Job Title: Business Performance Analyst
The EMEAI region of Advanced Materials at our Basel office is seeking a Business Performance Analyst to support the region's business and financial performance.
Main Responsibilities:
* Provide support to the regional business to drive profit awareness and insight by analyzing and reporting on Volume, Price, Direct Costs, and Contribution Margin performance and forecast planning.
* Take part in monthly IBP (Integrated Business Planning) forecast process and support demand and commercials team with outlook on variable production cost and business mix.
* Provide timely insights on order book performance to the regional leadership team and work in proximity with commercial and supply planning team to improve order book movement visibility and delivery.
* Support FP&A Manager and Plant Controllers with monthly site profitability and fixed costs analysis.
* Assist in regional/global automation projects.
* Timely delivery of monthly business performance outcome and monitoring against strategic plan/budget/forecast.
* Support annual strategic (5-Year) planning process with setting up and maintaining template, data analysis, and reporting presentations for leadership teams.
* Promote financial awareness by improving understanding of financial parameters and translating financial data into business insight to influence business results.
Your Profile:
* We are looking for a self-driven, able to work independently and motivated business analyst with strong capacity to build relationships and ability to identify the data and support needed on all levels of the organization for achieving divisional objectives.
* Minimum 5 years of business analysis experience. Having worked in chemical or industrial products manufacturing sector and within a complex and multinational organisation would be an added advantage.
* Degree in Finance or Business.
* IT Skills: Excellent Excel, PowerPoint skills with working knowledge on intelligence tools like Power BI, IBM PA and Alteryx.
* Able to work independently.
* Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skill.
* Willingness to embrace new technology.
* Strong communicator, able to pass clear and compelling messages with all business functions.
* Fluent in English (written & verbal), other European language would be an asset.