Manager - Financial Reporting Finance at MTN

JOB DESCRIPTION

• The purpose of this role is to ensure the accurate and timely financial reporting of MTN SA and subsidiary results

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Input

• Contribute towards long-term forecasts and predictions (2-5 years), and input into the assessment of the feasibility of the 5 year financial plan
• Ensure that the strategic objectives of each business and functional unit are consistent with and aligned to the overall strategic objective set by the Board. Compile an overall summation
• Input into reviewing organisational activities and assist in recommending corrective actions if necessary. Monitor compliance against rules and macro parameters

Operational Planning

• Ensure translation of all business rules into system updates requirements to ensure strong adherence to business rules 
• Ensure the integration of all financial systems 
• Consider the impact of solutions on other areas of the business, as well as the interdependency of units
• Drive best practice, continuous improvement and innovation at process and procedure level within the unit
• Implement / fine-tune methods, processes / systems to enhance effectiveness / meet organisational goals
• Manage resources (people, finances and products), taking local conditions into consideration 

Financial Reporting

• Implement financial accounting and reporting policies for company wide financial reporting
• Maintain MTN SA Financial Reporting Manual
• Responsible for the consolidation of MTN SA results – support the hyperion loading team in ensuring that the consolidation is correct.
• Responsible for the integrity of the reported numbers – vis. The reported segment information (eg. CBU, EBU, Wholesale, Financial KPI’s (such as ARPU’s etc.)
• Define opex allocation methodologies for reporting of segmented financial reporting.
• Maintain mapping of accounts from the chart of accounts providing input and advisory to other business units for recording of expenses.
• Review commentaries to be issued out by Group investor relations in order to ensure accuracy and story line to the market.
• Ensuring the results of the company are presented internally and externally in accordance with IFRS, Companies Act and any other statutory and regulatory requirement
• Ensuring the appropriate accounting treatment for new and/or complex transactions.
• Review and managed disclosure requirements for the annual financial statements.
• Facilitate insightful commentaries in reporting packs to actuals and budget.
• Define PPP’s for the appropriate complex financial provisions.
• Review reasonability and accounting robustness of judgemental provisions and accruals to ensure alignment with the relevant IFRS requirements
• Actively manage the design, implementation and ongoing integrity of the chart of accounts
• Managing reporting queries from stakeholders, including Exco, other functional units, Manco, Investor Relations, Regulatory departments and others.
• Facilitate insightful competitor analysis on results of significant competitors.
• Ensure the integrity of reported numbers on Dashboards managed by Finance 

Information Management

• Assist in incorporating other systems such as Hyperion, Oracle, EDW, review that the data is accurate and correct.

Customer Satisfaction

• Build, develop and maintain customer relationships and fine tune systems accordingly
• Manage and ensure the resolution of escalated queries
• Provide advice on the best approach to reach the best results, taking local conditions, best practice and competitor activity into account 
• Ensure customer needs and requirements (internal) are satisfied through appropriate systems / processes / procedures, and by sourcing the most optimal solution to finance-related problems identified
• Consider the implications of actions (long and short-term) to be taken for the customer / the effect of actions on the customer 
• Drive continuous improvement as an important element of service delivery
• Identify trends / patterns pertaining to customer queries (internal) and needs to continually improve all aspects of service delivery 

Project Management 

• Develop and drive the execution of agreed projects 
• Drive the implementation, tracking, monitoring and compliance of Projects
• Contract management in line with Procurement Policies
• Co-ordinate project reporting
• Ensure effective implementation of the integrated project management model 
• Risk management

Business Analysis

• Perform Business Analysis MTN SA Business Analysis in line with the methodology and guidelines
• Identify ways to fine tune policies, processes and systems in line with changing work practices
• Determine, document, and review requirements for projects within the scope of the value stream or impacting processes and systems 
• Design, analyse and document workflow and make appropriate recommendations that will positively impact operational effectiveness
• Identify Business Improvement and Optimisation opportunities that will result in improvement of process performance 
• Ensure that benchmarking is conducted with other companies and organizations within and outside the industry. 
• Construct business cases for initiations proposed by the business. Research and consider best practice, local conditions, trends, as well as competitor activity
• Identify and implement innovative ways to use minimum resources to achieve maximum outputs

QUALIFICATIONS

Matric plus CA (SA)

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in finance/reporting
• Experience working in a medium to large organization