Network Control Manager at TotalEnergies

Candidate Profile

As a Network Control Manager you will possess the following:

• Financial degree (postgraduate) plus 8 to 10 years related business experience, and in-depth knowledge of industry.
• Advanced accounting knowledge.                                                                                                                           
• Knowledge of TotalEnergies Group reporting rules.                                                                                                          
• Advanced working knowledge of the SAP system and good personal computer skills (Excel, Power point).
• Key competencies include good interpersonal skills, ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines, analytical ability and attention to detail.
• English is the working language.

Activities

• As a Network Control Manager you will be responsible for the following activities:

Long Term Plan

• In collaboration with business teams, support, plan and elaborate the Long-Term Plan with Strategy dept and head office.
• To review output of Strategy dept and ensure that it ties back to approved budget.
• Present final Long-Term Plan to the business team for approval.

Budgeting

• To develop the budget hypothesis in conjunction with the head office, Strategy Dept and relevant General Managers
• To evaluate and challenge the content of the departmental budget presentations and requests.
• To ensure the resultant budget is in line with the company’s overall operational and financial objectives.
• Validate and present the documents which synthesize the budget and will be used as a reference during the year.

Optimize reporting tools & compliance to procedures

• Develop and implement tools to optimize financial reporting (indicators, Dashboard etc.).
• Ensure that compliance to reporting guideline and procedures.

Reporting           

• Analyze & report the monthly performance of the activity in line with the closing calendar, by studying the deviations to budget.
• Support the planning team with commentary on the evolution of WCR & Investments.
• Prepare the commentary for the activity and present to MANCOM at business reviews and COMPERF.
• Monitor & report the fixed costs of the activity & assist operational teams realize savings initiatives.
• Responsible to provide key figures related to the activity’s financial performance as requested.
• Report on retail sales volumes to the business on monthly bases.
• Report on NCA to retail team on monthly basis.
• Analyze and report on CAPEX to retail Divisional managers on monthly basis.
•  Supervision and control of accounting
• Monitor on a daily basis the postings related to the activity to ensure consistent treatment and pro-active error correction.
• To achieve this by reducing the delta between COPA & PCA to less than 5%.
• Ensure that all journals are accounted in the correct accounting period.

Optimization of IT systems

• Participate in the evolution of information systems.
• Distribute to operational teams results up to operating income.

Ad hoc 

• Assist Retail team with accounting treatment.
• Assist or direct audit team to relevant retail team personnel.

Management

• To ensure critical skills and positions are identified.
• To ensure succession plan is in place for direct reports, and update job descriptions at least every 2 years.
• To ensure the annual employee review process includes a review of employee career plan and development plan.