100 Business Planning jobs in South Africa
Business Planning and Operations Manager
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Company Description Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.
Job Description
Purpose
Support Business Planning and Operations for the South African business and partner with business development and functional units in managing Visa business to achieve the organization’s goals. Participate in creation of robust country and functional plans, track and report progress against plans aligned with timing of regular business reviews.
Align closely with BPO Head for SEA and BPO SEA team. Plan for and manage regular business functional reviews and participate in SA annual operating plan process, facilitate best possible resource allocation for key business initiatives. Coordinate collection of relevant data with functional units, business development teams and management.
Support the business development teams with deal modelling where needed.
Principle Responsibilities and Key Results Area
Business Analysis and Business Reporting
Provide business development teams, functional units and management with a clear picture of current business performance and progress towards targets via preparation of relevant reports and dashboards
Review monthly financial data produced by Finance department to ensure that information is accurate and work closely with Finance team to investigate any abnormalities for South Africa
Prepare monthly market profitability reports with commentary to highlight trends and key drivers contributing to the financial results.
Prepare and distribute quarterly market sales performance data.
Adhoc analysis such as deep dives into markets, clients, products, revenue streams to drive new sales efforts, identify gaps to targets and provide business insights that can support and enhance decision-making
Collate and review inputs about key business activities in the region from key internal stakeholders to produce weekly executive dashboard and monthly reporting pack for the executive.
Participate in prioritization, planning and execution of all market research requests for the Country.
Participate in creation of common Financial Reporting tools for the Region working closely with the SEA BPO team.
Track market dynamics and Visa’s market share in order to trigger competitive response where relevant
Design and develop appropriate reporting and MIS tools to transform complex data into concise and highly readable format
Conduct periodic review of the market to gather competitive insights for the region and work closely with the Hub to understand and interpret the information.
Teamwork and Training
Focus on the People aspect of the job, work effectively with CM, SA Leadership Team and SEA BPO Team to ensure achievement of collective objectives
Collaborate with others, communicate openly, and build strong relationships
Aim for Excellence through high quality of output and discussions
Educating SA business development teams on performance and financial related matters as well as effective use of financial tools and information.
Global Employee Engagement Survey. track, accelerate and support the survey process, analyze results and actively participate in development and execution of action plan
Collaborate where required with the Operations Controls team in order to facilitate a solid controls environment
Decision Making and Complexity
Operates under Country Manager supervision with guidance on complex projects.
Is expected to be the competence center for business analysis and financial modeling
Decisions are guided by policies, procedures and strategy.
Interprets business issues and recommends best practices.
Reporting Relationships and Interactions
This individual is expected to interact effectively with all levels of Visa management and staff in SA region and BPO organization in SEA region.
Key Competencies
Strategic thinking, exceptional analytical skills and financial acumen
Ability to clearly communicate at different levels, verbally and in writing, compelling messages to senior managers and other stakeholders
Ability to influence and execute relentlessly
Self-confident and hands-on, with the ability to operate in a fast paced and constantly changing work environment
Ability to rally corporate resources and functional experts to drive business objectives
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility with various SSA functions and Country teams, in order to work in a matrix organization
Project management skills and strong execution ability to deliver against tight deadlines
Collaborative and resilient
Ability to learn quickly, deal with complexity and lead change
Aptitude to source relevant information and facilitate timely decisions and tolerance for ambiguity
Ability to quickly assess an opportunity, using industry experience and fact based analysis
Good command of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
Work with strict and short deadlines
Strategic planning skills, think globally, act locally.
Ability to work in highly diverse international environment and deal with complexity,
Ability to build strong stakeholder relationships across a matrix organization
Strong execution ability and a sense of urgency
Conduct analysis to identify complex issues and structure and manage recommendations that drive priorities and demonstrate results to business lines
Balance facilitation, influence and content contributions to help business leadership design and advance their business and financial objectives
Respect diversity in the workplace
Reporting Relationships
The position is based in SA and reports to the Country Cluster Manager for South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho.
This is an individual contributor role, with no direct reports
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred Qualifications
6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
Required Experience Education, skills professional, technical, business
А minimum of 8 years of experience in business analysis, strategy, management consulting, payments industry, financial services.
Ability to work within a complex and often ambiguous environment, to drive rigorous, fact based recommendations to senior management, other executive, functional, or regional management while supporting syndication with stakeholders across the organization.
Superior analytical, quantitative, modelling and problem solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor addressing a wide variety of functional business problems.
Personal presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to business development and functional teams
Ability to structure and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and drive to completion
Ability to quickly assess an opportunity’s potential, leveraging fact based analysis and industry experience.
Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic and flexible.
Exceptional written and oral communication skills, exceptional interpersonal skills and proven ability to influence and communicate effectively across regional and functional lines.
Global or multi-national business experience strongly preferred.
Experience in business analysis, financial modelling, strategic planning, creative thinking and solution development
Excellent time management skills. Ability to prioritize and achieve goals with minimal management oversight
Project management skills
Prior experience leading meetings and effectively delivering presentations to large audiences
Demonstrated organizational skills
Additional Information
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
Business Planning and Operations Manager
Posted 7 days ago
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Company Description Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.
Job Description
Purpose
Support Business Planning and Operations for the South African business and partner with business development and functional units in managing Visa business to achieve the organization’s goals. Participate in creation of robust country and functional plans, track and report progress against plans aligned with timing of regular business reviews.
Align closely with BPO Head for SEA and BPO SEA team. Plan for and manage regular business functional reviews and participate in SA annual operating plan process, facilitate best possible resource allocation for key business initiatives. Coordinate collection of relevant data with functional units, business development teams and management.
Support the business development teams with deal modelling where needed.
Principle Responsibilities and Key Results Area
Business Analysis and Business Reporting
Provide business development teams, functional units and management with a clear picture of current business performance and progress towards targets via preparation of relevant reports and dashboards
Review monthly financial data produced by Finance department to ensure that information is accurate and work closely with Finance team to investigate any abnormalities for South Africa
Prepare monthly market profitability reports with commentary to highlight trends and key drivers contributing to the financial results.
Prepare and distribute quarterly market sales performance data.
Adhoc analysis such as deep dives into markets, clients, products, revenue streams to drive new sales efforts, identify gaps to targets and provide business insights that can support and enhance decision-making
Collate and review inputs about key business activities in the region from key internal stakeholders to produce weekly executive dashboard and monthly reporting pack for the executive.
Participate in prioritization, planning and execution of all market research requests for the Country.
Participate in creation of common Financial Reporting tools for the Region working closely with the SEA BPO team.
Track market dynamics and Visa’s market share in order to trigger competitive response where relevant
Design and develop appropriate reporting and MIS tools to transform complex data into concise and highly readable format
Conduct periodic review of the market to gather competitive insights for the region and work closely with the Hub to understand and interpret the information.
Teamwork and Training
Focus on the People aspect of the job, work effectively with CM, SA Leadership Team and SEA BPO Team to ensure achievement of collective objectives
Collaborate with others, communicate openly, and build strong relationships
Aim for Excellence through high quality of output and discussions
Educating SA business development teams on performance and financial related matters as well as effective use of financial tools and information.
Global Employee Engagement Survey. track, accelerate and support the survey process, analyze results and actively participate in development and execution of action plan
Collaborate where required with the Operations Controls team in order to facilitate a solid controls environment
Decision Making and Complexity
Operates under Country Manager supervision with guidance on complex projects.
Is expected to be the competence center for business analysis and financial modeling
Decisions are guided by policies, procedures and strategy.
Interprets business issues and recommends best practices.
Reporting Relationships and Interactions
This individual is expected to interact effectively with all levels of Visa management and staff in SA region and BPO organization in SEA region.
Key Competencies
Strategic thinking, exceptional analytical skills and financial acumen
Ability to clearly communicate at different levels, verbally and in writing, compelling messages to senior managers and other stakeholders
Ability to influence and execute relentlessly
Self-confident and hands-on, with the ability to operate in a fast paced and constantly changing work environment
Ability to rally corporate resources and functional experts to drive business objectives
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility with various SSA functions and Country teams, in order to work in a matrix organization
Project management skills and strong execution ability to deliver against tight deadlines
Collaborative and resilient
Ability to learn quickly, deal with complexity and lead change
Aptitude to source relevant information and facilitate timely decisions and tolerance for ambiguity
Ability to quickly assess an opportunity, using industry experience and fact based analysis
Good command of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
Work with strict and short deadlines
Strategic planning skills, think globally, act locally.
Ability to work in highly diverse international environment and deal with complexity,
Ability to build strong stakeholder relationships across a matrix organization
Strong execution ability and a sense of urgency
Conduct analysis to identify complex issues and structure and manage recommendations that drive priorities and demonstrate results to business lines
Balance facilitation, influence and content contributions to help business leadership design and advance their business and financial objectives
Respect diversity in the workplace
Reporting Relationships
The position is based in SA and reports to the Country Cluster Manager for South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho.
This is an individual contributor role, with no direct reports
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred Qualifications
6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
Required Experience Education, skills professional, technical, business
А minimum of 8 years of experience in business analysis, strategy, management consulting, payments industry, financial services.
Ability to work within a complex and often ambiguous environment, to drive rigorous, fact based recommendations to senior management, other executive, functional, or regional management while supporting syndication with stakeholders across the organization.
Superior analytical, quantitative, modelling and problem solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor addressing a wide variety of functional business problems.
Personal presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to business development and functional teams
Ability to structure and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and drive to completion
Ability to quickly assess an opportunity’s potential, leveraging fact based analysis and industry experience.
Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic and flexible.
Exceptional written and oral communication skills, exceptional interpersonal skills and proven ability to influence and communicate effectively across regional and functional lines.
Global or multi-national business experience strongly preferred.
Experience in business analysis, financial modelling, strategic planning, creative thinking and solution development
Excellent time management skills. Ability to prioritize and achieve goals with minimal management oversight
Project management skills
Prior experience leading meetings and effectively delivering presentations to large audiences
Demonstrated organizational skills
Additional Information
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
Business Planning and Operations Manager
Posted 23 days ago
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Purpose
Support Business Planning and Operations for the South African business and partner with business development and functional units in managing Visa business to achieve the organization’s goals. Participate in creation of robust country and functional plans, track and report progress against plans aligned with timing of regular business reviews.
Align closely with BPO Head for SEA and BPO SEA team. Plan for and manage regular business functional reviews and participate in SA annual operating plan process, facilitate best possible resource allocation for key business initiatives. Coordinate collection of relevant data with functional units, business development teams and management.
Support the business development teams with deal modelling where needed.
Principle Responsibilities and Key Results Area
Business Analysis and Business Reporting
Provide business development teams, functional units and management with a clear picture of current business performance and progress towards targets via preparation of relevant reports and dashboards
Review monthly financial data produced by Finance department to ensure that information is accurate and work closely with Finance team to investigate any abnormalities for South Africa
Prepare monthly market profitability reports with commentary to highlight trends and key drivers contributing to the financial results.
Prepare and distribute quarterly market sales performance data.
Adhoc analysis such as deep dives into markets, clients, products, revenue streams to drive new sales efforts, identify gaps to targets and provide business insights that can support and enhance decision-making
Collate and review inputs about key business activities in the region from key internal stakeholders to produce weekly executive dashboard and monthly reporting pack for the executive.
Participate in prioritization, planning and execution of all market research requests for the Country.
Participate in creation of common Financial Reporting tools for the Region working closely with the SEA BPO team.
Track market dynamics and Visa’s market share in order to trigger competitive response where relevant
Design and develop appropriate reporting and MIS tools to transform complex data into concise and highly readable format
Conduct periodic review of the market to gather competitive insights for the region and work closely with the Hub to understand and interpret the information.
Teamwork and Training
Focus on the People aspect of the job, work effectively with CM, SA Leadership Team and SEA BPO Team to ensure achievement of collective objectives
Collaborate with others, communicate openly, and build strong relationships
Aim for Excellence through high quality of output and discussions
Educating SA business development teams on performance and financial related matters as well as effective use of financial tools and information.
Global Employee Engagement Survey. track, accelerate and support the survey process, analyze results and actively participate in development and execution of action plan
Collaborate where required with the Operations Controls team in order to facilitate a solid controls environment
Decision Making and Complexity
Operates under Country Manager supervision with guidance on complex projects.
Is expected to be the competence center for business analysis and financial modeling
Decisions are guided by policies, procedures and strategy.
Interprets business issues and recommends best practices.
Reporting Relationships and Interactions
This individual is expected to interact effectively with all levels of Visa management and staff in SA region and BPO organization in SEA region.
Strategic thinking, exceptional analytical skills and financial acumen
Ability to clearly communicate at different levels, verbally and in writing, compelling messages to senior managers and other stakeholders
Ability to influence and execute relentlessly
Self-confident and hands-on, with the ability to operate in a fast paced and constantly changing work environment
Ability to rally corporate resources and functional experts to drive business objectives
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility with various SSA functions and Country teams, in order to work in a matrix organization
Project management skills and strong execution ability to deliver against tight deadlines
Collaborative and resilient
Ability to learn quickly, deal with complexity and lead change
Aptitude to source relevant information and facilitate timely decisions and tolerance for ambiguity
Ability to quickly assess an opportunity, using industry experience and fact based analysis
Good command of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
Work with strict and short deadlines
Strategic planning skills, think globally, act locally.
Ability to work in highly diverse international environment and deal with complexity,
Ability to build strong stakeholder relationships across a matrix organization
Strong execution ability and a sense of urgency
Conduct analysis to identify complex issues and structure and manage recommendations that drive priorities and demonstrate results to business lines
Balance facilitation, influence and content contributions to help business leadership design and advance their business and financial objectives
Respect diversity in the workplace
Reporting Relationships
The position is based in SA and reports to the Country Cluster Manager for South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho.
This is an individual contributor role, with no direct reports
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Basic Qualifications
5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred Qualifications
6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
Required Experience Education, skills professional, technical, business
А minimum of 8 years of experience in business analysis, strategy, management consulting, payments industry, financial services.
Ability to work within a complex and often ambiguous environment, to drive rigorous, fact based recommendations to senior management, other executive, functional, or regional management while supporting syndication with stakeholders across the organization.
Superior analytical, quantitative, modelling and problem solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor addressing a wide variety of functional business problems.
Personal presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to business development and functional teams
Ability to structure and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and drive to completion
Ability to quickly assess an opportunity’s potential, leveraging fact based analysis and industry experience.
Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic and flexible.
Exceptional written and oral communication skills, exceptional interpersonal skills and proven ability to influence and communicate effectively across regional and functional lines.
Global or multi-national business experience strongly preferred.
Experience in business analysis, financial modelling, strategic planning, creative thinking and solution development
Excellent time management skills. Ability to prioritize and achieve goals with minimal management oversight
Project management skills
Prior experience leading meetings and effectively delivering presentations to large audiences
Demonstrated organizational skills
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
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- National Diploma / B-Degree in Computer Science, IT, Information Systems, or related.
- 35 years relevant work experience in business and system analysis.
- Conduct interviews, workshops, and stakeholder sessions to gather requirements.
- Analyse data, processes, and systems to identify inefficiencies.
- Develop and document business process models (current and future states).
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- Identify risks, develop mitigation strategies, and ensure business alignment.
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Philip Morris South Africa is seeking a Business Development & Planning (BD&P) Analyst to join our Smoke-Free Products (SFP) Partnering team in Cape Town. If you’re a strategic problem solver with strong analytical skills and a passion for driving business performance, this role offers an exciting opportunity to chip in to the transformation of our industry.
As a Business Development & Planning Analyst, you will play a key role in delivering accurate, comprehensive reports and insights to support decision-making and identify growth opportunities. You will partner closely with commercial teams to optimize financial planning, pricing, and forecasting for our Smoke-Free Products category.
Your ‘day to day’
Commercial Strategy & Business Analysis
- Support the translation of SFP Commercial Strategy into actionable financial and operational plans.
- Conduct scenario analysis to assess volume growth opportunities, market share outlook, and pricing benefits.
- Own the SFP pricing approval process and ensure accurate system updates.
- Maintain and update the SFP Sensitivity Model to support sales forecasting.
- Track and analyze commercial initiatives and trade programs related to SFP.
- Ensure timely monthly submission of PM Group and Regional SFP reports.
- Prepare quarterly competitor analysis, tracking market trends, sales performance, product launches, and pricing strategies.
- Apply a data-driven approach to provide financial insights that drive consumer-centric and commercially sound decisions.
- Support commercial teams in evaluating long-term SFP investment opportunities through detailed financial analysis.
- Conduct ad hoc analysis to enhance return on investment.
- Assist in developing cases for new product launches and pivotal initiatives.
- Support the annual Long-Range Planning (LRP) strategy update and translate plans into financial projections.
- Assist in coordinating the yearly budget cycle with SFP commercial functions and prepare review presentations for senior management.
- Strong understanding of consumer value propositions and commercial strategies.
- Expertise in financial analysis, data storytelling, budgeting, and reporting (preferably in a multinational environment).
- Experience in strategic business planning, scenario analysis, and investment decision-making.
- Project management experience is an advantage.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Management Accounting, or a related field.
- Preference for candidates pursuing CIMA, CA(SA), ACCA, or relevant Honours/Postgraduate qualifications.
- At least 3–5 years’ experience in Finance, Business Development, or Strategic Analytics within FMCG or pharmaceutical industry.
- Solid experience in a Budget & Financial Reporting function is key
- Advanced Excel skills is essential
- Strong PowerPoint proficiency.
- Experience with NielsenIQ and PowerBI is advantageous.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and drive business insights.
At Philip Morris South Africa, we’re not just about business—we’re about transformation. We are leading the shift toward a smoke-free future, and this role offers the opportunity to contribute to a pioneering industry change.
If you’re looking to make an impact in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, we’d love to hear from you.
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- Employment type Full-time
- Job function Business Development and Sales
- Industries Manufacturing
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