Business Analyst / Commercial Finance Analyst

Business Analyst / Commercial Finance Analyst
Location: Sandton, ZA
Job Family: Commercial Support
Country / Region: South Africa

The Business Analyst is responsible for providing data and analysis as well as to assist the Commercial Development Manager in projects aimed at improving the commercial performance of Coloplast South Africa (SA) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

The Business Analyst will support different business segments executing commercial processes, projects, and initiatives to maximize business impact in South Africa (SA) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Main Responsibilities:

1. Frequently follow, analyze, and effectively communicate commercial performance against a set target with a strong focus on accuracy.
2. Identify business trends by utilizing data and draw insights that can be used to strengthen the strategy and processes.
3. Manage data sources, both internal and external, and ensure data integrity to allow insight reporting to facilitate managerial decision making.
4. Assist Com-Ex Manager in all critical business planning and reporting, including developing business intelligence reporting.
5. Coordinate with the sales team for ad hoc market information (S&T, Competition, territory sizing, etc).
6. Participate in key strategic projects to improve our commercial performance such as Pricing excellence, Business cases, tools and software, tenders.
7. Own and manage daily CRM-related activities.
8. Collaborate with all other business stakeholders to analyze overall performance.

Qualifications:

1. CA(SA) / CIMA or other relevant Finance Degree.
2. 0-2 years Post Articles experience.
3. 1-2 years business partnering or management consulting experience advantageous.
4. Previous Pharma or Medtech industry experience advantageous.
5. Excellent numerical skills with an analytical approach to Marketing and the ability to construct fact-based recommendations and business cases.
6. Strong business acumen and commercial understanding.
7. Strong collaboration skills across functions and cultures.
8. Fluent in English (written and spoken) – ideally combined with one more language.
9. Highly effective communication and presentation skills in addition to the ability to engage with different cultures in the SA & SSA region.
10. Proficient computer skills (a must) including MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Power Bi, Tabular Data Modelling, SQL, and Python advantageous.

Coloplast Leadership Principles:

1. Set high ambitions and challenge your team.
2. Be open and honest about performance.
3. Show visible and decisive leadership.
4. Focus teams on delivering business results.
5. High integrity and ethical behaviour.
6. Passionate about Coloplast Mission, Vision and Values.
7. Quick learner, intellectual capacity with a high degree of common sense, resourcefulness, flexibility, and solution-oriented.
8. Very organized and structured with the ability to successfully manage deadlines as well as handle ambiguity.
9. Ability to balance needed attention to detail with a pragmatic view on opportunity, impact, and feasibility.
10. Strong communication skills and ability to interact with different cultures in the SA & SSA region.
11. Team player with a strong 'customer/service' orientation.

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs.

Employing about 16,000 people and with products available in more than 100 countries, we are one of the world’s leading medical device companies.

We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things. Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfill their potential, and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences.

We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief, or physical ability.