Business Performance Department.Business Performance Analyst

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support in developing individual business segments profit & loss accounts and the annual budgeting process including the consolidation of various branches, sectors, and channels.
• Prepare and report monthly business performance and financial forecasts.
• Provide effective insights and analysis to assist the assigned Business portfolio in meeting the established financial and profit objectives.
• Provide analytical support and analysis to the finance business partner.
• Analyze sales, financial, costing, and operational data and extract and define relevant information.
• Analysis of Products life cycle – create new products growth opportunities and evaluate existing products to advise business on plateauing and declining products for remediation.
• Interpret data for the purpose of determining the root causes of past figures, financial, costing, and operational performance.
• Maintain Key Performance Indicators & dashboard and run a central database for reporting.
• Generate standard, custom and or complex reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review and consumption by users, business managers and other relevant stakeholders.
• Analyze and or collate business/trend data to support recommendations for action, building of business cases and post implementation reviews of assigned business portfolio initiatives/projects.
• Provide timely business intelligence/analysis reports to users, business managers and other relevant stakeholders. Maintain and or circulate business information securely with due regard for confidentiality.

MINIMUM POSITION REQUIREMENTS

The preferred candidate will meet the following minimum criteria:

• Bachelor of Commerce (Finance or Accounting Option) or other related business Degree, Bachelor of Arts (Economics), BSC (Mathematics, Actuarial Science or Engineering).
• Professional qualifications: CPA 2 or ACCA
• Professional qualifications in financial analysis is an added advantage.
• At least 3 year's relevant experience in financial &/or business performance analysis and reporting. This should include specific experience in the following:
• SQL scripting
• Use of data analysis tools e.g. EDWH, SAP BI, Power BI, etc.
• Cross-functional stakeholder management