Main Job Functions:

• Analyze financial data & prepare reports to provide insights into business performance, trends & opportunities
• Support strategy formulation, planning, budgeting and forecasting for the Growth and New Business function
• Develop financial models & forecasts to support strategic decision making and resource allocation
• Advise and steer the Growth and New Business leader with appropriate financial performance drivers, decision making guidance and insights that will improve financial efficacy, productivity and performance
• Establish performance metrics and benchmarks to evaluate the effectiveness of business initiatives
• Support ad-hoc decisions relating to new product or markets initiatives, pricing and profitability analytics, marketing expenditures, large contract evaluations including buy or build motivations, budgetary control, etc.
• Collaborate with risk management teams to ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal controls
• Translate financial information into actionable insights that guide decision making

Strategy, Budgetary and Planning Support

• Assist and oversee formulation of strategy, budget and planning activities for the Growth and New Business function whilst ensuring alignment with Group
• Strategically direct and plan operations of the Growth and New Business function by partnering with teams to ensure congruence in the Financial Planning and performance
• Monitor and report on progress of budget, plans and forecasts
• Proactively analyze and constructively challenge budget and plans in context to the operations of the business unit
• Provide insights on cost leadership initiatives including resource allocations
• Monitor and proactively advise on business risk evaluation and mitigation measures, in conjunction with the risk and compliance function
• Verify alignment with forecasts

Decision Making and Business Case Management

• Independently evaluate and provide advisory support on various proposals for investments, CAPEX and OPEX items
• Apply standard methodology and valuation techniques to determine business case and investment
• Establish measurable performance parameters and standardized sources for measurement, in order to evaluate ongoing success of such decisions
• Proactively analyze, monitor, challenge and advise on investment and CAPEX items against anticipated risk, and returns to evaluate viability and profitability (as applicable)
• Ensure compliance to Group Governance protocols and policies (committee approvals, DoE, process etc.)
• Establish and continuously improve standards for business finance analysis; and lead the development of finance solutions for complex and high value commercial decisions

Financial Performance Analysis and Management

• Establish performance measures and KPIs at various levels of the Growth and New Business function (operations, products and markets, revenue, margins, profitability etc..)
• Use scenario analysis and financial modeling to arrive at realistic and planned targets for achievement
• Identify appropriate sources and channels to derive performance related data
• Proactively analyze issues and risks to enable early resolution and course corrections’
• Provide leading practice insights for performance improvements and value driving actions
• Monitor, perform deep dive root cause assessments and constructively challenge outcomes as a means to improve performance
• Support and align with financial planning and analysis function on performance management methodology, process and protocols
• Support ad hoc analysis to develop revenue, margins and frame contracts

Product Pricing, Profitability Analysis and Support

• Provide guidance to teams in the assessment of new / existing product commercial, financial and pricing feasibility, to arrive at “go/no-go” decisions and investment potentials
• Development of proprietary models to evaluate ATB and BTL related expenditures. Provide advice on feasibility and expected returns
• Provide inputs and extensively participate in product pricing, tariffs, channel policy decisions
• Analyze and report on actual product performance
• Execute profitability analysis of enterprise business opportunities
• Establish, continuously improve and implement frameworks to support financial bid management, product/service pricing and profitability and commercial decision-making
• Ensure compliance to Group governance protocols and policies (committee approvals, DoE, process etc.)

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in financial and/or equivalent
• Post Graduate degree in Finance and/or relevant professional qualification (e.g., Chartered Accountant) (preferred)

Work Experience 

• 7 years general experience in Financial Management in a multinational business environment.
• Telecommunications industry experience (preferred)
• Knowledge and understanding of Financial Operations

Skills / physical competencies:

• Finance Business Partnering
• Financial Analysis & Reporting
• Financial Planning, Forecasting & Reporting
• Business Performance & Analytics
• Pricing, Profitability and RoI Management
• Risk Management
• Cost Management
• Business and Finance Acumen
• Financial Stewardship
• Relationship management
• Change and conflict management