To manage, analyze and prepare different analytical reports on retail and carrier revenue for MTNIrancell.
To ensure compliance of MTNIrancell to tax and regulatory requirements based on revenue reporting.
Responsibilities:
To make sound recommendations and judgments toward products, tariff development, and implementation, business planning, budgeting-enabling of various systems as well as delegations of authority and payment authorization.
To ensure optimum performance of switches and MGW (Media Gate Way) in billing function and operation area in collaboration with NWG, ITS, and Business Operations.
To collaborate with Legal & Regulatory and relevant statutory bodies to manage MTN Irancell’s statutory compliance and mitigate related risks.
To interact with MTN Irancell’s audit committee, and internal and external audit functions to achieve adequate composition for the implementation of standards and policies.
To collaborate with various teams in Finance to implement requirements of GAAP and IFRS.
To drive MTN Irancell’s initiatives related to revenue within the company and review of loss leaders as reflected in the financial reports generated.
To drive revenue recognition on complex structures, and partner with the business organization in line with RA and A&R teams.
To put processes in place to evaluate financial impact assessments of products, carrier relations, and revenue share agreements and tariffs.
To review and approve business’s implications of products and tariffs, and monitor implementation and testing on enterprise and billing systems.
To develop and manage the implementation of cost allocation methodology for carrier-related pricing.
To ensure accuracy of revenue reporting from tax compliance and regulatory requirements point of view.
To review and analyze all company revenues, cost of sales, and discounts/commissions to gross margin in order to validate the details and check the evidence associated with gross margin changes in reporting to high managers.
To review and reconcile inter-carrier (Interconnect, Roaming, and value-added services) agreements, billing, reconciliation, and payments.
-To ensure compliance with MTN Group and MTN Irancell’s policies, all International and Local accounting standards, quality, deadlines, policy, and reporting requirements and also to identify non-compliance in existing policies, errors in reconciliation statements, and collection lapses and advise/support relevant parties for corrective actions.
To plan and implement reconciliation and control mechanisms for revenue recognition and reconciliation.
To define and ensure revenue, bad debt, and stock PPPs are up to date.
To review and authorize revenue share agreements, and calculations and authorize payments to value-added service partners.
To contribute in interconnect rates (peak and off-peak) and commercial terms with local and international operators.
To segment products’ profitability to provide MTN Irancell’s executive committee with a sound basis for making crucial decisions e.g., deleting a segment.
To make gross margin-related inputs into MTN Irancell’s business plan and board papers by reviewing the specialist’s review, test, and feedback on MTN Irancell’s business plan (budget) based on empirical statistics.
To ensure all bad debts and obsolete provisions are raised as per financial standards, MTN Irancell’s policies, procedures, and standard working instructions.
To conduct relevant revenue verification and assurance in association with the Business Risk Management division.
To manage the preparation of various revenue reports including revenue to gross margin reports.
To manage revenue stream identification from various income sources in collaboration with commercial teams and provide related reports.
To ensure the team’s knowledge and skills are abreast with the world’s trends via providing an adequate level of training.
To arrange meetings with subordinates to ensure compliance with established practices, implement new policies, and keep employees abreast of current changes in practices and standards.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Financial Management, Accounting
CA Certification/ MBA / Masters is Advantageous
ACA or other relevant international professional qualifications (CIMA, CPA, ACCA) are advantages
At least 5 years of experience in Finance Management; with at least 3 years in Telecom
Working experience across diverse cultures and geographies is advantageous