Airtel
DEPARTMENT : Finance
VACANCY : Commercial Controller
LEVEL :Senior Officer
LOCATION : Lusaka, HQ
JOB PURPOSE
Primarily responsible for partnering for business decisions support to enhance the performance and profitability. This includes leading and coordinating short- and long-term projections of business performance over varying economic and market scenarios.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE:
- • Build Annual Operating Plan (AOP) Financials, based on functional and Operational Inputs.
- • Review of Monthly/Quarterly Analysis of Variance.
- • Design and develop complex business planning models.
- • Evaluation of telecoms market dynamics and impact on business performance.
- • External Benchmarking- mark to market analysis.
- • Enable revenue growth through Business Partnering with Marketing.
- • Strategize with Core team on medium term and short-term revenue plans and programs.
- • Pre and post Evaluation of products and promotions.
- • Drive site utilization.
- • Capex productivity enhancement initiatives.
- • Performance tracking for key Operating Expenditure (Opex).
- • Cost savings initiatives and monitoring.
- • Implementation of Zero-based cost management mechanism.
- • Develop and motivate team members through structured training and on the job coaching.
- • Establish performance expectations and regularly review individual performance.
- • Recommend appropriate rewards and recognition.
- • Prepare plans to action engagement feedback for team.
- • Drive improvement of plans through analysis of financial performance.
- • Implementation of short- and long-term capital requirements and shares insights into capital structure options.
- • Translate business strategies into financial plans for stakeholders.
REQUIREMENTS
Educational Qualifications & Functional / Technical Skills:
- • A university degree in Finance/Business/ Accounting/Professional qualification in accounting.
Relevant Experience:
- • Atleast 12-15 years in Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) & Telecommunications.
- • In-depth knowledge of Telecommunications Industry.
- • Strong Analytical skills & MS Excel proficiency.
- • Must be a member of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA).
COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR THE POST
- • High level of commitment.
- • Result oriented, Analytical & leadership skills.
- • Strong financial analysis and reporting skills.
- • Excellent communication skills and ability to interact effectively with top management.
- • Ownership and a positive can-do spirit.
- • High energy and ability to motivate team.
- • Attention to detail and the ability to translate financial data into usable business intelligence.
- • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities and to meet deadlines under pressure.
- • Ability to use complex modeling and forecasting techniques for analysis.
CLOSING DATE:
Suitable candidates requested to apply by sending through their CV’s to [email protected] . Closing date for receiving applications is Monday, 2nd September 2024.
Airtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is non-discriminatory on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and/or ethnic grouping.
Please note that due to the high volume of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.