiveness, cost-efficiency, and potential to improve health outcomes in resource-limited settings. Experienced in health economic evaluations, diagnostic algorithm evaluation, and resource quantification models for diseases such as TB, Chagas, schistosomiasis, diabetes, sexually transmitted diseases and cervical cancer. Previously, at HE2RO (Johannesburg), I focused on scaling up and optimizing HIV and TB diagnostic networks, improving access and resource allocation in African countries. Skilled in translating complex data into actionable insights and engaging stakeholders globally.