Position: General Expenses Controller
Region: Nairobi
Reporting to:Manager Operational Controlling
Range: R3
Department:Finance
Role Purpose: The General expense controller is in charge of
monitoring, controlling and improving the indirect cost elements of the company
including labour costs, general expenses; property expenses etc. as well as
activity monitoring and optimization projects.
Key Duties and Responsibilities.
Indirect expenses
- Labour costs: Basic salary, Overtime, Staff
medical costs, Allowances, Bonus/Incentives
- General expenses; Security, Fleet costs,
Travel & living, Insurance, stationery & courier, Staff welfare
& hospitality costs
- Property expense
- Advertising & promotion
- Financing, depreciation & other costs;
Interest costs, Depreciation, Non-operating taxes, Foreign exchange gains
& losses
Out of scope: Direct
costs, IT&N costs
Operational Responsibilities:
- Prepare monthly tracking cost schedules
showing actual costs vs. budget allocations highlighting causes for
variance
- Challenge cost centre owners on cost
performance and jointly develop cost saving action plans
- Implement strong cost center controls to aid
in cost optimization
- Work with sourcing department in identifying
cost optimisation opportunities e.g. in renegotiation of supplier
contracts
- Develop adequate policies, procedures and
processes for the Cost Control function to maintain efficient operational
excellence
- Develop metrics and tracking system for major
cost drivers for effective cost management/reductions
- Offer financial support and review investment
proposals from concerned business units for the IC process.
- Financial review of property leases and contracts
to ensure value for the company
- Provide input on general expenses to the Cost
Model for monthly reporting, budgeting and strategic planning purposes
Monthly Closing and reporting:
- Review and validate the general expenses to be
reported. Ensure costs are posted and reported in the correct accounts.
- Closely work with accounting to identify all
misposting and guide them to allocate to the correct accounts.
- Determine and post into SAGE the general
expense accruals to be made and provisions to be released.
- Prepare a monthly tracker of general expenses
clearly showing their variance to budget and explaining the reasons for
variance.
- Updating of the rolling forecast on a monthly
basis
- Updating of the accrual schedule monthly for
the general expense accounts responsible.
- Review monthly depreciation figures for
completeness and accuracy
- Review monthly non-operating tax provisions
figures for completeness and accuracy
- Review the monthly labour costs for accuracy
and reasonableness. Ensure adequate provisions are made for bonus, leave
days etc.
Track the non-fixed labour costs and
showing a trend analysis and comparison to budget especially on allowances,
medical, overtime and temporary staff.
Academic / Professional Qualifications
Academic / Professional Qualifications
- University graduate in related Accounting or
Business field
- Over 5 years’ experience in accounting/cost
controlling or Accounts Payables in a large organization.
- Qualified Accountant is a plus with experience
in telecommunications sector desirable
Key Competencies:
- Commitment, diligence and dedication.
- Honesty and Integrity
- Superior analytical skills and Intuitive mind.
- Thorough and Assertive
- Attention to detail
- Team player
- Good computer skills
(SAGE/Excel/PowerPoint/Word/
This position is opened to Kenyan
citizens only.
Position: Prepaid Products and Services Development Manager
Region: Nairobi
Reporting to: Head
of Products and Services Development
Range: R2L
Department: Marketing
& Strategy
Role Purpose: Deliver the prepaid products & services roadmap in line with the business objectives, budget constraints and marketing planning of the year.
Role Purpose: Deliver the prepaid products & services roadmap in line with the business objectives, budget constraints and marketing planning of the year.
Fuel innovation by keeping in touch
with the market trends. Act as an end to end project manager.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Interface between Marketing and ITN
teams
- Act as a facilitator between product managers
and technical teams
- Provide guidance to product managers,
especially in the specification phase
- Support and provide directions to the
technical team throughout the product development
Prepaid P&S
development roadmap and innovation
- Define and maintain the Prepaid P&S
development roadmap
- Identify, evaluate and recommend new
technologies and solutions supporting the Marketing strategy
- Understand the market (industry, customer and
competition) to develop and manage opportunities to grow Prepaid products
and services revenues
- Provide techno-commercial guidance to company
management on innovative services
- Prepare budget forecast for CAPEX and OPEX
requirements.
- Achievement of set Monthly,
Quarterly, Semi Annually or Annual Marketing targets, especially in terms
of project delivery
Manage Prepaid Products &
Services development
- Accountable in specifying, developing &
launching Prepaid products & services
- Coordinate and facilitate project approval,
RFQ, Vendor selection and product development up until the commercial
launch of services
- Provide regular reporting on project progress
in terms of Cost, Quality, Functionality, Delay
Design
- Production and presentation of opportunity
studies for new products: market and revenues assessment, customer needs
and value proposition, high-level product description.
- Production and presentation of marketing
requirements / product specification with detailed functional description
and customer journey as well as a full business plan
Implementation
- Support ITN in the early identification of
bugs and prioritization of correction depending on severity
- Report any deviation to the project plans (in
terms of cost, quality, functionality, delay)
Validation
- Ensure technical tests are performed
- Perform functional and end users tests
- Ensure Business process tests are performed
- Coordinate FUT
Commercial launch
- Commercial launch preparation.
Academic/ Professional Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree or an advanced Diploma in a
Engineering related field
- Ideally with complementary education and
experience in Marketing and knowledge in IT domain
- Experience in project management and CRM
& Billing systems
- Experience in vendor management, vendor
selection and negotiation.
Key Competencies:
- Commitment, diligence and dedication.
- Honesty and Integrity
- Superior analytical skills and Intuitive mind.
- Thorough and Assertive
- Attention to detail
- Team player
- Good computer skills
(SAGE/Excel/PowerPoint/Word/
This position is opened to Kenyan
citizens only.
If you fit the required profile,
please apply highlighting how your qualifications, experience and career
aspirations match the requirements for this position.
Application should be sent by latest
27th February 2015, please provide an updated Curriculum Vitae (CV)
including details of your current telephone contacts and names of three
referees.
Apply through
recruitment@orange-tkl.co.ke and quote the job title in the subject
field.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.