Business Analyst – Office of the Group Managing Director (Germiston Onsite) at Datafin Recruitment

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Business Analyst, positioned as a right-hand to the Group Managing Director of a leading provider of Industrial Consumables, based in Germiston. The position is onsite. Datafin Recruitment, established in 1999, is a specialized IT recruitment solution provider that offers a personalized and flexible recruitment service to clients and candidates. **What you will do** The Business Analyst will serve the Group Managing Director, with responsibilities including analysis, reporting, and project follow-through. This extends to: * **Performance Analysis:** Conducting branch, category, margin, mix, and rep-level analysis of sales, gross margin, mix, and expenses, and explaining variances concisely. * **Process Diagnostics:** Performing root-cause work on operational lead times and order flow (quote-to-invoice, open order ageing, factory throughput) with quantified recommendations. * **Executive Reporting:** Preparing and quality-assuring monthly group flash commentary and BCP facing packs to a fixed structure and page limit, owning the calendar and data-gathering. * **Project Follow-through:** Tracking all commitments made in exco and MD-level meetings to a dated close-out and escalating slippage early. * **Commercial Support:** Building analysis for pricing, campaign, tender, and customer profitability decisions. * **Governance and Preparation:** Ensuring the MD is prepared for every engagement with the correct packs, numbers, and key questions. * **Executive Administration:** Managing the MD’s operating rhythm, preparing for BCP, board and customer engagements, ensuring agreed actions are followed through, handling diary, travel, inbox triage, and gatekeeping at a high standard. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Job Type:** Full Time * **Qualification:** Bachelors, Masters, Postgraduate Diploma, Professional Certificate * **Experience:** 3 - 5 years * **Location:** Gauteng * **City:** Germiston * **Job Field:** Data, Business Analysis and AI, ICT / Computer * **Non-negotiables:** * Numerate to a professional standard. Can decompose a margin movement into price, volume and mix without being prompted. * Writes for an executive. One page, conclusion first, no adjectives doing the work of evidence. * Advanced Excel as a working tool, not a line on a CV. Pivot table, lookups, and enough Power Query or SQL to handle a system extract without asking IT. * Self-starting. Can take a three-line brief, come back with a one-paragraph interpretation and a checkpoint date, and then deliver. * Discreet. Will sit inside every sensitive conversation in the business, including remuneration, restructuring and disputes. * Willing to be on a branch floor and in a factory, not only in a spreadsheet. * **Essential to have:** * A completed three or four-year Degree in a numerate discipline — BCom, BSc, Engineering, Actuarial, Statistics, Economics. * 3-5 Years post-graduation in an analytical, commercial, consulting or finance role. * Business-level English, written and spoken, to executive standard. * Valid driver’s licence and own transport. Willing to travel domestically. * **Preferred to have:** * Honours, CA(SA), CIMA, Industrial Engineering, or a part-time MBA or Postgraduate Diploma in progress. * Exposure to a multi-branch, multi-site or distribution business. * Power BI or Tableau, SQL, Power Query, ERP reporting experience. * Prior experience working directly to an executive or partner. * Valid passport and willingness to travel to Eswatini and Zambia. * A second South African language. **Who should apply** The ideal candidate for this role is someone with a completed three or four-year degree in a numerate discipline (e.g., BCom, BSc, Engineering, Actuarial, Statistics, Economics) and 3-5 years of post-graduation experience in an analytical, commercial, consulting, or finance role. They must demonstrate professional-level numeracy, specifically the ability to decompose margin movements. The candidate should possess advanced Excel skills, including Pivot tables, lookups, and Power Query or SQL for system extracts. Strong executive-level writing skills (concise, conclusion-first, evidence-based) are crucial, as is business-level spoken and written English. The individual needs to be self-starting, discreet, and willing to work in various operational environments, including branch floors and factories, not solely in an office setting. A valid driver’s license, own transport, and willingness to travel domestically are essential. Preferred candidates may also hold additional qualifications (Honours, CA(SA), CIMA, Industrial Engineering, MBA/Postgraduate Diploma in progress), have exposure to multi-branch/multi-site businesses, experience with Power BI/Tableau/SQL/Power Query/ERP reporting, and prior experience supporting an executive or partner. Willingness to travel internationally (Eswatini, Zambia) and proficiency in a second South African language are also advantageous. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/business-analyst-office-of-the-group-managing-director-germiston-onsite-datafin-recruitment Source: myjobmag

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• SQL
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• Microsoft Excel
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