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| POSITION DESCRIPTION | TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY MARCH 2009 |
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Pricing Analyst |
| Position Code: | 738 | | Career Level: | 3 |
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Responsible for
Developing, evaluating and refining pricing solutions that maximise revenue across individual or numerous business units. |
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Reports To
Pricing and/or Commercial Evaluation Manager, General Manager, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Accountant. |
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Supervises
No supervisory responsibilities. |
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Main Activities
Developing pricing solutions and models that ensure the competitiveness and success of the relevant business unit/s.
Building quote models and margin tools that allow sales to quickly and effectively communicate pricing options, and allow marketing and management to easily understand various options and packages, and their impact on sales and profitability.
Monitoring and analysing external pricing trends.
Understanding the relationship that price has between company and product strategy, position of product within its lifecycle, and the external market.
Reporting on periodic (weekly, monthly) benchmarking.
Analysing database of customer accounts.
Understanding cost drivers of products, and providing solutions to minimise cost.
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Key Skills
Excellent communication and problem solving skills.
Balancing conflicting objectives, and understanding complex and highly interdependent processes, all within time constraints.
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel.
Ability to produce objective advice, whilst relying on imperfect data.
Flexibility and creativity in providing pricing solutions.
The ability to constantly re-evaluate solutions in a dynamic and ever-changing environment.
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Internal Contacts
Pricing and Commercial Evaluation Manager, Finance Manager, team members in relevant department/s, Senior Management. |
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External Contacts
No external contacts necessary. |
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Typical Experience
Tertiary Qualifications in Finance/Business/Accounting preferably CA or CPA, 3+ years experience in financial/commercial role, preferably with experience of complex financial modelling and analysis. |
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