Commercial Finance Analyst

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

Headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, Materialise operates worldwide and is listed on both the American stock market (NASDAQ) and, more recently, the European stock market. With a strong focus on sustainability, innovation, and long-term growth, Materialise continues to scale its impact globally. This role sits within the core finance team at our global headquarters in Leuven, Belgium, and focuses primarily on the financial and commercial data of 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 Analyst, you will play a key role within the finance team and help build a data-driven commercial organization. You combine strong financial and analytical skills with technical expertise in Excel and Power BI.

You support finance, 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 input, 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
• Working experience as a proactive financial analyst or auditor
• Excellent Excel skills (advanced formulas, Power Query, modeling) and solid experience with Power BI; knowledge of Anaplan is a plus
• Strong analytical mindset and the ability 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

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