Commercial Business Partner - Bloemfontein at IQVIA

Role Summary

• The (Associate) Commercial Business Partner supports the Commercial Business Partnering function across the Real World Evidence (RWE) portfolio. The role provides structured commercial, financial, and operational support across the end-to-end opportunity and project lifecycle, partnering with Principals In Charge (PICs) and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure accuracy, compliance, and delivery against revenue and margin objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Forecast revenue for assigned Offering(s) through regular monitoring of the pipeline and active opportunities, in coordination with Local and Global Sales & Delivery Teams
• Act as a key partner to PICs by providing end-to-end project lifecycle support, including opportunity setup guidance, execution assistance, pass-through management and invoicing
• Drive process consistency, governance adherence, and operational efficiency
• Conduct regular project profitability reviews to understand performance drivers and trends, and identify opportunities for margin improvement
• Provide financial and commercial analysis to support performance and decision-making
• Act as a key point of contact for project-level financial and operational queries across RWE stakeholders for assigned Offering(s)
• Support Annual Sales Incentive Plan administration and tracking
• Ad-hoc tasks and analyses, as required

Skills, Education, Experience and Competencies

• Typically requires 3-5 years’ business controlling or project finance experience
• University degree (Master / Bachelor) in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration or equivalent
• Knowledge of revenue recognition, forecasting, variance analysis, month-end processes and P&L management
• Strong Excel and systems capability (CRM, SAP, Hyperion or equivalent)
• Experience working with commercial and financial data
• Highly numerate with strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders in a matrixed environment
• Proactive, solution-oriented mindset
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement
• Collaborative team player
• Ability to prioritize tasks and operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Fluency in English (spoken and written) to a strong business standard