Manager - Prepaid Planning and Analytics.Finance at MTN

JOB DESCRIPTION

Financial Planning

• Engage the Business  and other stakeholders across the business to gather inputs and prepare periodic forecasts (Budget, 2+10, 3+9, 6+6, 9+3, mid month prediction & monthly rolling forecasts) for the 
• Work very closely with the business  to ensure business ownership of financial plans
• Lead the preparation of business plan incorporating insightful commercial insights working with Prepaid Team
• Build and manage a robust working relationship with MTNSA FP&A as the main point of contact for the dedicated business , providing requisite inputs to FP&A as and when due

Financial Analysis & Performance Management

• Provide adhoc analysis for requisite business insights for indepth understanding and timely decision making in prepaid business performance
• Collaborate on the presentation of monthly performance report at the Executive review meeting
• Continually engage relevant stakeholders in Prepaid business to gather key business insights to explain performance
• Ensure reporting integrity of both financial and non financial KPIs
• Own day to day monitoring of Prepaid business performance with a view to flagging irregular performance

Internal control management – Governance 

• Take responsibility for enforcing all governance issues to maintain planning and reporting integrity
• Ensure all relevant open audit issues are resolved within deadlines

Operational Planning

• Consider the long term implications of actions from a broad perspective including long term positioning 
• Consider the impact of solutions on other areas of the business, as well as the interdependency of the business s
• Drive best practice, continuous improvement and innovation at process and procedure level 
• Consider local conditions, as well as competitor activity
• Fine tune systems in line with changing work practices, providing the context for those providing services
• Identify innovative ways to use minimum resources to achieve maximum outputs
• Develop the functionality of the department by improving processes continuously

Customer Satisfaction

• Ensure service delivery in line with needs of the business
• Put contingency plans in place to prevent delays and enhance the customer experience Identify trends and patterns pertaining to customer requests and ensure continuous improvement as an important element of service delivery
• Assist in the alignment of service delivery to changing needs and ensure effective customer and stakeholder management

RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial Planning

• Engage the Business  and other stakeholders across the business to gather inputs and prepare periodic forecasts (Budget, 2+10, 3+9, 6+6, 9+3, mid month prediction & monthly rolling forecasts) for the 
• Work very closely with the business  to ensure business ownership of financial plans
• Lead the preparation of business plan incorporating insightful commercial insights working with Prepaid Team
• Build and manage a robust working relationship with MTNSA FP&A as the main point of contact for the dedicated business , providing requisite inputs to FP&A as and when due

Financial Analysis & Performance Management

• Provide adhoc analysis for requisite business insights for indepth understanding and timely decision making in prepaid business performance
• Collaborate on the presentation of monthly performance report at the Executive review meeting
• Continually engage relevant stakeholders in Prepaid business to gather key business insights to explain performance
• Ensure reporting integrity of both financial and non financial KPIs
• Own day to day monitoring of Prepaid business performance with a view to flagging irregular performance

Internal control management – Governance 

• Take responsibility for enforcing all governance issues to maintain planning and reporting integrity
• Ensure all relevant open audit issues are resolved within deadlines

Operational Planning

• Consider the long term implications of actions from a broad perspective including long term positioning 
• Consider the impact of solutions on other areas of the business, as well as the interdependency of the business s
• Drive best practice, continuous improvement and innovation at process and procedure level 
• Consider local conditions, as well as competitor activity
• Fine tune systems in line with changing work practices, providing the context for those providing services
• Identify innovative ways to use minimum resources to achieve maximum outputs
• Develop the functionality of the department by improving processes continuously

Customer Satisfaction

• Ensure service delivery in line with needs of the business
• Put contingency plans in place to prevent delays and enhance the customer experience Identify trends and patterns pertaining to customer requests and ensure continuous improvement as an important element of service delivery
• Assist in the alignment of service delivery to changing needs and ensure effective customer and stakeholder management

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:                                                                           

• Min of a three year degree e.g. B Comm. or Business qualification or equivalent
• Chartered Accountancy (CA) qualification

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in financial planning and reporting gathered from medium to large organization 
• At least 2 years experience in a similar position, in dynamic and fast-moving industries. Telecoms experience an advantage
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and powerpoint
• Financial systems skills – Oracle, Hyperion, ERP, etc