Infrastructure & Operations Budgeting Assistant Manager

About the Role
The role holder is responsible for monitoring and reviewing the financial and project performance of the Infrastructure. This includes setting financial plan guidelines and communicating targets to ensure that Infrastructure has a clear long-term direction through approved financial plans. The role also involves monitoring the progress of budget implementation through variance analysis and preparing the Infrastructure budget annually, all executed in accordance with stipulated business policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and review financial performance of the Infrastructure and Operations, evaluate results against strategic objectives and provide recommendations.
• Monitor and review budget performance of the Infrastructure and Operations, evaluate results against strategic objectives and provide recommendations.
• Evaluate the performance of Infrastructure and Operations against the provided budget and objectives, and provide recommendations as necessary.
• Compile periodic and year-end planning and forecasting reports in line with corporate requirements.
• Set financial plan guidelines and communicate targets to ensure that Infrastructure and Operations have clear long-term direction through approved financial plans.
• Set budget plan guidelines and communicate targets to ensure that Infrastructure and Operations have clear long-term direction through approved budget targets.
• Provide analysis of financial plans in terms of KPIs, covering areas such as return on capital, profitability, growth, efficiency of capital employed, capital structure, liquidity, and free cash flows.
• Review and consolidate budget estimates from Infrastructure and Operations to assess compliance with agreed plans and strategic expenditure guidelines.
• Monitor and review cost optimization efforts during budget reviews and follow up on adherence to cost optimization initiatives.
• Contribute effectively to capital expenditure (capex) and business efficiency programs with the relevant responsible parties.
• Review and approve Purchase Order (PO) extension requests as per the authority matrix defined in the HUB system.
• Develop and distribute capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operational expenditure (OPEX) envelopes.
• Review and analyze ad-hoc budget requests related to CAPEX and OPEX.
• Consolidate variance reports for all CapEx and O&M projects.
• Develop the capex plan.

Qualifications

• Years of Experience: 5 years and above.
• Nature of Experience: Prior experience in Infrastructure Budgeting, particularly within the telecommunications function, is strongly preferred.
• Job Band: Senior Professional.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Business Administration.
• Certifications: Professional certifications such as CFA or CPA are preferred.