Head – Business Planning & Analysis at Airtel Money

Job Description

Job Summary

Primarily responsible for partnering for business decisions support to enhance performance and profitability. This includes leading and coordinating short- and long-term projections of business performance over varying economic and market scenarios

Key Duties & Responsibilities

1. Business Planning & Forecasting:

• Building AOP Financials, based on functional and Operational Inputs. 
• Preparation of monthly Flash & Forecast (F&F). 
• Reviewing of Monthly/Quarterly Analysis of Variances. 
• Preparation of medium and long range plans 
• Designing and developing complex business planning models. 
• Evaluation of telecoms market dynamics and impact on business performance 
• External Benchmarking- mark to market analysis 
• Give insight into business performance against set Key Performance Indicators.
• Identify causes of performance gaps and advise management on corrective measures.
• Implement procedures to drive timely comparison and reconciliation of information received from various systems that are used in statistical reporting.

2. Revenue Planning & Control: 

• Enabling revenue growth through Business Partnering with Mktg. Strategize with Core team on Medium term and short term revenue plans and programs. 
• Product pricing: Pre and post Evaluation of products and promotions. 

3. Investment analysis 

• Capex Planning & Support
• Pre and post Evaluation of Investment projects.
• Capex productivity enhancement initiatives 
• Site performance review
• Management of Capex
  • NFA conversion to Open PO 
  • Open PO conversion to CWIP 
  • CWSIP to Capitalization 

4. Opex Planning & Control: 

• Performance tracking for key Opex 
• War on Waste – Cost savings initiatives and monitoring. 

5. Employee Engagement and succession planning: 

• Developing and motivating team members through structured training and on the job coaching 
• Establish performance expectations and regularly review individual performance 
• Recommending appropriate rewards and recognition 
• Preparing plans to action engagement feedback for team

Educational Qualifications, Experience, & Skills Required

• Degree in Accounting or Business / Economics
• Chartered Accountant / MBA 
• Able to work under high stress with short term targets and objectives 
• IT literacy (MS Excel, PPT, Word) 
• 5+ years of experience in a similar role. 
• 12-15 years in FMCG & Telecoms, In-depth knowledge of the telecoms industry. 
• Strong Analytical skills & MS Excel proficiency. 
• Computer literate. 
• Planning 
• Ability to align strategies and systems to business needs 
• High level of commitment 
• Result oriented, Analytical & leadership skills 
• Strong financial analysis and reporting skills 
• Excellent communication skill and ability to interact effectively with top management 
• Ownership and a positive can do spirit. 
• High energy and ability to motivate team. 
• Attention to detail and the ability to translate financial data into usable business intelligence. 
• Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment with frequently changing priorities and to meet deadlines under pressure