Senior Manager - Financial Planning Analysis

MTN Dubai Limited

Key performance Areas:

• Responsible to lead and oversee annual Business Planning and Quarterly Forecasting across FibreCo entities and ensure timely delivery of consolidated financials to Bayobab Exco
• Assist GM Business Finance and CFO in FibreCo set ups in key Tier 1, 2 and 3 markets with close coordination with other cross functions (PMO, HR, Legal, Strategy & Technology) and steering Bayobab Business partners.
• Monitor and report on progress of operational and structural KPI metrics, budget achievement (financial/ non-financial targets), plans and forecasts for business units.
• Proactively analyse and constructively challenge strategy, budget and plans, business cases, capital expenditure, customer and supplier agreements in context to the operations of the business unit.
• Developing effective relationships with senior managers by becoming the key business lead on all finance matters for the business area of responsibility.
• Establish and continuously improve standards for business finance analysis and lead the development of finance solutions for complex and high value commercial decisions
• Embedding a culture of financial and commercial challenge, ensuring that all the impacts of business decisions are evaluated and communicated.
• Understanding the key profit and cost drivers in the business, ensuring that risks are highlighted and mitigated in an efficient manner.
• Actively engage in reviewing various pricing proposals and Business cases.
• Presenting complex financial concepts in a way that can be easily understood by non-financial stakeholders.
• Adding value financially and operationally to the business area and leading on initiatives in relation to Finance related issues.
• Handling all aspects of the reporting, budgeting and planning including preparation of presentation and commentary.
• Ensuring all investment projects are fully analysed and appraised.
• Inputting to and advising on content and presentation of business cases prior to sign off for functional area
• Responsible in preparing quarterly segmented income statement for both fixed and mobility business up to net profit
• Lead and steer Business planning process across Bayobab Group and ensure timely delivery of Budgets and forecast for the consolidation
• Provide insights on cost and revenue leadership initiatives including resource allocations, within the OpCo.
• Monitor and proactively advise on business risk evaluation and mitigation measures, in conjunction with the risk and compliance function.
• Provide independent evaluation and advisory support on various proposals for investments, Capex and Opex items.
• Provide standard methodology and valuation techniques to Bayobab to determine business case and investment.
• Ensure measurable performance parameters and standardized sources for measurement are entrenched in business cases and KPI tracking, to evaluate ongoing success of such decisions.
• Proactively analyse, monitor, challenge and advise on investment and Capex items against anticipated risk and returns to evaluate viability and profitability (as applicable).
• Establish performance measures and KPIs at various levels of the business (operations, products & markets, revenue, margins, profitability etc.).
• Conduct scenario analysis and modelling to arrive at realistic and planned targets for achievement.
• Identify appropriates sources and channels to derive performance-related data.
• Proactively analyse potential issues and risks to enable early resolution and course corrections.
• Provide leading practice insights for financial performance improvements and value-driving actions.
• Monitor, perform deep-dive root cause assessments and constructively challenge outcomes as a means to improve financial performance.
• Support and align with FP&A function on performance management methodology, process and protocols.
• Support new / existing product commercial and financial feasibility assessments to arrive at go-no-go decisions and investment potential.
• Provide advice on feasibility and expected returns.
• Provide inputs and extensively participate in product pricing, tariffs, channel policy decisions.
• Ensure compliance to Group Governance protocols and policies (committee approvals, DoA, process etc.).
• Support development of bid calculation tools, and verify alignment with forecasts.
• Support ad-hoc analysis to develop revenue, margins and frame contracts.
• Ensure compliance to Group Governance protocols and policies (committee approvals, DoA, process etc.).
• Ad-hoc analysis & decision support: Financial advisory support to senior management with financial analysis on various initiatives & special projects, Identify & evaluate potential cost savings initiatives
• Lead and support various business transformation projects