What are the responsibilities and job description for the Customer Investments Analyst position at Sonova?
Who we are
You enjoy creating and innovating. You never stop striving for better. You take responsibility and you get results. You love being part of a team. Above all, you want your work to matter: Welcome to our world! At Sonova we create sense by bringing sound to life. Our innovative hearing care solutions help millions of people enjoy life’s unforgettable moments.
We offer exceptional career opportunities through market-leading brands from consumer to medical, products and services that keep pushing hearing care forward, and a culture where you can quickly belong and perform at your best.
If you want the freedom to explore, opportunities to grow, and make positive change on people lives through your work, this is the place for you.
Join Sonova. Create sense.
Aurora (IL), United States
Customer Investments Analyst
Who we are
In a life without sound, our work provides meaning. As a leading provider of innovative hearing care solutions, we are not just a company that makes products: we are a team on a mission to help people enjoy the delight of hearing. To enable a life without limitations, we – through our core business brands Phonak, Unitron, Hansaton, Advanced Bionics, and AudioNova – develop, manufacture and distribute solutions that push the limits of technology and redefine the future of our industry.
The Way We Work
At Sonova we value our employees and prioritize their well-being. We believe people do their best and most innovative work in an inclusive environment that provides opportunities for engagement and collaboration across teams while offering flexibility in how work gets done. We designed our work model team by team, empowering teams to customize a working environment that balances individual team needs with business outcomes. By offering work options, we foster more flexible and individualized time management, contribute to a healthy work-life integration, increase employee satisfaction, build meaningful partnerships at work, and calibrate productivity to acknowledge you have a life outside of work. Sonova has chosen a HYBRID WORK MODEL- Customized by team that keeps our employees motivated and engaged.
Aurora, IL
Customer Investments Analyst
Purpose of role: The Customer Investments Analyst is an excellent opportunity to join the Customer Investments team and help influence Sonova’s strategy in the marketplace. The role will be instrumental in administering consistent processes to identify, evaluate, and execute business investment opportunities that drive sustainable value creation for the Sonova USA wholesale business division.
Our Offer to You:
- Improving the quality of life of millions of people suffering from hearing loss
- A challenging and motivating assignment as part of a dynamic team
- Modern mindset and processes, accommodating flexible working conditions
- Opportunities for further responsibilities and support for further training and development
- Sonova’s outstanding opportunities and career growth
Covid Protocol:
Upholding the company values is extremely important to Sonova, we take the health and safety of our employees, patients, customers and their families very seriously. To that end, we have concluded that the best way to ensure the safety of these individuals is to mandate that all of our newly-hired employees be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Therefore, when considering whether to apply for this position, please know that in order to become employed by Sonova (if otherwise eligible), you must provide satisfactory proof, such as a vaccine card or other documentation, that you are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. You will not be required to provide this proof unless and until you receive a formal job offer from Sonova. Please also know that Sonova will provide accommodations to qualified individuals who cannot receive the COVID-19 vaccination because of a sincerely held religious belief or due to a medical issue or pregnancy.
Main Tasks and Responsibities:
- Own the business and financial evaluation of investment opportunities, summarizing analysis and preparing recommendations for local and headquarter management
- Play a vital role in cross-functional teams (legal, finance, sales, etc.) to execute approved investment opportunities
- Maintain and fine tune organizational tracking of the investment funnel, own the ROIC analysis of the current investment portfolio, provide status updates and KPI tracking to the team
- Understand and monitor post-close performance of strategic investments, identifying deviations for senior management and pro-actively designing remediation opportunities for execution
- Enhance existing investment reporting, to ensure all stakeholders are informed of investment performance and the investment opportunity funnel status
- Develop deep understanding of commercial hearing instrument market, including growth drivers, the competitive landscape, and sources of Sonova’s competitive advantage
Education and Skillset:
- Bachelor Degree in business, finance or related discipline is required
- MBA considered an asset
- 2 years of relevant work experience
- Strong quantitative and analytic skills – possess an intellectual curiosity along with the ability to distill data into meaningful conclusions and recommendations
- Excellent organization skills and attention to detail
- Broad financial acumen including a strong foundation in accounting and corporate finance principles
- Proven ability to prioritize, organize, and manage many projects while maintaining attention to quality and accuracy
- Comfortable performing in a fast paced, dynamic and ambiguous Corporate environment with aggressive timelines
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interface directly with Corporate partners and establish quick rapport
- Demonstrated ability to interact will all levels of management
- Proven success in driving for results, possess high sense of ownership and entrepreneurial spirit to identify areas of continuous improvement
- Desire to work in a team environment
- Willingness to travel or host live meetings with business partner targets requiring extensive due diligence
We are looking forward to receiving your application via our online job application platform. For this position only direct applications will be considered. Sonova does not recruit via app, telegram, carrier pigeon or any other format that does not include speaking with an actual human. If you are offered a job without speaking with someone please contact wholesale.HR@Sonova.com
Sonova is an equal opportunity employer.
We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the market place. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate’s ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.
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