Consultant: Credit Risk Management at MTN

Job description

Please note that this role is based in Parktown, Johannesburg (SSH)

Mission/Core purpose of the Job:

The Consultant, Credit Risk Management is a part of the financial accounting division and would be responsible for Post-paid, Interconnect and Revenue Accounting for the COE. The purpose of the job is to act as the subject matter expert for the Post-paid, Interconnect & Revenue Accounting functions at the CoE.

The Consultant, Credit Risk Management reports to the Senior Manager, Credit Risk Management. The position will interface with the CoE and Opco stakeholders and the Shared Services Hub (SSH) (not limited to) via Oracle workflows and non-Oracle workflows in order to ensure effective and efficient operations

Education/Business Degree:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance and / or equivalent
• Relevant professional qualification preferred

Work Experience:

• 4 - 7 years relevant working experience in a credit risk function
• 2 - 4 years experience within a telecommunication environment especially in revenue accounting function (advantageous)
• Experience in continuous improvement through the implementation of best practices (financial accounting)
• Experience in credit risk leading practices and trends

Key Job Responsibilities

• Operational Delivery
• Process Performance Reporting Strategy
• Develop and maintain process performance reporting requirements across SSH, OpCos and CoEs
• Assist with the design /update and delivery of the MTN framework, policies and procedures for Credit Risk Management which include revenue accounting (postpaid, pre-paid, roaming and interconnect)
• Provide Opcos with guidance on the implementation and localisation of the credit risk management policies, procedures and frameworks
• Provide inputs to continuously improve policies, processes frameworks to ensure solutions are globally relevant and sustainable
• Design, implement and assist Opcos with the implementation and localisation of MTN’s global policy for Credit Management
• Monitor Opcos credit exposure on set intervals against the group policy, identify areas for concern and assist Opcos in resolving issues identified
• Review receivable aging reports on set intervals for all Opcos and provide guidance on actions to be taken to recover outstanding debts
• Monitor and provide guidance on the provision of bad debts and bad debts written off against the credit management policy
• Collaboration/Coordination
• Analyse business requirements for business intelligence reporting and master data requirements