Senior Manager: Finance Business Partner Postpaid - MTN

Job Description

To develop a framework that will provide financial analysis, support and guidance to designated areas of the business to improve the accuracy of financial data and systems, and also support and monitor performance of the business, generate in-depth analysis, insight and challenge to support the Consumer Business Unit (CBU).

Responsibilities

Strategic Input

• Provide input into the strategy for the Commercial Finance function in the Consumer Business (Product and Channels)
• Align all operational activities undertaken in the department to the BRIGHT strategy objectives
• Drive best practice, iterative improvement and innovation at a strategic deployment level

Decision Making and Business Case Management

• Track the performance of products/channels by developing financial models 
• Develop business cases and other models/frameworks in order to provide scenarios for the General Manager and the Executives where required
• Contribute towards the establishment of measurable performance parameters and standardised sources for measurement, in order to evaluate ongoing success of such decisions
• Analyse, monitor, challenge and advise and on investment and CAPEX items against anticipated risk and returns to evaluate viability and profitability
• Assure consistency and expertise for all business case/ financial modelling
• Identify business improvement and optimisation opportunities that will result in improvement of process performance 
• Drive compliance of sub-division activities, models and business cases to the Group and Opco governance protocols and policies
• Conduct post-implementation analysis for products/channels to identify patterns and learning points

Business Finance

• Enable the development and provision of financial data to business cases developed within units
• Provide ongoing support and direction on commercial, business and risk issues identified and render guidance into solutions
• Drive compliance towards CAPEX governance processes and customer tender processes to ensure correctness
• Provide insight and recommendations into improving revenue performance across segments 
• Update and maintain effective cost efficiency plans to reduce cost drivers
• Provide early warnings to management as soon as material deviations are detected, identify for the attention of the business and relevant interventions

Acquisition and Retention

• Contribute towards product pricing, tariffs and product/channel policy decisions
• Understand the pricing points and purchasing patterns in the different products/channels within the portfolio and across products/channels and conduct profitability analysis
• Report and analyse on actual product / channel performance
• Finance Performance Analysis and Management
• Provide input into the development of performance measures and KPIs at various levels of the business (operations, products/channels, markets, margins, profitability etc.)
• Provide ongoing analysis to track product/channel efficiency to enable the business unit to make sound product/channel management decisions regarding product scaling or decommissioning
• Create P&L for each channel to enable assessment of standalone performance of each product/channel
• Oversee the forecasting, planning and reporting for all channel on an ongoing basis and providing reporting insights 
• Monitor performance deep dive root cause assessments and constructively challenge outcomes as a means to improve performance

Governance 

Tactical meetings

• Set up / contribute in adhoc and operational meetings 
• Lead the agenda for tactical meetings
• Report and engage at Executive level
• Participate in any other cross-functional tactical meetings

Escalations

• Provide input and recommendations / escalate serious issues to ensure all actions are aligned to the business plan and strategic intent
• Contribute towards generating solutions to issues that require formal resolution

Reporting

• Review and submit reports for the General Manager(GM) addressing periodic activity, budget compliance, feedback and key departmental results to facilitate decision making
• Prepare reports on operational performance and detailed reports on specific projects when required

Risk Identification

• Support recommendations analysis to the function to reduce business risk
• Review the effectiveness of risk management within the business unit, considering local conditions, as well as competitor activity
• Recommend and improve internal risk systems and models in the business unit
• Analyse commercial contracts and identify potential risks for the business – escalate to Executive for the business unit and GM Business Finance
• Generate product/channel management reports detailing analysis, findings and recommendations for Exco, Regional Management Reviews and Monthly

Qualifications

Education:

• Minimum of 4 years tertiary degree / CA required
• MBA or Master's advantageous

Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in Finance and Commercial functions
• Experience working in a medium to large organisation 
• Planning, Reporting and Performance Management experience
• Experience in managing others