Job Description

Minimum Requirements:

• B.Com or equivalent financial qualification (preferred SAICA Membership).
• Experience of 7 to 10 years in a corporate environment, financial modelling and data analysis.
• Sound business acumen; able to contribute to business beyond own functional area.
• Good team player with ability to interact with all levels of management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively within teams.
• Ability to work in pressured and deadline driven environment.
• Ability to effectively engage and influence senior stakeholders across the business.
• Ability to anticipate and interpret changes impacting on the business.
• Proven track record in evaluating numbers and trends.
• Talent for negotiation to achieve desired outcomes and ability to influence decisions.
• Willingness to travel within and outside South Africa.

Key Performance Areas:

• Support Commercial strategy development and execution.
• Partner with the Head of Commercial Performance to develop and embed best practices, minimum standards, policies, processes, tools, technology for H/O and the country operations.
• Recommend and support sharing of best practices, frameworks and minimum standards.
• Coach, mentor and give guidance to various teams.
• Develop, continuously improve and share models for changing business needs and support in-country teams in embedding new metrics and models.
• Perform and share analysis of and insights into supply and demand, market pricing and preferences and duties and logistics.
• Develop business case motivations for proposed major Group Commercial projects, monitor post-investment reviews of such projects and manage projects.
• Develop and share analysis of Group Commercial function through inputs provided to Commercial Finance team.
• Support Head Of Commercial Performance to develop KPIs to track commercial performance.
• Effectively communicate Group Commercial position, including revenue, volumes and pricing.
• Monitor and provide feedback on comparative commercial data across key commercial levers to a range of stakeholders.
• Assist with idea generation, leading projects to select phase and supporting initiatives to completion.
• Develop and track project plans and adherence.

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