Commercial Controller at Airtel

Purpose of the Job (Brief)

• The prospective role holder will provide management with information relevant to aid decision making and steer the company towards being a profitable entity.
• Drive business partnering and collaboration with stakeholders in evaluating risks and opportunities to drive strategic business and financial objectives.

Key Accountabilities

• Build AOP Financials, based on functional and Operational Inputs.
• Monthly/Quarterly Analysis of Variance.
• Prepare 3 /5 year plan as appropriate.
• Timely and accurate reporting of CWN daily.
• Issue zonal CWN report.
• Performance analysis highlighting function-wise areas of concerns and improvements.
• Prepare Functional review decks.
• Monthly review deck for Board.
• Quarterly Review deck for Audit Committee.
• Review of Finance MAPA and coordination of Zonal MAPA to drive and monitor the delivery of the AOP.
• Controlling Opex / Capex approvals and updating functions on their YTD spent status.
• Obtain appropriate approvals for any cost over runs.
• Budgetary Check and evaluation of all Capex investment.
• Coordination of the flash and forecast process with functional heads to have an understating of the expected performance of the current month and the remaining months of the financial year.
• Bucket Wise revenue analysis (weekly-Gap against budget & Run rate).
• Segment Wise revenue analysis for proactive decision making and customer profiling.
• Pre and post launch promo analysis to Marketing for performance tracking.
• Issue quarterly competitor analysis .
• Monthly Market share reporting and analysis.

Education & Experience

• First & Second Degrees in Accounting, Economics and Finance
• Professional qualification in Accounting - ACA/ACCA/CFA
• 12 - 15 years of relevant experience in Telecoms &/or FMCG.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong business and financial acumen.
• High level of commitment.
• Resilience.
• Achieving Results
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Extremely proactive and able to take initiative in making strategic decisions.