Financial Modeling Specialist

Job Description

Mission:

• To provide support to high-level management on financial decisions using financial metrics obtained from models that are driven by research findings, macroeconomic and competitive assumptions, and benchmarks.

Responsibilities:

• To liaise with network, sales and distribution, and finance to coordinate the marketing objectives versus demand planning.
• To support the development of home business (FTTx/WTTx) products and services using robust financial forecasting plans and methodology.
• To do post-mortem analysis and monitor the performance of MTNIrancell offers and marketing campaigns and revise offers/campaigns if needed.
• To monitor and analyze price changes in the market and define pricing plans to improve or keep the service/product position in the market.
• To ensure relevant business rules are applied in products and services financial analysis and forecasting scenarios.
• To produce and maintain a detailed listing of all drivers and assumptions for the products’ financial assessments from gross revenue to margin.
• To conduct actual versus financial forecast assumptions and take into account product performance after promotion to modify the financial model's assumptions based on actual data.
• To build a source of data for each assumption (revenue/costs) for reporting and projection purposes.
• To coordinate the financial assessment assumptions (revenue and costs) with the business and owner teams to ensure assumptions are near reality.
• To support the business planning process in financial modeling affairs, concerning providing assumption models for each product.
• To coordinate gathering relevant internal and external data, including research that ensures robust financial analysis.
• To complete and present business cases and other financial analyses for approval by the management.
• To support the development of a tariff/pricing strategy on all commercial/retail tariffs.
• To support research efforts to obtain best practices in tariff planning and strategy in the world.To support product development efforts from inception to launch and forecast for the ITS/NWG in financial aspects.
• To Liaise with departments within Marketing and MTNIrancell on the feasibility of any new or modified product or promotion and or activity that requires a financial assessment, to fully understand the impact on MTNIrancell’s business plan.
• To provide support in the development of the annual MKT budget and monthly forecast figures.