A&R Business Partner

Role Purpose Dedicated Finance Business Partner for Enterprise Business Unit (EBU). Proactively working closely with the business, the Business Partner is responsible for providing strategic insight/input and analysis on current and future performance of all customer investment costs for EBU, operating costs and other direct costs, whilst being a constructive challenger to the business. Essence of Role - Key Accountabilities Customer Investment Costs (A&R) Monthly Performance Management Analyse monthly acquisition and retention cost trends by major product type, customer segment and channel and handset/tariff to provide informed and insightful analysis to meet needs of EBU and wider organisation. Review of effectiveness of subsidies and promotions with business owners to include post investment analysis. Attendance at key decision forums with Consumer Business Unit and provide insight into performance drivers of costs Financial Planning and Forecasting Prepare the current year customer investment cost budgets and forecasts with product/segment managers and providing insightful analysis to business units on future trends Working cross functionally to ensure the customer investment costs included in financial plans and forecasts are aligned with the organisations distribution strategy Ensuring that there is sufficient granularity in planning and forecasting models to enable effective drill-down for further analysis by major product, channel and segment and handset Working cross functionally with other stakeholders to drive through improvements in the process and enablers of better customer investment costs analysis and planning, and where necessary help prepare business cases to support further capital investment Business Partnering: Build strong relationships with business owners in order to gain commercial insight that will effect future customer growth, understanding latest trends, deep dive anomalies,  investigating root cause Continuous business partnering in order to drive improvements and insightful customer investment analysis into the business Support all business owners on business cases that have a direct impact on the customer investment costs Leveraging business partnering skills to keep finance at the centre of key handset pricing decisions in the future Finance business partner for the Group Terminals organisation and responsible for accurate reporting and delivery timelines Operating Costs (Opex) Monthly Performance Management Monthly management and oversight of Enterprise BU opex through review and analysis with the Enterprise Leadership Team (ELT), including presentation to ELT on a monthly basis Proactively drive and manage cost saving initiatives As part of a wider Finance working group identify and drive opportunities for process improvement/efficiency. Planning and Forecasting Prepare the current year opex budgets and forecasts with the ELT and provide insightful analysis to business units on future trends Other Direct Costs Management and oversight of the Other Direct Costs budgets across Enterprise and Consumer. This includes Ongoing Commissions, regulatory fees, bank charges, accessories costs and insurance costs Forecasting and budgeting for these line items, in conjunction with the appropriate business contracts Drive cost saving measures, and focus on areas of inefficiency and opportunities to optimise the cost base Role Dimensions Financial (limits/mandates etc.) Non-financial (customers/staff etc) Control overall Enterprise A&R budget (approx €50m) Control overall Enterprise Other Direct Cost budget (approx. €12m) Control overall Enterprise Opex budget (approx. €50m) Business partnering / stakeholder engagement  experience Delivering business requirements Identifying new ways to delight the customer Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA,ACA) with 3+ years PQE Excellent PC skills with proficiency in Excel front ends Previous financial modelling experience. Understanding of mobile market Planning, forecasting and budgeting experience. Working knowledge of SAP, Hyperion Enterprise, Essbase and VIP would be advantageous. Proactive self-starter Cross functional work with Financial Reporting, Commissions team, MIS to deliver accurate and timely information to the commercial business units Business recommendations with information from various sources supporting analysis Commercial awareness and links between business revenue drivers and financial performance Achievement orientation to work to achieve units objectives Customer focus by identifying opportunities and addressing with solution Effective stakeholder communication / engagement Interpretation of financial reports