Job Description

At Bayobab, we Lead with Care, Can-do with Integrity, Collaborate with Agility, Serve with Respect and Act with Inclusion.


Bayobab formerly MTN GlobalConnect is a Pan-African digital wholesale and infrastructure services company founded in 2017, and an operating company in the MTN Group. Bayobab formerly MTN GlobalConnect manages MTN's international and national major wholesale activities, in addition to offering reliable wholesale and infrastructure solutions for fixed connectivity and wholesale mobility solutions that include international mobile services, Voice, SMS, signaling, roaming and interconnect.

Mission:

Manager Finance Business Partner Messaging & VAS will play an integral role within Bayobab Finance team supporting mobility business team in Bayobab and across Opcos. This role will be eyes and ears of the Management on all financial matters related to Mobility SMS and VAS services and work closely with Bayobab FinOps to provide necessary support to the business.


This is a multifaceted role where it requires greater attention to details, strong financial analytical and presentation skills, financial risk management, Oracle reporting, strong business acumen, control governance together with experience in overall Finance operations to review and setup finance policies and procedures as per the industry best practice.

Key Performance Areas:

Manager Finance Business Partner Messaging & VAS will be responsible to achieve the following objectives:


End-2-End SMS and VAS account & relationship management with MTN Opcos, carrier partners, Bayobab commercial & Bayobab FinOps teams Liaise with Bayobab FinOps team on various Finance Operation related issues flagged by business / business partners and provide support where required Interact with the Opco CFO's and finance teams on various business finance related matters Reviewing the financial clauses on all SMS and VAS Agreements with new SMS and VAS partners and assist in decision-making on whether to proceed with partnerships Review A2P/P2P/P2A & VAS prices and provide feedback for the PriceCom approval Review various business models proposed by business for new product launches, new partner engagements, business process change impacts etc. Build budget and forecast with close coordination with Mobility team and Opco team Provide SMS/VAS related financial information to business and Bayobab Finance Management at regular time period and any ad-hoc information to aid decision making Reviewing of business cases to launch new products and business models Manage the monthly performance of actual revenue, profit/loss achieved against the approved monthly budgets and build an in depth understanding about business dynamics Support SM FP&A and Business Partner with quarterly reporting, Forecasting and business planning Provide robust financial analysis based on information extracted from Billing platform, Oracle Fusion to Bayobab Management team Support Bayobab FinOps team where required with dispute resolution between Bayobab OPCOs and 3 rd party Interconnect partners Assist with ad hoc analysis, reports, information requested by Business, Audit, Tax etc. Continue to monitor Opco upsides against budget and build share with Bayobab Management Support various project implementation where required Explore and initiate various automation of regular reports prepared manually Support process Improvement initiatives such as automation, standardization, documentation etc Attend various business review meetings and events where required Monitor financial KPIs related to Interconnect business and provide feedback to senior management.

Job Requirements:

Education:

4-year degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics CA/ CPA/ ACCA or any other professional qualification (fully qualified)

Experience:

5+ years in relevant experience in relevant areas of the business Hyperion reporting, FCCS and analysis experience is a must. Stakeholder management Strong business acumen and familiar with Billing systems

Competencies:

Critical Finance thinking Strategic thinker Business / Finance acumen with commercial mindset Accounting standards, policies and procedures Demonstrated exceptional analytical, quantitative and financial modelling skills Global mindset, ideally with broad geographical and industry experience that brings cross cultural understanding and the ability to work across cultures Genuine interest and shows initiative in own professional development i.e. keeping up with best practices, digitalization Exceptional presentation skills including Executive level presentations Strong decision maker Advanced Excel skills Ability to work multiple priorities in parallel Ability to develop relationships and influence People management Organizational Agility * Dealing with ambiguity and complexity