COMPANY PERFORMANCE & CORPORATE COST MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Job Description

In this role at CelcomDigi, you will be part of Company Performance & Corporate Cost Management team and responsible for timely management reporting and insights for key management decision purposes, focusing on cost management.

• Division / Department: Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis
• Location: CD Tower
• Will report to: Head of Company Performance & Corporate Cost Management

You are: 

• Strong at managing KPIs and deliverables to ensure it is aligned with Company’s ambition and goals
• Passionate in understanding what drives performance of the Company and its line of businesses, and associated costs driving growth in business  
• Driven in finding opportunities or solutions to close gaps and heighten Company’s performance via effective cost management

Your Responsibilities: 

• Assist HoS in preparing, reviewing and facilitating yearly business plan and alignment with Group Strategy on managing overall timeline
• Provide oversight of periodic reporting, not limited to monthly performance analysis and forecasts, including conduct discussions with commercial/ product stakeholders 
• Provide support to HoD in periodic reporting to management, Principals 
• Support cost management / oversight in subsidiaries and CD corporate functions  
• Challenge assumptions, business drivers, game plans identified and ensure alignment with Company’s ambition & financial and scorecard
• Drive end-to-end cost management/optimisation exercise, understanding Total Cost of Ownership on areas of review, prepare cost analysis and provide valuable insights in guiding commercial stakeholders for decision making 
• Collaborate closely with finance business partner in supporting commercial stakeholders, explore and drive process harmonisation (including automation of manual processes) within Financial planning & analysis function
• Ensure accurate KPIs tracking, highlight business risks based on analysis
• Provide value-adding analysis & deep-dive to Commercial team & guide management for key commercial decision making 
• Co-ordinate closely with Finance Business Partners & Head of Accounting to harmonize accounting definition/treatment and performance dashboard for all commercial cost items
• Co-ordinate closely with HoS of Commercial Performance Management to deliver required reporting to Principals and/or Board
• Provide support and input to HoS of Commercial Performance Management on Profitability Reporting 

Your Merits: 

• Qualified Chartered Accountant, preferably a Fellow (FCCA, ICAEW etc)
• Proactive & positive mindset, result oriented and able to support HoS/HoD and work closely with senior leaders from Finance team  
• Possess minimum of 7 - 10  years of cost management
• Overall minimum telco industry experience of 5 years 
• Strong business acumen & stakeholder management skill with excellent communication skills
• Ability to articulate messages and develop presentation slides with support analysis findings
• Possess strong presentation skillset, ability to present independently
• Strong analytical skills & appreciation of numbers