Business Analyst (Energy Business Solutions) at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• Report into the Portfolio Management & Investment Assurance team and provide a service to Energy Business Solutions (EBS) which includes Mobility and Customer Experience (MCX), Commercial Energy Solutions (CES) and Low Carbon Energy Solutions (LCES).
• Deliver on business analysis and capital portfolio management to enable optimal investment decisions in line with the company strategy.
• Responsible for informed portfolio formulation and the facilitation of effective decision-making through enforcing standardised and fit for purpose investment criteria, governance processes, rigorous value-adding investment assurance and applicable business frameworks.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
Portfolio Management: 

• Responsible for the Energy Business Solutions (EBS) capital portfolio, including rolling capital plan submissions, monthly reporting, and active capital management. 
• Engage with business leaders and stakeholders on capital performance and provide feedback and guidance in relation to capital availability, updated forecasting and funding request planning. 
• Support the custodianship of the EBS Delegation of Authority (DoA), capital and development funds governance and business processes, and the functioning of the Capital Investment Forum. 

Business Track and Investment Analysis: 

• Accountable for the development of business track for capital projects. 
• Deliver accurate investment and business analysis: project due diligence; business case evaluations; risk-based and integrated economic models; post implementation audits; transactions; and asset reviews. 
• Facilitate the delivery of accurate and concise funding applications to the delegated authority, together with the management of stakeholder expectations. 

Governance: 

• Apply fit-for-purpose governance in line with Service Level Agreements (SLA) and the Delegation of Authority (DoA). 
• Standardise, develop and maintain processes and systems to support effective and efficient decision making and active capital management. 
• Implement and embed developed processes and systems in the portfolio and respective business areas. 

People management: 

• Build and maintain positive relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders. 
• Ensure effective communication processes and knowledge management within the team, delegated portfolio, and relevant stakeholders. 
• Support teamwork and manage self to enable timely delivery of work requirements and sustain high performance. 

Continuous Improvement: 

• Leverage working relationships with stakeholders to generate insights that contribute to establishing and implementing improvements. 
• Drive optimisation and digitalisation opportunities to enable greater efficiencies in team delivery. 
• Seek prospects for personal growth - implement and track a personal development plan to attain personal performance goals.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science, Commerce, Business or Finance related fields

Min Experience

• 6+ experience with exposure / experience in business track and investment analysis, project execution, portfolio and stakeholder management, with a background in engineering or operations or a commercial marketing & sales environment.