Safaricom Limited
is the leading mobile telecommunications company in Kenya.
We are at the forefront
of the industry and always seek to attract and retain talented, creative and
innovative team players who are excited by the opportunity of pushing the
frontiers of this evolving technology, growing our services, exciting our
customers and contributing to our community.
Business Cost Analyst
- Technology
FIN–BCA
–NOVEMBER- 2013
We are pleased to
announce the following vacancy within the Finance Division.
In keeping with
our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria
indicated below:
Reporting to the
Senior Manager – Decision Support, the job holder will manage the Technology
Capex, Nopex and Opex Budgets and offering a partnering/support role within the
division with respect to the company strategic objectives.
The successful candidate will be responsible for;
The successful candidate will be responsible for;
·
Preparation of Monthly budget utilization reports
&Identification of saving opportunities and any duplication.
·
Provision of the raw data for budgeting with the cost drivers
for Technology division.
·
Accurate and Timely submission of Budget of the details from all
the departments.
·
Review the inputs from all the departments for reasonableness in
line with known or predictable business and overall company strategy. Agree
with the departmental heads
·
Closely working with the respective departmental representatives
& guiding them through the budgeting process
·
Prepare a database for all the technical projects with all the milestones
·
Weekly Technology Capex Governance - Review of Business Cases,
Weekly updating of approved projects, tracking and necessary information
management
·
Loading of Capex budgets into Oracle on a timely basis after
necessary approvals
·
Management of all budget transfers for the division with
documented justifications.
·
Keep track of all the network elements for financial reporting.
·
Keep track of assets disposed during the month and report the
same to fixed assets
·
Review decommissioned sites, ensure proper documents are raised
and information is relayed to Fixed asset accountant
·
Ensure receipting is done in time by confirming the oracle
reports bi-monthly.
·
Breakdown of network maintenance costs per site per month and
having finance compare it with revenues per site to determine the contribution
margin per site.
·
Analysis of Opex costs with an aim of determining any cost that
is capital in nature is moved to Capex.
·
Ensuring that all support contract costs are provided for and
PO’s raised where contract are agreed.
·
Monthly monitoring of the business usage cost to ensure that all
the provisions are adhered to by all the departments.
·
Determining of the monthly saving/deficit on each of the
departmental Opex budget communicate to Director Technology and the HOD’s on
the areas of risk
·
Maintain an up to date database for all the support contracts
with relevant documentation
·
Breakdown of network maintenance costs per site per month for
site performance review.
The ideal
candidate will possess:
·
A Bachelor honors degree from a recognized university preferably
Bachelor of Commerce or Business administration.
·
2-3 years accounting experience in an international or well-run
company in corporate reporting for financial and management information.
·
Direct involvement in Corporate reporting for financial and
management information in a busy environment
·
Preparation of periodic budgets and forecasts.
·
Submission of accurate, timely and relevant information for
management decision making purpose
·
Demonstrate analytical skills and ability to monitor and explain
trends and variances
·
Ability to meet strict deadlines
·
Highly computer literate with experience of a computerized
accounting system preferably with Oracle applications
·
Ability to analyze processes and systems for enhancement of efficiencies
and performance
·
Ability to relate well with both internal and external customers
and work in teams
·
Ability to work without supervision
·
Ability to train others and enhance their skills and
competencies
·
Self- drive for results.
If you meet the
requirements and are self-driven, proactive and up to the challenge, please
send your resume and application letter quoting the job reference number to the
address below.
All applications
must be delivered on or before Wednesday the 27th of November 2013.
Head of Talent
& Resourcing
Safaricom Ltd
Nairobi
via E-mail to hr@safaricom.co.ke
