Senior Financial Analyst/Finance Manager

Senior Financial Analyst/Finance Manager

Biocartis

Mechelen, Belgium

The Senior Financial Analyst/Finance Manager is responsible for conducting the appropriate data collection, analysis, monitoring, data interpretation and reporting thereof to support regular/ad-hoc business review discussions and strategic decision-making.

He/she functions as an internal sparring partner towards the relevant operational units and is the go to person for questions and advice on key performance indicators (KPIs).

Accountabilities

• Primary focus is business control of the sales & marketing related activities and supporting S&M with business analysis;
• Supports the S&M and finance teams in ad hoc projects (mainly valuation, specific investment analysis projects, business case analysis);
• Supports the finance and the S&M teams in preparations of budgets, and the challenging thereof;
• Supports S&M in analyzing volume and pricing trends, customer segments, product performance, regional performance and business KPIs;
• Is responsible for the preparation, in collaboration with the Controlling Manager, of (monthly) management accounts & reporting for sales & marketing related activities;
• Executes required KPI monitoring (including market/benchmark analysis) for sales & marketing in collaboration with the sales & marketing team;
• Works closely together with the sales & marketing team to improve data collection, interpretation and analysis thereof;
• Prepares and challenges financial and operational long-term sales projections and monthly forecasts;
• Drives performance improvement projects, and is proactively suggesting new projects to be worked on;
• Liaises closely with the organization to obtain required data points and other inputs needed for analysis/reporting and/or the further extension thereof;
• Defines and implements procedures to support and improve internal processes related to sales & marketing business control;
• Protects operations by keeping financial information and plans confidential.

Profile requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree (preferably in business/economics/accountancy) or equivalent through experience and/or training;
• You have more than 5 years of professional experience, preferably in an international sales environment;
• Min. 3 years of experience in business controlling is required;
• Practical experience in sales & marketing driven environment (preferred);
• Practical experience in data collection from ERP systems to prepare reporting statements (e.g. via sales cubes);
• Investment analysis and valuation methodologies (e.g. NPV, DCF);
• Benchmarking methodologies;
• Basic understanding of income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements;
• Basic knowledge on internal control processes (preferred);
• Understanding of medical diagnostics industry is an asset;
• MS Office: Outlook, Excel (advanced), Word, PowerPoint;
• Excellent IT skills (including advanced excel);
• Basic knowledge on ERP systems (experience with Microsoft Dynamics is a plus) and familiar with BI reporting tools (preferred);
• Fluent in English (reading, writing, speech), Dutch is an asset.

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