Manager Business Planning and Analysis

About the position

Last Date to Apply: 14th May, 2023

Employment Type: This is a full-time position.
Grade: This is a grade 3 position
Location: This role is based in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Hybrid)

About the role:

Manager Business Planning will work closely with Commercial/Technology division as well as within BPA to ensure effective revenue & opex analysis coupled with forecasts and strategy. The position will require insightful and dynamic analysis in order to support business decision making.

Your Impactful Goals will include:

• Development of quarterly Revenue, Opex & Capex forecasts with analysis on key drivers like ARPU, AMPU, APPM and assessing macro impacts such as regulatory changes and economic indicators




• Assist in driving OE across the oranization with an aim to add value to the bottom as well as top line




• Involves constant liaison with stakeholders across organization for short as well as long term business plans




• Assessments of all commercial offers coupled with post-evaluation which involve ATL spend, based on their financial and strategic objectives.




• Evaluation of investment proposals with respect to completeness/ quality of the underlying drivers/ assumptions




• Providing ad-hoc support to different stakeholders on performing financial evaluation of different proposals as per management's request

Your Typical day at work

• Preparing, executing and improving financial models to support various analysis across the organization aimed at Revenue, Opex and FCF.




• Provision of high quality financial advice to the management aimed at different value drivers, trends and developments for decision support purposes.




• Reviewing pricing decisions to be taken in the future and post evaluating decisions taken already for comparisons to forecast




• Efficiently supporting in running ad-hoc analyses as and when needed to support decision making and to highlight key drivers




• Liaison with finance, Commercial and technical teams for efficient monthly close.

What we are looking for?

Education: MBA/ACMA/ACCA/CA/other relevant financial/business qualification

Work Experience:

• Around 6-8 years’ relevant experience. Prior experience in business planning will be a plus




• Good commercial understanding including thorough understanding of underlying value drivers (telecom sector experience will be a plus, but not mandatory)

Functional Skills / Knowledge Areas

• Strong interpersonal, presentation and Team building skills




• Should be able to work individually and also in a team




• Ability to create/edit and evaluate detailed financial models




• Excellent analytical skills including skilled in variance analysis and business case evaluations




• Solid understanding of the revenue and cost drivers specific to the telecommunication industry




• Excellent writing and presentation skills and experience in financial analysis




• Sound knowledge of Finance and Accounting

Why should you join us at Telenor?

At Telenor Pakistan, we provide you the platform to work in a challenging and rewarding environment to become a skilled professional in your chosen field of interest. As one of the top employers of the country, we enable you to realize your dreams in a collaborative environment of diversity and openness to new mindsets.

As an equal employment opportunity provider, Telenor Pakistan makes all decisions of employment purely based on merit irrespective of race, caste, gender, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, or disability.