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
Education:
- Minimum of 4 year tertiary degree / CA required
- MBA or Masters advantageous
Experience:
- Minimum of 7 years experience in Finance and Commercial functions
- Experience working in a medium to large organization
- Planning, Reporting and Performance Management experience
- Experience in managing others