Branded Marketer - Business Performance Analyst at Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.

Key areas of responsibility for this role include:

• Overseeing and preparation of the Branded Marketer Business’ Business Planning process, stress-tested and rolled up by Branded Marketer,
• Driving the development of all BM tactical and turnaround plans, utilizing robust data and competitor insights (including diesel pricing) to identify the root cause and develop intervention plans,
• Working with the pricing team and all stakeholders, assume responsibility for the development of business and/or deal approval cases and assist the BM team with the approval process,
• Generate and provide detailed reporting and insights on BM performance (sales and margins) and the competitive landscape, highlighting areas of concern and opportunities for decision-making,
• Development of management reports,
• Provide financial and economic analysis,
• FreshStop validation – ensuring correct income calculation for AE as submitted by FreshStop versus BM submissions.
• Deal evaluation before going to pricing with the right deals for quick decision-making.
• Help deploy training programs and procedures from FP&A.

Professional Qualification and Certifications:

• Finance/Accounting Degree

Work Experience:

• Detailed understanding of the Fuel Enterprise Value chain
• Minimum 3 to 5 years Fuel Industry knowledge and experience
• Experience in financial reporting, budget management and financial forecasting.
• Experience with automation and data analysis advantageous.

Knowledge and skills:

• Ability to generate deep insights from analysing data.
• Development of reporting templates and business models
• Ability to gather market information from multiple sources, ability to analyze information to draw conclusions regarding competition and consumer/market trends.
• Strong financial and analytical skills.
• Advances MS Excel skill
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Working knowledge of SAP
• Attention to detail and results driven.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Be able to operate under stringent deadlines and work under pressure.
• Building and supporting teams
• Engagement and influencing skills operating at management level.
• Performance management
• Intermediate data visualisation tool experience (PowerBI/ tableau)