Business Planning Analyst at Sheer Logic

Responsibilities

• 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
• Revenue and Direct Costs Analysis and Reporting
• Prepare analysis of actual Revenue and Direct Costs performance broken down into detailed drivers of the performance.
• Benchmark performance against Competition and other relevant international performance benchmarks
• Revenue Analysis-ARPU analysis, MOU & Subs analysis,

Typical activities

Prepare monthly performance reporting pack, covering in detail:-

• Revenue drivers and performance including:- Subs, MOU, PPM, ARPU
• Regional Performance
• Channel Performance
• Direct cost performance
• Product line profitability analyses
• Set-up mechanisms for Pre & Post launch analysis and reviews especially for new tariffs, promotions, products and services
• Provide IT and Accounting with specifications detailing information requirements in order to better analyse and report on the performance of the business.
• Decision Support
• Set-up mechanisms to provide financial and business checks for Commercial decisions
• Proposed pricing, financial reviews
• Assisting project owners in economically evaluating the business benefits of all new projects
• Assist in improving the financial awareness in other Divisions of the financial impact of their investment and budgetary decisions on the financial performance of the business e.g. cash flows,
• Review business cases developed by various departments, specifically the Commercial Department
• Preparation of periodic (Daily, Monthly & Quarterly) reports to enable management evaluate performance and take appropriate action
• Monthly review and reporting on key business metrics (traffic, revenues and customers) as captured by the Management Analysis and Performance pack (MAPA).
• Preparation of monthly performance reports for presentation to Management
• Periodic preparation of a the board pack so as to update the Board members on the business’ operations and key interventions needed at Board level.
• Fulfill part of the firm’s legal/regulatory obligations in providing updated information as required by regulatory/state – mandated statistical bodies planning by the Central team
• Benchmark performance against competition and other relevant international performance benchmarks

• Trend and Variance Analysis
• Providing monthly commentaries with inputs 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 buckets
• Perform distribution margins analysis
• Sites performance analysis
• Investment Analysis
• Assist in improving the commercial awareness in all division 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

Requirements

• University Degree
• ACCA/CPA/CFA or in the process of getting the professional Qualification
• Relevant Experience (Type of experience and minimum number of years)
• Minimum 3 years in FMCG or Telecoms; In-depth knowledge of the telecoms industry advantageous.
• Experience in carrying out quantitative and qualitative analytical reviews on financial statement items
• Proficiency in MS Office suite. Excellent skills in Excel
• Proven ability to analyze complex business issues and identify, design and implement effective
  practical recommendations
• High level of commitment
• Attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills