Key Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation of strategic plan, annual budget and quarterly forecast.
• Review and challenge contributing stakeholders of their plan.
• Provide management with detailed, forward-looking commentary that highlights business opportunities and risks and their anticipated effect on full-year revenues, costs and profit.
• Work with Commercial to evaluate new business by conducting economic analysis to ascertain incremental gains.
• Conduct post implementation analysis of product launches and post investment appraisal of capital expenditure
• Drive continuous improvement of current methods of working to optimize forecasting and budgeting models across the business.
• Work with financial systems, business intelligence team and business stakeholders to ensure that system planning tools are up to date and fit-for-purpose.
• Maintain and develop various financial models and standard templates distributed for use by all stakeholders during the planning processes, ensuring high quality, accuracy and focused analytic review.
• Challenge the reasonability of revenues and operating expenses during the respective planning and reporting processes to ensure proper representation and accuracy of the business performance.
• Works at the direction of the Director of FP&A in performing various financial or budget analyses in the areas of profit planning, capital expenditure and cash flow budgeting.
• Other ad hoc analysis to support the FP&A team and the wider finance group.

Qualification Required & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance; MBA or qualified or partly qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA etc.) highly preferred
• 3+ years’ experience in FP&A with good technical understanding
• Ability to think creatively, highly driven and self-motivated.
• Strong or advance knowledge of Analytical tools, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills required.
• 3 years of experience within an operational telecoms business or FMCG marketing environment

Core Competencies

• Excellent communicator and strong interpersonal skills (Strong verbal and written communication skills required)
Rigorous attention to detail.
• Organized and detail oriented.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Organized, flexible and customer-oriented person.
• Must demonstrate ability to roll-up sleeves and work. with team members in a hands-on manner
• Capable of working efficiently and effectively with minimum supervision and within short deadlines