Commercial Analyst at Sama

Key Responsibilities: 

• Project financial analysis, reporting and forecasting. 
• Provide a single source of truth for billing and other project finance data. 
• Lead client engagements on complex negotiations and billing management.  
• Variance analysis for price, volume, mix and using the analysis to identify problems and make appropriate recommendations for overall financial health of the project. 
• Support business in driving margin enhancement initiatives, structure deals to drive optimal ROI.
• Measuring and reporting monthly KPI’s in relation to project performance incorporating a variety of metrics for management decision making. 
• Partner with project leads to drive initiatives to enhance project performance as well as preserve and/or improve margins. 
• Work with Business intelligence teams to maintain accurate business data files and ensure data integrity via periodic audits of data sources
• Providing assistance with modelling and scenario testing for new business opportunities.
• Understand the impacts created by metrics such as billable utilization and articulate the drivers for low or high billable utilization.
• Helps promote end user understanding of available data through training and sensitization drives.
• Leading and improving the budgeting and forecasting processes including: agreeing, reviewing, challenging commercial targets with project leads.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A degree in Statistics, Economics or a business related field. 
• 4 – 5 years experience in business finance specialising in management accounting and  Finance analysis 
• Topnotch Numeracy and accuracy skills
• Ability to engage stakeholders to drive a common understanding on intricate matters

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters in Business Finance, statistics or related subjects. 
• Deep  stakeholder and client management experience