Business Analyst - Office of the Group Managing Director (Germiston Onsite)
From $199/yr
DataFin was established in 1999. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have established relationships with industry leaders and a vast majority of our business is repeat business. Duties & Responsibilities ENVIRONMENT: SERVE as the right-hand to the Group Managing Direct of a leading provider of Industrial Consumables based in Germiston seeking a Business Analyst whose role will include analysis, reporting and project follow-through. This will also be extended to branch and category performance, margin and mix analysis, lead-time and process diagnostics, preparation of group flash commentary and BCP-facing packs, chasing exco commitments to closure. You will also be expected to run the MD’s operating rhythm, preparing him for BCP, board and customer engagements, ensuring nothing agreed in a meeting quietly dies and diary, travel, inbox triage, gatekeeping. The ideal candidate must possess a completed three or four-year Degree in a numerate discipline — BCom, BSc, Engineering, Actuarial, Statistics, Economics with 3-5 years post-graduation in an analytical, commercial, consulting or finance role. You must also be able to decompose a margin movement into price, volume and mix without being prompted; writes for an executive - one page, conclusion first, no adjectives doing the work of evidence and have Advanced Excel as a working tool including Pivot table, lookups, and enough Power Query or SQL to handle a system extract without asking IT. DUTIES: Executive Reporting - Prepare and quality-assure the monthly group flash commentary and BCP facing packs to a fixed structure and page limit. Own the calendar and the data-gathering behind them. Performance Analysis - Branch, category and rep-level analysis of sales, gross margin, mix and expenses. Explain variances in one page, not twenty slides. Process Diagnostics - Root-cause work on operational lead times and order flow — quote-to invoice, open order ageing, factory throughput — with quantified recommendations. Project follow-through - Track every commitment made in exco and MD-level meetings to a dated close-out. Escalate slippage early. Commercial Support - Build the analysis behind pricing, campaign, tender and customer profitability decisions. Governance and preparation - Ensure the MD walks into every engagement with the right pack, the right numbers and the right two questions. Executive Administration - Diary, travel, inbox triage and gatekeeping, at a standard that never becomes the MD’s problem. REQUIREMENTS: Non-negotiables – Numerate to a professional standard. Can decompose a margin movement into price, volume and mix without being prompted. Writes for an executive. One page, conclusion first, no adjectives doing the work of evidence. Advanced Excel as a working tool, not a line on a CV. Pivot table, lookups, and enough Power Query or SQL to handle a system extract without asking IT. Self-starting. Can take a three-line brief, come back with a one-paragraph interpretation and a checkpoint date, and then deliver. Discreet. Will sit inside every sensitive conversation in the business, including remuneration, restructuring and disputes. Willing to be on a branch floor and in a factory, not only in a spreadsheet. Essential to have: A completed three or four-year Degree in a numerate discipline — BCom, BSc, Engineering, Actuarial, Statistics, Economics. 3-5 Years post-graduation in an analytical, commercial, consulting or finance role. Business-level English, written and spoken, to executive standard. Valid driver’s licence and own transport. Willing to travel domestically. Preferred to have - Honours, CA(SA), CIMA, Industrial Engineering, or a part-time MBA or Postgraduate Diploma in progress. Exposure to a multi-branch, multi-site or distribution business. Power BI or Tableau, SQL, Power Query, ERP reporting experience. Prior experience working directly to an executive or partner. Valid passport and willingness to travel to Eswatini and Zambia. A second South African language. Desired Experience & Qualification Business, Analyst, Office, of, the, Group, Managing, Director, Germiston, Onsite, Package & Remuneration Negotiable