Telenor Group is world’s leading telecommunications company across the Nordics and Asia with 158 million subscribers and annual sales of around NOK 99 billion (2022). We are committed to responsible business conduct and driven by the ambition of empowering societies. Connectivity has been Telenor’s domain for more than 160 years, and our purpose is to connect our customers to what matters most.
We have a leading Nordic position in mobile, broadband and TV services, as well as substantial activities in subsidiaries and joint venture operations, including mobile financial services and online classifieds in the Asia region. Worldwide, Telenor Group and our operations’ teams are 14,000 people strong.
Telenor Procurement Company (TPC), established in 2017 and based out of Singapore, operates as a subsidiary of the Telenor Group. We deliver Global Category Management as a service to the Telenor Business Units and beyond, taking full responsibility for the end-to-end Sourcing process and performance of global spend categories. Functioning as one Global Procurement team across all Telenor markets, we enable Telenor’s strategic ambitions by becoming a centre of expertise in the pursuit of efficient operations. TPC seeks qualified procurement professionals that are comfortable working in a global setup in the fast-paced Telecom field.
For more information, please visit our website : https://www.telenor.com/about/our-companies/other-units/telenor-procurement-company/
About the role
Finance Specialist reports to Director - Head of Financial Reporting - Finance. Key responsibilities include:
• Maintain, review and quality assure accounting data in a timely fashion in compliance with IFRS/SFRS and adhere to ICFR procedures for proper documentation, record keeping, presentation and disclosures
• Review and supervise work performed by team, providing guidance to overcome challenges and support in knowledge sharing, team building, competency development initiatives
• Ensure timely, accurate and high quality delivery in terms of internal/external audits and compliance reviews, identifying areas of improvement and implementing initiatives to simplify, automate and standardize processes, system and work routines
• Manage and own voluminous account reconciliations with vendors, customers, other stakeholders in an efficient manner
• Implement and maintain strict control environment in compliance with best practices, generally accepted accounting principles, Telenor Group policies and procedures
• Supports the Director/Manager Finance and responsible for the administrative and operational activities within finance function
• Maintain up to date records of forecasts, budgets and update variance analysis on monthly basis
• Supports on quarter rolling cash forecast to ensure healthy liquidity position of the Company
• Coordinate with accounting support team for information provisioning, reconciliation with internal systems and external party records
• Actively coordinate with internal users/cost centers/functions for efficient processing of information and minimizing delays
• Supports in month end accounting process, group reporting and annual auditing matters
Main tasks
• Responsible for administrative and operational support related to finance and accounting functions
• Coordination with internal and external stakeholders for timely support
• Demonstrate and practice change and constant improvement initiatives, challenges status quo and develop new ways of work to support the transformational journey to simplify end-to-end processes
• Actively participate and contribute in improving the overall finance and accounting function and build environment of trust and respect with all stakeholders
Profile
• Broad understanding of end- to- end accounting and finance functions
• Strong analytical and problem solving along with data analysis and handling capabilities
• Result oriented, demonstrating excellent collaboration abilities
• Able to work with a high degree of execution power and passion and deliver on stringent timelines
• High level of integrity and ethics
• Strong ability to communicate and interact effectively across organizational and cultural boundaries, internal and external
• Demonstrate commitment, maturity, flexibility and speed in response to business needs and operational challenges
• Attention to details, ability to handle large volume of data and information
• Excel, Words and Power Point skills are required for this role
Competence Requirements
· 3 to 5 years in finance and accounting related role in a multi-currency and multinational environment
· Bachelors degree in finance/accounting discipline with good understanding of SFRS/IFRS
· Advance user of Office tools and applications like Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.
· Experience using ERP systems would be an advantage
· There may be possibility of conversion from contract to permanent role
