TPG Telecom Hiring for Commercial Finance Manager Job at Australia Full Time

Two of Australia’s leading telecommunication companies, Vodafone Hutchison Australia and TPG, have come together to form TPG Telecom Limited. TPG Telecom has a powerhouse of brands which include Vodafone, TPG, iiNet, Internode, Lebara, AAPT and felix. As the second largest telecommunications company listed on the ASX, TPG Telecom has a strong challenger spirit and a commitment to delivering the best services and products to our customers. We are driving competition and choice for businesses and consumers across Australia.

The role is responsible for business casing & decision support, performance reporting and budgeting & forecasting in this area. Working directly for the Senior Finance Manager – Customer Ops & Retail / Distribution and with key stakeholders for the role – the GM of Sales and Distribution, the role’s responsibility is to understand, and provide commercial guidance on the commission, distribution channel and the Retail division opex & dealer commission lines.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

• Analysing the effectiveness of existing commission schemes across our whole range of different points of distribution both internal and external, and business casing and modelling new commission scheme proposals for both existing and new channels as well as existing and new products to reward value and service rather than volume.
• Ensuring all types of commission transaction – upfront, one-off, claw backs, regular ongoing payments have trends that are understood and in line with budget. Working with the Financial Control team responsible for paying commissions and their system (Performio) in order to generate regular reporting to ensure adverse trends are recognised early and suggested changes are implemented.
• Understanding and explaining the technical implications of accounting changes on how we recognise commissions over time (eg. IFRS 15).
• Working with the sales team to understand the distribution of points of presence for our own stores, partner stores and business channels in order to ensure the spread of those stores and their locations are best placed, and we are equally benefiting from the arrangement.
• Approving commission payments each month/quarter are accurate and in line with performance for Vodafone.
• Approving special incentives in order to push focus on to relevant product lines or areas of business that we are looking to highlight.
• Understanding and working with the senior finance manager of profitability and insights to ensure sales quality is regularly tracked and resulting actions are taken where improvement is required. Reporting back the results of sales quality, the trends, and whether new controls or commission changes need to be put in place to make further improvements.
• Ensuring optimum workforce planning for our retail stores.
• Business casing & monitoring of capex plans.
• Preparing the month end reporting on these areas and modelling the annual budget.

What We Need

• Able to deliver high quality and accurate insightful outputs linking to an understanding of how the business could action those outputs.
• Great stakeholder management and communication capability, able to influence and steer actions and decision making at GM level. Can negotiate and resolve competing priorities.
• High level numeracy, with advanced Excel and powerpoint skills.
• Strong Commercial acumen to assess situations for risks and opportunities and providing alternative options as required.
• 5+ years finance experience.
• CPA/CIMA/CA or equivalent.
• Aptitude and drive for seeking continuous process improvement and innovation.
• Integrity / values ambassador.
• Strong Team Focus.
• Passion for knowledge and a flexible attitude to focus on the relevant day to day challenges.

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible hybrid way of working (from home and office).
• ‘Stay Connected Mobile’ – Access to a free mobile plan.
• ‘Stay Connected NBN’ – Access to a free NBN 100 plan.
• ‘Your Leave’ – an additional 4 days of leave to be used whenever you like, each year.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning and Vodafone Learning platforms.
• Access to Corporate Partner Discounts.

We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining the best people by offering a flexible, diverse and inclusive workplace where hard work is truly rewarded. You will have access to fantastic benefits, including generous leave policies, leadership development programs and opportunities to grow your career. You’ll be faced with loads of variety where no two days are ever the same in a collaborative workspace that helps drive innovation.

Interested? We are excited to hear from you!

At TPG Telecom we take all reasonably practicable steps to protect the health and safety of our people. The successful candidate is required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, due to the increased risk of infection and nature of the work. Please let our team know if there is anything you need to discuss about your individual circumstances.

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