The Business Financial Analyst supports commercial and operational teams by providing data-driven financial insights that enhance business performance and profitability. The role partners closely with business leaders to analyze sales, margins, and cost drivers; evaluate the financial viability of new opportunities; and support strategic and tactical decision-making. By translating financial data into clear, actionable insights, the Business Financial Analyst helps ensure that business plans, pricing strategies, and operational activities align with financial objectives and deliver sustainable growth.
- Tracking daily sales vs target and forecast for the region.
- Prepare, review and distribute monthly sales performance reports by region, sector and corporate accounts.
- Tracking sales and gross margin performance vs target for each individual salesperson.
- Providing insight on customer and regional profitability by breaking down the cogs
- Collecting and consolidating the forecast from each region.
- Preparing the Sales Incentive Performance report on a quarterly basis to determine the payout per salesperson.
- Tracking the sales wins and loss monthly.
- Reviewing Revenue and cogs postings in SAP.
- Reviewing and updating the DOG mapping.
- Partnering with the District Managers to provide business insights but also to understand the business.
- Rebates Management and Tracking
- Direct and Indirect Sales Consolidation and Reporting
- Providing ad hoc sales and gross margin data based on business requirements.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics required
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience in reporting, or financial analysis.
- Strong initiative and ability to manage multiple projects and regions.
- Excellent Communication skills.
- Ability to complete projects timely and accurately critical.
- Must be detail oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills.
- Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
SAP knowledge is a requisite
COMPETENCIES
- Exceptional financial skills
- Good communication skills.
- Good presentation skills
- Highly-organized with ability to multi-task.
- Ability to work independently as well as with managers and employees at all levels.
- Ability to take direction from, and support, multiple managers.
- Committed to standards of the highest professionalism and ethical behavior.