Commercial Finance Business Analyst

SUMMARY:
Our client, a international leader in the manufacturing and packaging industry, is seeking to employ a Commercial Finance Business Analyst to join their team based in Johannesburg (West Rand).

Join a dynamic and forward-thinking team where your financial analysis, commercial insight, and business intelligence expertise will make an immediate impact.

This is an excellent opportunity to partner with regional commercial teams, support strategic decision-making, and contribute to the success of a multinational business while advancing your career.

POSITION INFO:
Scope and general purpose of the role: Overall Commercial and FP&A (Financial planning and analysis) support to Middle East\/Africa (MEA) Business and Region. Actively support the Commercial and Sales teams with commercial guidance. Custodian of BI development and related data integrity\/maintenance. Essential (non-negotiable) candidate requirements: Tertiary qualification; viz. financial or business management qualification MBA would be advantageous Be approachable to team members and have strong communication skills Computer literacy - Google suite, with Google Sheets and MS Excel at an Advance level BI experience - COGNOS capabilities \/ Data warehousing and Integrated systems Commercial support \/ understanding of key business drivers FP&A reporting Experience in regional reporting, prepare presentations and experience in a multinational environment Responsibilities include the following : COMMERCIAL BUSINESS PARTNERING: (35%) Review and update price change request Perform workings and support for price change decisions Proactively review SKU profitability and discussions with Sales team Finance and Commercial related support to the Sales Teams Flag risk areas of low margins, pricing anomalies, etc Provide proactive commercial insights and feedback to Management Identify, interpret and advise on the impact of costs changes MONTH-END CLOSING: (10%) Submit weekly sales orders in HFM on time as required Update monthly rebates and discounts workings or perform review if prepared by others. Track sales discount agreements and arrange for credit note processing at designated contract time. Perform designated expense review (eg. samples) and raise appropriate accruals where expenses are missing or reallocate expenses where required. Submit regional flash reporting for Reflective and Tapes division and review final results for both Supplementary information preparation and submission to SSO. General support to the SSO during month end activities, in order to achieve HFM submission on day 3 Update sales information for Global customer scorecards FP & A SUPPORT: (20%) Update of various regionally assigned monthly and quarterly reporting schedules Prepare financial smartview templates for inclusion in the MBR presentation deck Assume responsibility for monthly regional reporting requirements including, but not limited to: Flash report during financial closing week for responsible BU's Pulse report during 3rd week of the month for responsible BU's GM Scorecard (pricing updates) Rolling forecast preparation Preparation of first draft of the Business Review presentation deck and circulate to responsible persons for comments Perform commercial regional and local reporting as required Ensure team keeps to regional timelines in terms of monthly reporting Attend regional FP&A meetings\/calls as and when required Responsible for all regional reporting for the Reflective and Tapes businesses FORECAST, ANNUAL BUDGET AND STRATPLAN: (Ad-Hoc 10%) Assume accountability for monthly sales forecast file, and associated commercial trackers. Prepare schedules and reports required for annual budget pack Contribute towards preparation of presentation deck and reviews Preparation and upload of HFM data (Reflective and Tapes) Stratplan: Support with assigned responsibilities as part of Stratplan process, focussing on Industry and price related updates BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: (15%) Manage Cognos (data warehouse) updates and uploads including data preparation and data reconciliation Update sales data required by the commercial team, (Eg. Sales Pivot file, DataStudio, etc) Develop reports as requested by internal customers Oversee and review PLT reporting and PLT Data Integrity Assume responsibility for all sales and commercial reporting Review master data integrity (BI driver) GENERAL: (10%) Provide support for stock take as and when required Support during statutory audit as and when required Training support to the business on areas of expertise i.e. Google, BI etc. General finance support to the business Responsible for VAT administration (return submissions, VAT recon, etc. Please note that if you do not receive a response within 2 weeks, your application has been unsuccessful.