9F The Globe Tower, Philippines
9 days ago
Finance Advisory Manager

At Globe, our goal is to create a wonderful world for our people, business, and nation. By uniting people of passion who believe they can make a difference, we are confident that we can achieve this goal.

Job Description Partnering with important areas of the business, i.e. commercial, technology or enabling teams. Have a firm focus on performing complex analysis for these groups. Supporting groups on financial forecasting; reporting, consolidation and ad-hoc analysis. Involvement to explain deviations between actual and expected results. Play a key role in uncovering process improvement changes for the business unit and develop better processes. Participate in projects and initiatives. Interacting with different members of the team to provide analytical and problem solving support to present findings and recommendations.

Duties and  Responsibilities

Prepares the comprehensive financial plans, budgets, and forecasts for EG 

Facilitates preparation of CAPEX and OPEX in support of business objectives and programs

Collaborates with the following units for setting up plan and budget requirements, control measures and implementing procedures

Finance-Corporate Budget Department for general budget guidelines 

Supports, evaluates and ensure implementation of cost-imperatives to decrease cost, increase margins.

Facilitates regular operations review and putting together financial reports and analytics (including the monthly statistical/data package).

Supports activities to keep expenditures within target while identifying cost reduction opportunities to drive cost down-out.

Keeps abreast of global/industry trends, global best practices and available technology; anticipates impact on the business/project.

Ensures proactive handling of financial accounting implications of new products and services as well as new business models.

Ensures that Operating Expense (OPEX), Capital Expense (CAPEX) and manpower headcount are kept within budget and that costs are efficient and that necessary processes and policies are in place.

Ensures proper controls on marketing spending

Implements the budgeting and forecasting requirements and prerequisites by enforcing directions, guidelines, timelines, and templates to EG project proponents

Works on the completeness, validity and applicability of costs, mathematical accuracy on major budget elements and compliance to major budgetary policies & guidelines

Regularly (monthly and quarterly) monitors budget usage to check against budget schedule.

Prepares accurate, timely management reports with analysis on budget variation on a monthly basis

Effects approved project budget spending with probable adjustment on budget surplus and supplemental funds

Provides guidance through budget and policy advisory services to other EG Divisions in the resolution of budgetary issues to ensure compliance with the overall financial plans

Acts as liaison to Finance group with information on product costing based on requirements

Work Experience

Previous managerial role in financial planning and analysis, budget and management reporting, cost and capex management, etc.

CPA, CMA, CFA or MBA is a plus

Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy, Management, Finance or Business

Leadership Competencies

Strategic and Business Acumen

Resourceful Planning and Organizing

Managing Change with Courage

Optimal Results through People

Functional Competencies

Business Analysis 

Applies in-depth understanding of business needs and adapts principles of business analysis in the review of emerging technologies and network evolution plans and options to determine :

Technologies to be adopted by Globe/Innove

Business implications, impacts and watch-outs with respect to adoption of either a technology or a network architecture

Business potential and/or viability of a technology adoption 

competitive advantages resulting from the adoption of specific technologies and/or recommended network architecture

Consumer and business trend awareness and understanding

Clear understanding of regulatory environment

Competitive environment 

Controllership (Cost Rationalization) and Financial Planning and Analysis

Exercises care in the use of the organization’s financial resources, based on an understanding of the scarcity and finiteness of the resources

Constantly searches for ways to maximize the finances allocated within the role’s scope and authority

Evaluates processes, resources and services in terms of the value that it delivers to the organization given its cost

Financial Planning and Analysis

Determines the correct level of expenditures to adequately support the projects and initiatives of the department

Presents appropriate arguments to justify expenditure estimates and secure the amount required to implement projects

Technical Communication (Ability to communicate technical details based on audience)

Communicates and translates clearly, in oral or written form, technical terms and concepts into business-oriented terms

Evaluates the documents readability and clarity given the profile of its users

Project Management (Program Management)

Ability to determine the impact of project delays on the competitiveness and financial health of the organization

Evaluates the feasibility of targets based on a strong understanding of the delivery capabilities of each division in EG

Quality Mindset

Makes a conscious effort to adhere to defined quality standards and recognizes the impact of poor quality output on the following:

Ability to complete the project on time 

Keeping project costs within budget 

Meeting customer needs and requirements (and the impact on the customer)

Process Improvement

Identifies areas for process improvement based on analysis of performance and metrics

Determines possible solutions to improve processes and increase efficiency based on best practices and industry standards

Capability Building

Identifies capability gaps and determines training needs based on present and forecasted needs versus current capabilities

Determines probable avenues for skills development based on HR processes and available programs

Service Management Processes

The ability to implement processes, methods, practices and policies

Ability to manage and troubleshoot simple database issues 

Ability to navigate database and generate needed reports 

Identifies and escalates issues and potential risk 

Equal Opportunity Employer
Globe’s hiring process promotes equal opportunity to applicants, Any form of discrimination is not tolerated throughout the entire employee lifecycle, including the hiring process such as in posting vacancies, selecting, and interviewing applicants.

Globe’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy Commitment can be accessed here

Make Your Passion Part of Your Profession. Attracting the best and brightest Talents is pivotal to our success. If you are ready to share our purpose of Creating a Globe of Good, explore opportunities with us.

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