Manager, Roaming Finance Business Partner - MTN

Key Performance Areas: Core, essential responsibilities/outputs of the position (KPA's)

The Manager: Roaming Finance Business Partner will be responsible to achieve the following objectives:

• Good understanding of the GSMA requirements and the impact on the roaming business
• Support business decision making through financial analysis and a deep knowledge and expertise of the wholesale roaming business
• End-2-End roaming account & relationship management with MTN Opcos, roaming partners and the GlobalConnect commercial team, supporting all the stakeholders with finance roaming related matters
• Review the financial clauses on all Roaming Agreements with roaming partners and assist in decision-making on whether to proceed with partnerships

• Assess financial viability of potential roaming partners to onboard by analysing the traffic profile and payment history
• Review Discount IOT agreements, analysing the impact of discounts to the wholesale roaming business and provide insight and guidance to senior management on viability
• Assist the business in developing the roaming service fee revenue budget for a 3 year period, including the budget of each Opco’s wholesale roaming revenue and expenses, taking into account the impact of discount IOT’s on the budget
• Support the wholesale roaming business Opex and Capex budget expenditure based on actual projects and cost estimations for new projects
• Develop frameworks to assist the business team to optimize spending
• Assist with review of business cases to launch new products and business models
• Assist in developing and incorporating budgets and forecasts for new lines of business within the roaming function
• Design and set up the full finance function end-to-end for new business within the roaming function, including settlement thereof
• Manage the monthly performance of actual revenue, profit/loss achieved against the approved monthly budgets
• Provide robust financial analysis based on information extracted from the FCH provider and support to the wholesale roaming business to unlock value within a proper control framework
• Ensure cash flows are well managed in terms of inflows/outflows. This includes active management of the settlement and collection arrangements with MTN Opcos, international and regional partners
• Designing and implementation of finance procedures to ensure a streamlined and centralised billing, clearing and settlements process
• Review of the RACI model and update at regular intervals for any changes to the processes and systems
• Reviewing the roaming rates to ensure the rates reported are accurate. Engaging with the business team to resolve inconsistencies
• Participate in the quarterly GlobalConnect pricing review committee
• Review investigation reports on identified errors or leakages to identify the revenue leakage root causes. Engage with the relevant stakeholders to resolve any control deficiencies identified
• Be the contact point for the business to interface with finance on the reporting of results, ensuring timely and accurate submissions
• Assist with ad hoc analysis, reports, information requested by Business, Audit, Tax etc

Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)

Education:

• CA / ACMA (CIMA) /ACCA
• Minimum 4-year degree in Finance or Business
• MBA would be an advantage

Experience:

• Minimum 2 -5 years relevant experience in telecom carrier business
• Proven business partnership record
• Good roaming carrier services business acumen
• High quality analytics
• Attention to detail
• Commitment to results (self-starting, opportunity grabber)
• People management

Competencies:

• Good understanding of the GSMA requirements
• Exposure to FCH provider
• Understanding of the full billing processes
• Good understanding of Telecom products and services
• Ability to manage and communicate with existing & potential customers in a multicultural, cross-border environment
• High calibre communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical skills & line management skills
• Detail and process-oriented