LANXESS

Business Analyst

LANXESS • $70K — $95K *
Pittsburgh, PA 15237In-Person
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, MIS, or related field.
  • 3-5 years of relevant work experience.
  • Proficient in software like SAP, Business Warehouse, Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI, or similar analytics tools.
  • Strong attention to detail and analytical problem-solving skills.
  • Familiar with IFRS, GAAP, and corporate financial policies.
  • Excellent communication skills for cross-functional teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business needs and set project objectives.
  • Analyze financial data for monthly closings and prepare management reports.
  • Research market trends and competitor activities to inform sales strategies.
  • Facilitate the annual sales and budget process with various segment managers.
  • Enhance forecast accuracy through data cleaning and real-time insights integration.
  • Manage price change processes, including profitability tracking and recommendations.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment fostering teamwork and innovation.
  • Access to advanced technology tools for analysis and reporting.
  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
  • Exposure to cross-functional projects enhancing skill diversity.
  • Engagement with diverse teams offering varied insights.
Full Job Description
Job Highlights

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and define analysis scope and objectives for cross departmental projects.
  • Analyze financial data for month close preparations, generate financial reports for sales and operations, calculate business KPIs, and maintain management dashboards for the Americas region.
  • Analyze market trends, competitor activities, and customer insights by blending quantitative and qualitative research with data visualization to provide actionable reports for sales management.
  • Coordinate annual sales and spend budget processes by creating planning templates, collaborating with respective segment managers, and entering aligned figures into databases as necessary.
  • Optimize forecast accuracy by cleaning historical data, integrating real-time insights, using advanced technology tools, and fostering collaboration across commercial and supply chain departments.
  • Coordinate price changes by maintaining price lists and approvals, tracking profitability and change implementation, and recommending opportunities for price increases or promotions.


Experience / Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, MIS, or similar
  • 3-5 years of experience in a similar role
  • Power user of software applications such as SAP, Business Warehouse, Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI (or similar analytics platform), and dashboard creation to consolidate, model, analyze and report
  • Attention to detail and data discipline, analytical thinking and structured problem solving, comfort with ambiguity, decisive recommendations, prioritization under deadlines, and responsiveness
  • Well versed in IFRS, GAAP, company financial policies and/or accounting theory and concepts
  • Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication and presentation skills. Diverse cross-functional collaboration required.


Location Pittsburgh
Employee Type Regular

About LANXESS

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 6.8 billion in 2019 and about 14,300 employees in 33 countries. The company is currently represented at 60+ production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and plastics.
Learn more about LANXESS
Size
14,886 employees
Industry
Business Services
NASDAQ
LNXSF
* Ladders Estimates

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