Finance Business Partner – Commercial Business

BIOVAC is one of the leading sterile vaccine manufacturers rooted in Africa with our core purpose being to protect life. We are looking to hire a dynamic passionate confident proactive and meticulous Finance Business Partner Commercial Business to join a goal-oriented team

QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED:

Required:

• Bachelors Degree or Diploma in Management Accounting or equivalent.

Preferred:

• CA(SA) or CIMA
• Recognition is given to Prior Learning and practical experience.

Experience needed to deliver the role seamlessly:

• 8 years of recent experience in a similar role preferably within commercial finance;
• Proven experience in long-term forecasting & advanced financial modelling
• Exposure into setting various pricing strategies;
• Proven experience in business case development;
• Proficiency in Ms Excel and data analysis and
• Proficient in SAP and Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

Core Technical Delivery:

Financial Planning Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead commercial inputs into the annual budget and rolling forecast cycles.
• Develop sales revenue margin and volume forecasts aligned with market dynamics and strategic objectives.
• Provide scenario modelling for commercial decisions (pricing volume new products customer terms tenders etc.).
• Monitor performance against budget/forecast highlighting risks and opportunities.

Long-Term Forecasting & Advanced Financial Modelling

• Lead the long-term financial planning process for commercial revenue margin ebitda and growth trajectories.
• Build integrated models to support 3-10 year forecasting incorporating macroeconomic market and internal performance variables.
• Use advanced analytical techniques to stress-test forecasts and support strategic investment decisions.
• Provide narrative and insight-driven forecasts to support senior leadership reporting.

Pricing Strategy and Governance

• Develop and maintain pricing strategies across products customer segments and channels to ensure profitable growth.
• Conduct price elasticity price-volume-mix and competitive pricing analysis.
• Lead financial evaluation of pricing scenarios and recommend optimal pricing positions.
• Establish and enforce pricing policies and tender governance.
• Partner closely with Commercial on deal structuring contract profitability and margin optimisation.
• Build pricing models that incorporate market dynamics cost changes and strategic objectives.

Business Case Development & Strategic Evaluation

• Develop robust business cases for commercial initiatives including new product introductions partnerships pricing changes and channel strategies.
• Build dynamic financial models incorporating NPV IRR payback scenario sensitivities and risk analysis.
• Support cross-functional teams by evaluating commercial opportunities and quantifying strategic alternatives.
• Perform post-implementation reviews to assess benefit realisation and refine assumptions for future cases

Commercial Performance Management

• Analyse revenue drivers and margin performance across products customers and channels.
• Provide insights into pricing performance competitive positioning and market risks or opportunities.
• Develop analytics dashboards tracking pricing effectiveness market share indicators and commercial KPIs.
• Highlight commercial risks/opportunities and influence course corrections.

Business Partnering

• Act as the finance advisor to Commercial Team.
• Translate complex financial and market data into clear strategic insights.
• Challenge assumptions constructively and support high-quality data-driven decision-making.
• Represent Finance in key commercial forums including pricing committees sales strategy sessions and tender reviews

Additional Duties

• Business Planning Actively involved in the business planning and forecasting activities.
• Financial Audits
• Internal control audits
• SAP improvement projects participate in SAP projects and changes where required lead SAP improvements for the finance department
• Project accounting ensure that accounting meets requirements for capitalisation of project expenses to intangible assets. Attend to any requirements related to the new build project.
• Actively involved and finance representative in the business Tender teams.

Application Deadline: 06 April 2026

If you do not receive a response from us within three weeks after closing date please understand that your application was not successful.

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