Biovac

Finance Business Partner – Commercial Business

Biovac  •  Western Cape, ZA (Onsite)  •  8 days ago
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Job Description

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:

  • Bachelor's 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.

Disclaimer:

Dear Applicant, we appreciate your interest in joining our organization. It is imperative for us that you understand how we handle your information. We are committed to ensuring the security and confidentiality of the information you provide. Your personal details will be collected for the sole purpose of the application process and will be used strictly for that purpose. By applying, you acknowledge and consent to the collection, use, and protection of your personal information in accordance with our privacy policy. If you have any inquiries or concerns, our Human Capital department is available to provide clarification. We look forward to reviewing your application.''

For detailed information on data handling, please review our privacy notice:

https://www.biovac.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/published_Biovac-Privacy-Notice-20220617-2306-en.pdf


Biovac

About Biovac

Biovac was founded in 2003 to revive and restore South Africa’s vaccine manufacturing capabilities. We are an African based manufacturer contributing towards filling the gap that exists in the lack of African vaccine manufacturing capability.

We recognise that we’ll only achieve this if we match scientific innovation through local biotechnology skills with the most advanced manufacturing technology and global partnerships. We work closely with local academic institutions, global pharmaceutical companies, the public sector as well as private sector. Some of our achievements are described below:

We manufacture highly advanced vaccines on behalf of leading international biopharmaceutical companies. Biovac is licensed to manufacture a fully liquid hexavalent vaccine from Sanofi that targets and protects against six childhood diseases. In 2021, we envisage to start the manufacture of a multivalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine from Pfizer.

We supply over 15-million doses of vaccines a year in South Africa and neighbouring countries under strict cold chain conditions.

We have built inhouse product development capability and technologies and have successfully out-licensed one of our technologies to international manufacturers. We are working to establish new safeguards against pathogens like group B streptococcus bacteria, a rising cause of sepsis and meningitis in newborns.

To do this vital work, we rely on sophisticated technology and, above all, the skills and dedication of more than 350 highly trained team members. Along with our partners, we’ve invested over R800 million in infrastructure and skills development at our manufacturing facilities in Cape Town. These investments are resulting in estimated benefits of more than R500-million a year to the national economy.

Industry
Chemicals & Materials
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Cape Town, ZA
Year Founded
2003
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