Business Intelligence Associate

Boston's Graduate Support Services is recruiting for this world-class firm specialising in mergers and acquisitions who has a vacancy for a Business Intelligence Associate in their Cape Town office.

Job Details:
Start Date: 1 June 2022 or soon thereafter
Location: Cape Town
Job Type: Permanent, after a satisfactory probation period of 3 months.
Salary: Market-related, depending on qualifications and experience

Job Description
The Business Intelligence Associate will review, analyse and collate research information through a variety of internal and external databases in order to generate documentation in preparation for meetings with potential clients. As an Associate, you will act under the instruction of and be trained by the experienced leadership team, with combined experience of over 40 years in the M&A markets.


Job Requirements:

• The ideal candidate will have excellent business writing and financial analysis skills
• The ideal candidate will have a strong financial background and equally strong research experience/skills
• Although this is an entry-level job, similar experience will be greatly advantageous
• Suitable qualifications will include a business or financial degree or post-graduate qualification
• Experience in professional business writing preferred
• Commercial understanding and awareness of business and operations in various industries
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and clients
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Proficient personal computer skills include electronic record-keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to handle a rigorous schedule of deadlines
• Prioritization and organization skills
• An understanding of basic financial analysis and Excel is advantageous
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing notes, paperwork and other literature (including financial statements) regarding business sales, extracting the most salient pieces of information
• Preparing comprehensive and detailed Business Reports, structured in a manner to engage various types of reader
• Liaising with clients and internal departments at Director/Shareholder level to gather, review and discuss information required to prepare Business Reports
• Gathering comprehensive information about a potential client's business through multiple sources to ensure a thorough and accurate analysis for presentation
• Prepare and routinely update marketing materials and business intelligence reports
• Ensure the internal CRM system is up to date with information about each client
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals
• Provide leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill
• Comply with all policies, practices and procedures and report all unsafe activities to supervisor
• Perform other duties as assigned

Applications must contain ALL the following documents – in PDF or DOC format, each of the 3 documents that you upload can be max 2MB:

1. Document 1 – CV: Professional and up to date CV including your ID
2. Document 2: Cover letter explaining how and why you are a good match to the above job requirements
3. Document 3: Copies of all qualifications – Boston and other, merged into ONE document

Note: do NOT upload 2 different documents to the same place – the later document will replace the earlier ones. So ONLY upload ONE document in each place – a total of THREE documents.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 19 May 2022.

(Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted – if you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date please kindly accept that your application was not successful.)