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Job Summary:
Provide financial planning support in the Corporate Performance Management Department and assigned divisions to enhance the decision-making process in support of the business’s strategic agenda within broadly defined policies to ensure that objectives are met.
Job Role
- Ensure standardisation with respect to forecasting parameters, methodology and templates
- Ensure the forecasting process is followed as per defined budgeting and forecasting policy
- Ensure adherence to the SLAs and roles & responsibilities defined for the forecasting process
- Generate periodic forecasts as per the defined schedule for the Opco
- Submit forecasts for approvals as per defined delegation of authority (DOA)
- Assist in preparation of operating budget and projection of expenses
- Provides assistance to managers in strategic and financial planning initiatives
- Assist in designing the use of financial modelling systems
- Assist in the development and maintenance of procedures and systems to enable the financial evaluation of strategic business opportunities
- Prepare reports on the budget process and support in the preparation of relevant packs for the Board for budget approvals.
- Assist in the preparation of budgets by performing validation checks over forecasted numbers
- Perform reconciliations with respect to approved forecasts and forecasts uploaded in ERP
- Allocation and re-allocation of budget to the departments
- Monitor, analyse and adjust the expenditure deviations from the allocated budget
- Periodic analysis of the budget and expenses of the departments
- Expense tracking and cost control
Context:
- Dynamic and highly competitive telecommunication & ICT industry
- Highly regulated environment
- Performance driven environment
- Diverse cultural environment
- Group best practices & standards alignment
- Regionalization structure implication
- Supply market demographics
- Opco specific restrictions on local content
Strategic Planning & Thinking
- Considers customer needs and trends in the development of strategic plans
- Implements strategic objectives
- Understands the strategic direction of the organization and highlight areas of potential value or risk
Critical Thinking
- Produce useful ideas or explanations for circumstances but lack in identifying or including cause and effect
- Undertakes a complex task by breaking it down into manageable parts in a systemic, detailed way
Analytical Thinking
- Analyze the data to detect trends and issues in the data and information in a logical and factual manner.
- Makes logical deductions from data sets
- Identifies a solution for resolving the underlying problem
Decision Making based on Decision Modelling
- Identifies the core issue in problem-solving, considers possible solutions and seeks direction and advice as appropriate
- Seeks to problem solve effectively by correctly analyzing the issues, seeking expert advice as required and consulting and collaborating with others as appropriate
Integrated Analytics
- Demonstrates an ability to take a comprehensive approach to insights development, through demonstrating integrated thinking
- Works with cross-functional teams across the business to ensure that the organization is gathering good quality behavioral information and technical data.
- Leads the Divisional insights strategy for the Division and makes a significant contribution to Divisional reporting
Qualification Required & Experience
Education
- A Degree in Accounting/Finance
Experience
- 3 years relevant experience
Professional/Technical competencies:
- Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS)
- Working knowledge of ERP (Oracle preferred)
- Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
- Experience in Telecom Finance function
NB: The Incumbent must maintain strict confidentiality always.
Location: Accra