Strategic Financial Partner

**Job Description**

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Financial Partner to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the weekly and monthly reporting of financial and non-financial KPIs, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and actionable insights for senior management and Group Finance.

The successful candidate will prepare weekly estimates of monthly and quarterly financial results, report them to Group Finance, and clearly articulate actual performance against targets, forecasts, and the business plan.

You will be expected to actively engage with external stakeholders where necessary, while building and maintaining strong relationships with key internal teams—particularly within DFS product, service, and banking functions—to ensure accurate, realistic, and aligned financial inputs.

Collaboration and effective communication will be critical to ensuring that performance insights support strategic business objectives.

**Key Responsibilities**

• Lead the preparation and review of weekly financial and non-financial KPI dashboards, ensuring timely, accurate, and actionable insights for senior management.
• Deliver early financial outlooks through flash reporting to support proactive decision-making.
• Oversee monthly financial closing, including EBITDA, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements, with variance analysis against budget and forecast.
• Ensure accurate capitalization of assets and maintain a robust Fixed Asset Register (FAR) in compliance with accounting standards.
• Conduct deep-dive analyses into Opex and Capex, identifying cost optimization opportunities and investment efficiencies.
• Drive compliance, efficiency, and automation in the Procure-to-Pay cycle, including accruals automation and aging analysis.
• Lead segment-wise P&L reporting, forecasting, and performance management for the DFS (Digital Financial Services) segment.
• Evaluate DFS segment performance on defined KPIs, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for business improvement.
• Partner with DFS business leaders in developing forecasts and business plans, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Facilitate and participate in business challenge meetings to critically assess plans and performance against targets.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal teams (product, service, and banking partners) and external stakeholders to ensure accurate and realistic financial inputs.
• Oversee KPI reporting governance, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and alignment of business definitions across the organization.

**Requirements**

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• 6-8 years' experience with at least 4 years in accounting/management reporting, business analytics, or performance management.
• Relevant graduate/ undergraduate Degree or professional certification in Finance.
• Hands-on working experience in financial models in Excel; desirable expertise in BI Tools/SQL.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Telecom, banking, and financial services experience; relevant experience in Fintech will be preferred.
• Strong business sense and understanding of financial concepts and numbers.
• Expertise in identifying trends, risks, and opportunities through deep-dive financial and operational analysis.
• Proficiency in ERP systems (Oracle preferred), advanced Excel skills, and familiarity with business intelligence/reporting tools.
• Strong presentation and reporting skills, with the ability to articulate complex information clearly and concisely.
• Experience in driving automation, process enhancements, and best practice adoption in finance functions.

**What We Offer**

Jazz is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support, and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.