Senior Analyst

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 35,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

**Overall Objective**:

- The business planner will lead the consolidation, review and challenge of the business planning function.
- Management reporting i.e. the provision of timely, accurate information on local country performance (actual or forecast) and the associated risks to the executive management team of SASSA.
- Business partner to Sales; Marketing and PRA teams to produce business cases and implement strategy from customer plans including pricing of product.
- Oversite of Order to Cash (OTC) cycle, related financial controls and reporting.
- Flexible to support statutory accounting processes / accounting as necessitated by business needs.

**Specific Objectives**:

- To prepare timely and accurate business plan and forecasts in line with company goals (collating input from cross functional stakeholders).
- Variance analysis compared to business plan by providing solid explanations and proposing action plans to mitigate any risk or to evaluate any opportunity, if needed.
- Financial partnering for budget tracking (Sales & Operational Expenditure, “Opex”), profitability analysis and trade-off decisions to ensure affiliate delivers targeted performance.
- To be responsible for the accuracy and completeness of sales reports, price-volume analysis, Opex reconciliation and Other income / deductions, “OID”.
- To be able to respond to financial ad-hoc queries (e.g. month end financial
- presentation to lead team, internal communications of financials, forecast cycles, Regional Management review, Quarterly Risk Management etc.).
- Analysis of the financials for business cases related to new product launches or any pricing strategy change.
- Power SAP user for Company Management Reporting Tool; Business Objects.
- AR analysis of customer aging and adjusting Bad Debt Reserve accordingly if any action needed.
- Analysis of Sales Return Reserve to make sure affiliate sales reflect the most accurate results.
- Analyzing and Reviewing of the Customers' credit limits, payment history and bad debt provision (together with Lilly OTC team).

**Qualification & Experience**:

- BCom or similar Business Degree
- CA (SA) an Advantage
- Minimum 4 Years Relevant Work Experience
- Pharmaceutical Industry / FMCG experience advantageous

**Skills & Competencies**:

- Strong Communication Skills (written, verbal, non-verbal)
- Business Acumen
- Customer Focus
- Accuracy
- Attention to detail
- Computer Literacy
- Motivational Fit
- Results Orientated
- Multi-Tasking skills

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.