Job Description

As an integral part of the commercial finance team the business analyst is responsible for partnering with key stakeholders to support the commercial decision-making process of the business. Preparing daily, monthly and annual financial reports the business analyst will provide analysis to key stakeholders across the sales, supply chain and marketing within the Professional business unit.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Responsible for daily sales reports using data.
• Responsible for consolidated financial analysis for actuals and forecast to give decision support to the business to include Finance, Marketing, Sales teams and the General Manager to ensure local business objectives regarding sales and profit are met.
• Maintain and continuously improve financial tools.
• Support business unit controllers/sales associates for ad hoc analysis requiring consolidation of customer data / marketing spend.
• Responsible for supporting and challenging budget holders. Preparing detailed year out forecast for Selling General & Admin (SGA) and Warehouse and Distribution (W&D) costs on monthly, quarterly and annual basis (VCP/AOP). Monitoring actual variance to budget ensuring that financial data is robust, in line the business objectives.
• Monitor adherence to our policies by associates.
• Fulfil any compliance obligations of the role – controls, audit etc.
• Understand the legal and ethical compliance requirement of the position – e.g. accurate reporting.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Finance graduate and or part qualified accountant.
• Ability to work on own initiative / Proactive
• Focused on continuous improvement and automation
• Ability to priorities own workload
• Good written and oral communication skills – ability to challenge & influence in a commercial environment
• Able to communicate with people at all levels within and outside the organization
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, v-lookups, knowledge of databases)
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure
• Knowledge of SAP
• Internal Controls, IFRS
• Sales Force and BPC knowledge