Commercial Finance & Data Analyst

Are you a finance analyst who loves diving into data, or a data analyst who understands the business behind the numbers? As a Commercial Finance & Data Analyst at Materialise, you turn commercial and financial data into insights that drive smarter decisions in our growing medical business. Do you enjoy building dashboards, improving processes, and creating real business impact? Then this role might be exactly what you’re looking for.

This role sits within the core finance team at our global headquarters and focuses primarily on financial and commercial data for our medical business unit. This business unit has experienced strong growth over the past years and has ambitious growth plans for the future, making this a highly visible and impactful role. As a Commercial Finance & Data Analyst, you ll play a key role within the commercial finance team and help build a data-driven commercial organization.

You combine strong analytical skills with technical expertise in Excel and Power BI. You support both management and commercial teams by developing insights, dashboards, and processes that enable better decision-making.

• Develop and maintain commercial dashboards in Power BI and Excel to provide visibility on performance, trends, and KPIs
• Build and enhance commercial KPIs and reporting processes with a focus on efficiency, automation, and scalability
• Act as the primary point of contact for commercial data analysis, data requests, and ad-hoc insights
• Contribute to the forecasting and budgeting cycles, including gathering inputs, analyzing variances, and preparing commercial projections
• Perform ROI analyses on marketing and sales investments, providing actionable recommendations
• Develop business analyses related to customer behavior, margin development, pricing effects, promotions, product mix, and other commercial drivers
• Identify and improve processes related to data collection, reporting, and commercial decision-making
• Collaborate closely with sales, marketing, finance, and IT to translate data-driven insights into concrete business actions
• Work effectively in a multi-currency environment, ensuring accurate analysis and interpretation of financial results across different currencies
• Support financial accounting processes, where a foundational understanding of accounting principles is an advantage for validating reports and analyses
• Drive AI adoption within commercial analytics, including exploring and leveraging AI tools for reporting automation, data enrichment, forecasting improvements, and workflow optimization
• Continuously learn and apply new AI capabilities to enhance commercial insights, efficiency, and decision support

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, economics, business analytics, or a related field
• Excellent Excel skills (advanced formulas, Power Query, modelling) and solid experience with Power BI; knowledge of Anaplan is a plus
• Strong analytical mindset and able to translate complex data into clear insights
• Process-minded, always seeking ways to improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability
• Experience in commercial reporting, business controlling, or data analytics is a plus
• Basic knowledge of financial accounting is an advantage
• Experience working in a multi-currency context is considered a strong asset
• Strong communication skills, capable of presenting insights clearly to stakeholders with varying levels of data expertise
• Proactive, critical thinker able to manage projects independently

When creating a better and healthier world, a good place to start is with yourself. That s why we encourage our employees to prioritize their overall well-being, fostering physical fitness, mental resilience, and social connections through a range of workshops, sports activities, and other events and initiatives that contribute to a balanced and fulfilling work-life harmony.

Hybrid working & flexibility

Personal growth and career advancement

Team building

Innovation is key

• Hybrid role
• Full-time

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Materialise is a dynamic, international high-tech company, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Belgium, with over 2,300 employees worldwide. Materialise’s mission is to innovate for a better and healthier world through its software and hardware infrastructure and in-depth knowledge of additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing). Our customers are in diverse industries, such as automotive, aerospace, medical, research, and academia.

As a growing company, Materialise is always looking for enthusiastic professionals who want to work in an environment full of revolutionary technology and surrounded by people passionate about their work.

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