South Africa: Business Systems Expert posted by Employment Solutions

About the Role

The Business Systems Expert will be responsible for reviewing and validating data accuracy and integrity from internal and external sources, coordinating integrated data intelligence with business requirements, and providing input in budgeting and forecasting to achieve organizational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and validation of data accuracy and integrity from internal and external data sources.
• Co-ordination and implementation of integrated data intelligence with business requirements.
• Provide input in budgeting and forecasting for sales, marketing and business planning to achieve organizational objectives.
• Interpret data and construct insights through statistical modelling and trend analysis and be able to share insights at cross functional meetings.
• Analyze sales and marketing reports and suggest strategies for improving business performance.
• Support commercial decisions through financial modelling, scenario planning and forecasting techniques.
• Perform strategic analysis and prepare financial models to support strategic planning activities.
• Coordinate with finance team to streamline and channel efforts to improve financial performance of the organization.
• Analyse and review reports on commercial data, such as sales trends, and create and provide proactive recommendations.
• Provide training to newly recruited team members, as applicable, and ensure and monitor their performance and contribution to the commercial analytics team.
• Evaluate and implement sales systems, tools, and technologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in the chosen routes.
• Collaborate with the IT department to ensure seamless integration of sales systems.
• Assist with automating all manual processes by using BI knowledge to create meaningful reports with dashboards to fulfill user requirements.
• Define, develop, enhance and track metrics via PowerBI Dashboards and automated Excel.
• Fully support Sage X3 and resolve all issues speedily.
• Maintain Masterdata accuracy and that GL integrations are properly configured to ensure that the GL always equals the sub-ledgers and that all processes are followed through so that Accrual accounts are always cleared.
• Check batch logs regularly and correct any posting issues.
• Check that configure GL accounts for matching so that majority of the entries will auto-match.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance, Statistics, or Economics is a must.
• 5+ years of experience in a Business or Commercial Analyst role.
• Knowledge of basic data analysis tools like MS Excel.
• Ability to understand and apply statistical concepts to derive insights from financial data.
• Experience with business intelligence tools like Tableau and Power BI.
• Strong BI knowledge with the capability to quickly learn new BI platforms.
• SQL Query, general SQL usage is a key skill used daily.
• Industry Knowledge (FMCG).
• Strong Sage X3 and Financial knowledge.
• Python scripting is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications are not explicitly mentioned in this job posting.