Job Description

Structural InformationJob number: 10031658Job title: Specialist: Finance BI AnalystJob grade: S5Group/ BU: CSBDivision: CSB FinancesSpan of control: 0-5Reports to: Senior ManagementCore DescriptionResponsible for the development of business intelligence finance and non-finance projects, systems, applications, model analysis, financial consideration throughout design, development, testing, monitoring, optimization and providing system support for the business intelligence end-user access architecture ecosystem within Telkom SA. The incumbent will produce amongst others, revenue, transactions analysis, co-ordinate and assist with financial commissions support and create presentation layers that reflect the business performance. Conducting thorough requirements gathering, focusing on business and financial systems analysis. Provide support and coaching to junior staff through guidance and effective management driving a clear focus on company goals and financial objectives. This role will co-ordinate the integration with financial and non-financial databases enabling the conducting of thorough requirements gathering, focusing on business and financial systems analysis. Additionally, the role involves providing ongoing financial intelligence and BI support for tools developed, ensuring seamless end-user access to financial reports and BI analysis for operational decision-making.Job ResponsibilitiesIntellectual Contribution to Financial intelligence:Contribute to the intellectual property on BI financial intelligence and visualization methods, enhancing the organization's capability in these areas.
Providing support and guidance to fellow BI financial developers and analysts, end users as well as the determining of future financial data infrastructure requirements.
Analyse revenue, recurring billing charges, ad hoc charges, financial transactions, commissions related and MNO, FNO data to provide key performance indicators to stakeholders.
Responsible for taking high-level business plans, or requirements and translating them into concrete functional specifications with actionable outcomes that users can retrieve through BI self-service.
The specifications produced will describe how the solution integrates with both the business processes and products, and the existing BI infrastructure.
These specs must then be translated into solutions; these solutions must be tested and implemented and ensure that they have business or financial value.
The implemented solutions must be maintained by the direct reports or the incumbent.
All process changes or business definitions changes will be taken through the same process as new requirements, including project management Analysis.Responsibilities:
Determine current and future business requirements:
Co-ordinate the design, development, and maintenance of financial business intelligence models and tools that drive insights into financial performance and forecasting.
Identify and introduce new approaches to build and manage agility through the team of finance intelligence developers, financial data stewards, and BI analysts. Facilitate professional development focused on financial analytics and governance.
Identify need to upgrade relevant environments, tools or finance visualisations business support systems.
Forecast growth both for products and services as well as overall product and service revenues.
Develop and support interactive platforms on PowerBI to enable financial team to collaborate and provide insights on financial performance, including ARPU (Average Revenue Per User), churn, traffic analysis.
Formulate the required solution requirements.
Capture request.
Document user requirements.
Compile functional design specifications: Design financial BI tools and models based on the gathered requirements (if necessary).
Coordinate requirements: Align financial needs across business units to ensure consistency and integration.
Translate business requirements into financial performance models, reports, and analytics solutions.
Complete truth test.Documentation Management:
Identify the need for a BI finance definition document.
Research information to satisfy the need.
Create the document: Draft financial process documentation, including KPIs, metrics, and model definitions.
Add the document to the Finance BI collaboration site.
File a signed or electronic copy of document.
Revise the document as necessary: Update documentation to reflect new financial strategies, tools, or processes.Planning the BI solution requirements:
Scope determination of financial or non-financial requirements.
Compile functional reporting design specification (if required).
Identify possible external interfaces.Core CompetenciesFUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
Business Intelligence; Financial acumen; Commissions acumen; Business Processes; Project Management; Computer Software; Database Design and Administration; BI Software development; Systems; Documentation Standards
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
Analytical; Communication; Reporting; Financial literacy; Performance tracking; Problem Solving; Business Intelligence; Designing; Writing
ATTITUDES/ LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
Customer Focused; Motivated; Perseverance; Proactive; Professional; Reliable; Decisive; Organized; Accuracy; Dynamic; Approachable; Team Player; AdaptabilityCertificationsEducation

• NQF 6: 3 year Diploma/ National Diploma in Business Administration or Computer Science

Experience

• 5 Years relevant experience

Additional InformationQualifications:Qualification in Computer Science or Business Administration or BCom Fin Science Informatics.
Special Requirements:Strong Business intelligence project management skills and a demonstrated track record in executing on business strategy and financial objectives.
Deep understanding of systems including financial models, Business intelligence, SSIS, SSAS and SSRS, Microsoft Fabric and visualisation platforms, network infrastructure and security tools.
Job responsibilities (continued):Perform financial risk analysis:
Assess potential risks in BI reporting and solutions.
Design of information presentation interface.
Investigate various options/ determine solution.
Prototype and obtain user acceptance of proposal.
Design information presentation interfaces: Develop user-friendly BI dashboards and reports tailored to financial and non- financial stakeholders to increase financial literacy.Monitor project execution:
Reschedule tasks/ activities.
Reschedule tasks/ activities: Ensure timelines for financial/ commissions or BI projects align with strategic priorities.
Provide progress reports: Update stakeholders on the development of financial BI solutions.
Approve/ Decline scope changes: Manage the scope of financial projects to ensure alignment with goals.
Inform relevant stakeholders: Communicate progress and any critical updates to financial leadership.
Provide progress report.
Inform relevant stakeholders.
Manage and guide junior staff in model building, KPI tracking and reporting.Compile reports:
Receive a request
Determine availability of information
Gather all necessary information
Compile reports: Generate dashboards and detailed BI performance reports.
Write reports: Communicate insights, trends, and recommendations clearly and effectively.
Submit for input: Review reports with financial teams for accuracy and relevance.Developer Responsibilities:
Design and develop solutions.
Receive and gather business requests: Understand financial data needs, such as performance reporting or profitability analysis.
Compile documentation: Ensure detailed specifications for financial BI tools and processes and then develop specifications.
Obtain approval for necessary documentation.
Design and develop the required database layer.
Design and develop the required presentation layers.
Maintain, monitor, enhance and support the developed BI solution.
Conduct quality assurance: Verify the accuracy of financial models and reports before deployment.
Define input/output files: Ensure compatibility of financial data imports and exports.
Test and stabilize solutions: Validate financial solutions under operational conditions.
Deploy the developed solutionSpecial RequirementsPhysical Requirements

• None

Key Stakeholders

• All Telkom's strategic and operational business units, service organizations, divisions, partners, customers, and staff.

Telkom