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Purpose of the Job:
To support the elaboration of business plans, budgets and forecasts, business cases and financial reports, with the focus of the activities adjusted to the specific department they are assigned to, in the Financial Planning and Analysis department. Ensures financial rigour of analysis and reports. Represents the department in the company, if required, and coaches and supports the development of (a) junior(s) assigned to him/her/them.
Pricing: To work closely with the Commercial Department and other business units to develop a clear understanding of their plans and activities around pricing of products. This is in order to support the business in decision making process via rigorous financial analyses, for example, the development of business cases and plans, evaluation of the financial impact of proposed products and promotions, carrying out ad hoc financial analyses as requested by the business.
Capacity Planning: Given the company's new operating model, it has become critical to ensure that our existing demand requirements from the Retail department and from the Wholesale Business department if effectively and efficiently matched-up with our existing and future capacity supply constraints to ensure our costs are optimised and commercial opportunities are realised to prevent any wastage. The Senior Financial Analyst will support the Senior Manager: Pricing & Capacity Planning in setting up and being a part of a highly skilled group of technical and commercial experts who are responsible leadings company new business model as a wholesale buyer and seller of capacity.
TASKS/DUTIES:
Financial Analysis
Support the Commercial Department in the preparation and evaluation of business cases. This will entail working closely with the business to understand and objectively evaluate projects, provide insights, identify key risks and implications, and make recommendations
• Develop and build pricing models and provide financial analysis for pricing decisions
• Provide financial analytical support for handset and deal decisions
• Prepare financial pricing analyses (including financial pricing models), aimed at understanding the current and expected performance of various products, promotions and deals. Such analyses could be in the context of reporting of actual performance, or drilling down on key problem areas to understand root causes and provide solutions, planning and forecasting, business case evaluations, etc.
• Understand possible deviations from pricing submissions
• Investigating and answering questions within his/her scope of responsibility
• Gather and validate the integrity of information from different sources (systems and departments) required for financial analysis. Such information include operational KPIs and financial data
• Prepare high quality presentations and reports
• Present the results of any analyses in various formats and forums, for example, to management teams, via PowerPoint or written reports, etc.
o processes, ensuring alignment with the Business Plan as well as managing compliance with financial covenants that the company has with various financial institutions
Financial forecasting
Financial and Commercial Reporting
Data Integrity
• Ensure quality, accuracy and consistency of information received.
• Ensure regular communication between stakeholders ensuring that all relevant team are aware of any data integrity issues which may affect accurate reporting.
• Ensure the maintenance of financial inputs and revision of these inputs when required.
• Ensure that final numbers reported are correctly reflected in presentations, financial models, scenario planning initiatives and analyses.
Pricing
Undertake deal margin analysis and calculations to guide decision makers in approving retail deals, corporate deals and tenders
• Undertake comprehensive pricing formulation and business case compilation for corporate or government tenders
• Management of the RT15 Transversal Tender pricing components.
• Request pricing approvals from internal and external stakeholders and keep safe records of these approvals.
• Manage the +R4bn per annum roaming cost line for the group and reduce the wastage component thereof.
• Be accountable for collating segment insights and provide input into the overall roaming strategy and business plan
Interfaces – (not limited to)
• Capacity Planning: Be accountable for collating segment insights.
• Budget & Forecasting: Interact to understand basis of preparation of budget to assist variance analysis
• External Stakeholders: Liaise with external stakeholders to lobby and gain pricing approvals for corporate deals and/or tenders.
• Policy Compilation and Maintenance: Compile new policies, maintain existing policies and document process as and when needed.
Capacity Planning
• Develop and implement various commercial initiatives aimed at achieving the most efficient capacity utilisation within the group.
• Create and maintain tools for fast-acting decision making on the buying or selling of additional capacity
• Work closely with EPMO and Finance Business Planning teams to build optimal network cost-savings plans.
• Developing and maintaining the budget lines for National roaming expenses and roaming revenues.
• Manage the billing dispute process with roaming partners.
• Monitor and calculate effective revenues and costs for all traffic types, group service lines, regions and channel permutations.
• Prepare monthly capacity planning and management packs that provide insights into the utilisation and efficiency of national roaming, as well as other KPIs, as needed.
Qualifications
• Degree in Economics, Statistics, Financial Mathematics, Finance, BCom, BCompt, or similar
NQF 7
Experience
• 5 + years minimum experience in Commercial Finance
• Telecommunications experience preferable
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