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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

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Job description

Please note that this role is based in Fairlands, Johannesburg

Mission/Core purpose of the Job:

The Consultant, Record to Report (R2R) is a part of the financial accounting division and would be responsible for activities related to period end, consolidation and intercompany accounting at the CoE. The purpose of this job is to act as a subject matter expert for the consolidation, period close reporting and intercompany accounting functions at the CoE.

The Consultant, Record to Report reports into the Senior Manager, R2R. 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:

• Qualified CA(SA) essential
• An appropriate academic qualification Honours Degree in Commerce

Work Experience:

• Experience in consolidations and reporting (advantage)
• Experience in the service management of business operations (advantage)
• Experience in leading change / transformation (financial accounting) (advantage)
• Experience in continuous improvement through the implementation of best practices (financial accounting, record to reporting) (advantage)
• Experience in financial accounting leading practices and trends (Advantage)

Key Job Responsibilities

• Reporting
• Report on a monthly basis to reporting manager relating to progress made within the sub-division and in accordance with the measurement metrics set by the organisation
• Report on an ad hoc basis on specific projects as and when necessary
• Periodically review reports from the SSH, Opco
• Budgets

• Assist in managing sub-divisional budgets in line with business objectives
• Assist in managing project initiative budgets in line with business objectives
• Operational Delivery
• Deliver service aligned to the MTN framework, policies, procedures and templates established for Record to Report (R2R)
• Continuously provide input and improve the reporting framework and timelines established
• Support Opcos in completing their period end activities in line with the frameworks established
• Perform the consolidation of financial results (financial information) for monthly, quarterly and annual results as well as forecast, high level budgets and business plans
• Define intercompany transactions and account types to be used to account for intercompany transactions
• Support the development / update of intercompany policies and procedures
• Assist in the preparation, review and distribution of the audit plan, audit instructions
• Assist in managing the external audit process by way of obtaining information in a time bound manner to assist in timely completion of the audit
• Investigate and provide input to audit differences
• Process year-end adjustments approved for processing
• Prepare internal financial reports for Group Exco, Group Board and Group Audit Committee including monthly, quarterly and annual results as well as forecast, high level budgets and business plans
• Prepare external financial results reports for analyst community, press advertisements, JSE and statutory purposes in compliance with IFRS, JSE and King III requirements
• Implement and maintain financial consolidation system and processes
• Keeping abreast of latest developments in IFRS and integrate into MTN Group accounting policies and procedures
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and assist in transitioning the Group operations to IFRS
• Quarterly reporting required in terms of loan & financial covenants, and also as a result of any other legal/regulatory conditions (eg SARB, Stats SA, etc)
• Assistance to Group operations on accounting issues and implementation
• Accounting for merger and acquisition activity and other variable transactions
• Assistance with ad hoc projects
• Collaboration/Coordination
• Perform business requirement analysis for master data requirements / business intelligence reporting
• Assist in transformational initiatives within Finance CoEs, as applicable and drive the required change
• Collaborate with the Financial Planning & Analysis team for finalising various commentary
• Collaborate with other Finance CoEs, as applicable for reporting requirements