We are seeking a dynamic, analytical, and result-oriented professional for the position of Manager – Finance Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to join our organization. The ideal candidate should possess strong financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analytical skills to support strategic decision-making and business growth.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Data Analysis, Margin & Cost Efficiency
- Own the end-to-end financial planning cycle including annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, rolling estimates, and long-range strategic plans.
- Conduct deep-dive profitability analysis at product, region, customer segment, and channel levels to identify margin leakage and improvement opportunities.
- Build and maintain dynamic financial models for scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and investment appraisal (NPV, IRR, payback) across capital projects and new business initiatives.
- Develop comprehensive variance analysis frameworks (budget vs. actual, month-on-month, year-on-year) with root-cause explanations and actionable recommendations.
- Analyze operating expenditure trends across departments and regions, identifying cost reduction levers and efficiency gains without compromising service quality.
- Track and report key telecom-specific financial KPIs including ARPU, subscriber acquisition cost (SAC), churn-related revenue impact, cost-per-subscriber, and EBITDA margin by segment.
- Support pricing strategy decisions with data-driven analysis of competitive positioning, elasticity, and customer lifetime value (CLTV) modeling.
Finance Business Partnering
- Serve as the primary finance business partner to operational heads (Network, Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Technology), embedding financial discipline into business decision-making.
- Proactively identify risks and opportunities through data-led insights and recommend strategic course corrections to leadership.
- Partner with commercial teams on business case development for new products, network expansion, geographic rollouts, and strategic partnerships.
- Facilitate cross-functional alignment on resource allocation, capital prioritization, and trade-off decisions through structured financial frameworks.
- Prepare board-level financial presentations, management discussion & analysis (MD&A) packs, and ad-hoc strategic analyses.
- Act as a financial thought leader within the organization, challenging assumptions and driving a culture of accountability, cost-consciousness, and value creation.
Automation, Technology & Collaboration with Programming Teams
- Partner directly with WorldLink’s software development and data engineering teams to design, develop, and deploy automated financial reporting and analytics solutions.
- Define functional requirements and business logic for automated dashboards, data pipelines, and reporting tools – translating finance needs into clear technical specifications for developers.
- Collaborate on the design of a centralized financial data warehouse to enable consistent, single-source-of-truth reporting across the organization.
- Drive the development and adoption of self-service Power BI dashboards with drill-down capabilities for department heads and senior leadership.
- Identify and implement Process Automation opportunities within the FP&A workflow – automating data collection, consolidation, reconciliation, and report generation processes.
- Evaluate and recommend emerging analytics tools, AI/ML-based forecasting models, and advanced statistical techniques to enhance predictive accuracy and analytical depth.
- Maintain documentation of all automated workflows, data dictionaries, and process maps to ensure knowledge continuity and auditability.
Team Development & Leadership
- Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing FP&A team, fostering analytical rigor, intellectual curiosity, and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Develop structured training programs to upskill finance team members in data analytics, visualization tools (Power BI, SQL basics), and modern FP&A methodologies.
- Establish standardized FP&A processes, templates, and reporting calendars to ensure consistency and scalability.
- Build strong cross-functional relationships with Technology, Operations, Commercial, and Regional teams to ensure finance is integrated into all key business processes.
