Business Analyst (On-Site) at Aspen Pharma Group

OBJECTIVE: 

The Business Analyst is responsible for delivering analytics and reporting solutions with Insights to support the commercial strategic decision-making process across the Aspen Pharma Commercial division.   

Business partner with the commercial and non-commercial functions, in a pro-active manner, so as to recommend courses of action to assist the business in understanding in market landscapes, market performance, behaviours, and dynamics.
Improve and develop internal competencies around commercial analytics.
Manage internal stakeholders at all levels of the Business. Manage external vendors associated with the Job Function.

MAIN DUTIES:

• The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
• Partner with all business areas to understand and deliver strategic performance insights and key analytics solutions, either through on an ad-hoc, monthly or quarterly basis
• Support business KPI’s by identifying data needs and delivering value cases to drive business value creation
• Business lead on the acquisition, management and deployment of information for sales and marketing.
• Build automated, scalable and thoroughly documented reporting solutions.
• Ensure the work delivered is accurate, of high quality, and delivered on time.
• Directs and works with technical teams in the translation of business requirements and functional specifications into logical system or model outcomes
• Supports cross-functional teams such as SFE, sales, marketing and finance, on day-to-day execution of projects
• Coordinate cross-divisional operations analyses by providing common methodology, definitions and standard analytic approaches
• Work closely with IT to provide appropriate data and tools for the analytics team to be successful
• Nurture and promote the adherence to BI governance standards within the organization
• Duties include communication, outreach and training to various stakeholders throughout the business, as well as management of outside services (e.g., vendors)
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) regarding business analytics and intelligence in terms of methodology and technology
• Explore and propose new tools, methodology and practices enabling standardisation of procedures and their related reports for the various sales divisions
• Have a complete and thorough understanding of the scope of the business
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with diverse groups including business associates, technical associates and leadership
• Excellent interpersonal, team-building and communication skills
• Can understand all aspects of the business and work in partnership with other departments to achieve the company goals.
• Influence and lead teams based on SME functional skills and abilities
• Ability to work cohesively with the Information Technology and Business Intelligence departments
• Process skills that allow optimal liaison with key internal customers across business units
• Able to communicate positive and negative information when required
• Superior critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to manage self and environment through ambiguous and conflict situations
• Core deliverables would be:
• Sales and marketing brand targets
• Incentive calculations (Quarterly)
• Data validation on all external and internal data audits / models
• Liaison with commercial functions on all aspects relating to analysis, reporting, training requirements etc.
• Monthly market performance reporting
• Ad-hoc executive and non-executive data analysis and reporting 
• Deep dive analysis to support key strategic projects

Requirements
ATTRIBUTES

• Strategy Planning
• Curious / Enquiring Mind
• Information seeking
• Initiative
• Logical thinking
• Accurate and attention to detail
• Methodical
• Self-motivated
• Team Player
• Imaginative
• Open-minded and flexible
• Analytical
• Applies entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Excellent communicator
• Tenacity
• Professional presentation
• Positive impact
• Influencing
• Confidentiality
• Empathy
• Customer focused
• Interpersonal sensitivity
• Patience and level headed
• Cultural sensitivity

SKILLS

• Sound knowledge of data and insight integration to inform, support, and direct business strategy
• Strong analytical, strategic, and creative problem-solving skills
• Storytelling and sense-making of data to translate into business insights
• Demonstrate the ability to turn data driven insights into actionable ways to drive business results
• Able to proactively identify business opportunities and translate it to key stakeholders
• Efficient prioritization of tasks for critical business deliverables
• Ability to develop and deliver compelling executive-level presentations
• Ability to perform well under pressure and maintain commitment to deadlines
• Cross collaboration across the organization
• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills
• Self-motivated, curious, and critical thinker
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to simplify complex data-driven insights
• Drives accountability for personal and team performance

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Matric 
• Tertiary qualification e.g. Business Science, B. Comm, CIMA
• 3+ years’ experience in data analytics
• 3+ years of Pharmaceutical experience (sales and marketing)-preferred
• Expert skills in
• Qlikview, Power BI and other interactive BI dashboard tools
• Microsoft suite (Excel advanced)
• Powerpoint
• Proven track record and customer service experience
• Experience of having operated in a complex matrix organisation

KNOWLEDGE

• Have a complete and thorough understanding of the scope of the pharmaceutical market
• Industry
• Competitors Corporations
• Therapeutic areas
• Brands
• Experience in data analytics with the pharmaceutical market
• Understanding of market data and data extraction and transformation methodologies
• Systems (SAP) and data analytics / BI Tools (QlikView)
• Advanced MS Excel
• Analytics and proficiencies in Microsoft
• Commercial operations and processes (Sales, Marketing, Key Accounts) and impact on business
• Budget process and target setting