Financial Planning & Analysis - Airtel Money

Location: Tanzania, United Republic of

Why Airtel Africa?

At Airtel Africa, we act with passion, energy, and a can-do attitude. Innovation with an entrepreneurial spirit drive us. If you like “ordinary”, then we are not for you. We champion diversity. We anticipate, adapt, and deliver solutions that enrich the lives of communities we serve. We roll up our sleeves to win with our customers. By choosing Airtel, you choose to be part of a winning team. All this in addition to a brilliant opportunity to build a career in your field of expertise, across our different operating companies in Africa.

Airtel Africa is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and remain fully committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Responsibilities

• Price Analysis/Decision Support: Ensure that all business cases are properly validated within the set timelines. Assist project owners in economically evaluating the business benefits of all new projects.
• Manage and track post-project implementation to ensure returns as anticipated during project formulation are achieved.
• Preparation of periodic (Daily, Monthly & Quarterly) reports to enable management to evaluate performance and take appropriate action.
• Monthly review and reporting on key business metrics (volumes, revenues, and customers) as captured by the Management Analysis and Performance pack (MAPA).
• Preparation of monthly performance reports for presentation to Management.
• Fulfill part of the firm’s legal/regulatory obligations in providing updated information as required by regulatory/state-mandated statistical bodies.
• Provide quarterly country updates (macro-economic, political and industry updates) for purposes of planning by the Central team.
• Benchmark performance against competition and other relevant performance benchmarks.
• Trend and Variance Analysis: Providing monthly commentaries with input from the various departments on activities undertaken and their impact on revenue and costs to enhance management decision-making capacity.
• Monitoring performance against budget, ensuring that variances are explained and corrective action taken.
• Product/Segment profitability analysis.
• Assist in preparation of monthly revenue bucket P&L analysis. In-depth analysis of key drivers of price/cost and volume for each revenue bucket.
• Distribution margins analysis. Agent/AMB/Kiosk sites performance analysis.
• Investment analysis: Assist in improving commercial awareness of the financial impact of their investment and budgetary decisions on the financial performance of the business e.g., cash flows, return on investment etc.
• Ensure ROI for all asset categories is properly defined and enhanced to drive returns for capital investments. Prepare monthly profitability/Asset quality analysis reports to provide more analysis of the business revenue, cost centers, and investments.
• Ensure that all Opex and Capex spend requests are within budget and if not, appropriate overrides have been sought. Understand causes of variances against plan and propose remedial actions.

Qualifications

Educational Qualifications & Functional / Technical Skills: Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with a proven track record specializing in senior FP&A positions. Graduate degree in relevant field.

Relevant Experience: Over 7 years’ relevant experience within a multinational finance function. Relevant experience in Telecom and FinTech industry is desirable. Experience working within a growing business. Has worked with financial reporting and/or FP&A tools Oracle.

Other Requirements

• Highly numerate with high regard for accuracy. High entrepreneurial spirit. Culturally aware and adept at working across multiple geographies/markets.
• Ability to manipulate, interpret and summarize large data sets. Proven experience in using data for analysis and decision-making.
• Ability to multi-task and work in a challenging fast-paced environment. Strong work ethic with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. Exhibit maturity, professionalism, and a high level of discretion is required.