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.