Business Planning and Forecasting Accountant

Qualifications

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• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics or business related discipline.
  
• Professional accounting qualification like ACCA, CPA, ACA, CIMA will be an added advantage.
  
• 3 - 5 years working experience in a busy accounting function.
  
• Experience in telecom space, Fintech or fast moving consumer goods.
  
• Able to operate in a performance driven organization.
  
• Business awareness.
  
• Attention to detail.
  
• Analytical skills,
  

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• Prepare reliable multi-year business plans Key KPIs and Financial statements.
  
• Ensure that the business plans are delivered as per group advised time table.
  
• Scan the future business environment and incorporate their implication in to business plan.
  
• Co-ordinate with other departments to insure all inputs to are received in time.
  
• Present the business Plan to the Finance Director for discussion before being presented to senior management.
  
• Prepare timely and accurate Annual Operating Plan according to group guidelines.
  
• Co-ordinate with marketing, Sale, networks, IT, Customer Service, Airtel Money, Finance and Human Resources and Operational expenditure and Capital expenditure input.
  
• Ensure that approved annual operating plan is disaggregated into departmental cost centres and uploaded on the financial reporting system for facilitate comparison with actual performance.
  
• Ensure all group guidelines are incorporated in the annual operating plan.
  
• Prepare accurate monthly Flash & forecast that align business performance to the Annual Operating Plan.
  
• Prepare Capex Business Cases and Product Analysis.
  
• Give insight of business performance against set key performance indicators and a detailed analytical commentary on the monthly financial performance.